Hardware: Raspberry pi 3 (running debian jessie) Fona 808 GSM/ GPS module.
Having wired up the module to the pi PI FONA808 3.3V to Vio Ground to Ground TX to RX RX to TX Ground to KEY
(using the instructions here https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/downloads/pdf/adafruit-fona-808-cellular-plus-gps-breakout.pdf)
I cannot seem to get a connection with the module.
While attempting to communicate with the serial port via pppd directly produces some sort of output (see below) I cannot seem to send AT commands to the module at all.
The system LED's on the fona808 confirm that it has connected to a network (64ms on, 3s off).
I did some digging around and found that I need to disable the raspberry pi serial connection from
> raspi-config
Which I have done. When I attempt to send an at command via
"screen /dev/ttyAMA0 115200"
I do get a blank screen but I cannot send any commands. I tried to see whether I need to download a libary to use the device, however I couldn't find one. Typing in AT + enter does not produce any output at all. I am not sure where to go from here.
NO other tutorials do mention on how to get this module to work with the pi. Where is the best place to find information like this? Has anyone had any experience in using this module? how did you get it to work?
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo pppd noauth
~!} }4}"}&} } } } }%}&▒▒▒ }'}"}(}"̍~~▒} }4}"}&} } } } }%}&▒▒▒ }'}"}(}"̍~ pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /var/log/syslog | grep pppd Jul 1 19:21:34 raspberrypi pppd[912]: pppd 2.4.6 started by root, uid 0 Jul 1 19:21:34 raspberrypi pppd[912]: Connect script failed Jul 1 19:22:04 raspberrypi pppd[912]: Connect script failed Jul 1 19:22:34 raspberrypi pppd[912]: Connect script failed Jul 1 19:23:05 raspberrypi pppd[912]: Connect script failed Jul 1 19:23:35 raspberrypi pppd[912]: Connect script failed Jul 1 19:24:05 raspberrypi pppd[912]: Connect script failed Jul 1 19:24:35 raspberrypi pppd[912]: Connect script failed Jul 1 19:25:05 raspberrypi pppd[912]: Connect script failed Jul 1 19:25:35 raspberrypi pppd[912]: Connect script failed Jul 1 19:26:05 raspberrypi pppd[912]: Connect script failed Jul 1 19:26:05 raspberrypi pppd[912]: Exit. Jul 1 20:07:07 raspberrypi pppd[1568]: pppd 2.4.6 started by pi, uid 0 Jul 1 20:07:07 raspberrypi pppd[1568]: Using interface ppp0 Jul 1 20:07:07 raspberrypi pppd[1568]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0 Jul 1 20:07:37 raspberrypi pppd[1568]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Jul 1 20:07:37 raspberrypi pppd[1568]: Connection terminated. Jul 1 20:07:37 raspberrypi pppd[1568]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean: Jul 1 20:07:37 raspberrypi pppd[1568]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0 Jul 1 20:07:37 raspberrypi pppd[1568]: Modem hangup Jul 1 20:07:37 raspberrypi pppd[1568]: Exit.
