waveshare 4g pi hat error
December 4, 2023, 06:28
following the guide from core electronics, i tried setting my pi up with waveshare 4g hat and i have a registered sim card but when i try to send a txt or a call, even the gps, i get an error in the program
What guide, URL?
I think a mistake I made was; I had an error when installing a packet and halfway through I changed to root by typing āsudo suā to allow the packets to install. Which may have conflicted the permissions?
Error was that my usr did not have permission to unzip a packet if I recall correctly
Then I recommend that you learn the commands `chown^= Change Owner
Still no luck. When I try to run this command, I get an unexpected error and thatās it. If I run everything as root with sudo su command, I can install everything but the program then doesnāt work
Iāve tried adding āsudoā before the command as well and I get the same error
You claim that you get an error, but I can't see that you have posted the error so!
I followed the guide but I changed the order.
First I enabled the serial port for terminal access:
sudo raspi-config
3. Interface Options
16 Serial port
yes
And then I ran the commands :
sudo apt update sudo apt -y upgrade sudo apt install minicom p7zip-full wget https://www.waveshare.com/w/upload/2/29/SIM7600X-4G-HAT-Demo.7z 7z x SIM7600X-4G-HAT-Demo.7z -r -o/home/pi sudo chmod 777 -R /home/pi/SIM7600X-4G-HAT-Demo sudo nano /etc/rc.local sh /home/pi/SIM7600X-4G-HAT-Demo/Raspberry/c/sim7600_4G_hat_init cd /home/pi/SIM7600X-4G-HAT-Demo/Raspberry/c/bcm2835 chmod +x configure && ./configure && sudo make && sudo make installPS! Remember to change pi to the user your using. And I encounter no problem!
And please post text as text
Sorry for not clarifying, Iām very new to this. After running it the other way, I my seemed to work until I ran into this issue. I thought I had already given myself permission
And please post text as text! I can't read microscopic text in pictures!
Bash: cd: /home/pi/SIM7600X-4G-HAT-Demo/Raspberry/c/bcm2835: Permission denied
Is the user "pi"? What is the result from the command whoami?
This is all install commands changed to using the current user, NOT using a hardcoded user (pi)!
sudo apt update sudo apt -y upgrade sudo apt install minicom p7zip-full wget https://www.waveshare.com/w/upload/2/29/SIM7600X-4G-HAT-Demo.7z 7z x SIM7600X-4G-HAT-Demo.7z -r -o/home/$USER sudo chmod 777 -R /home/$USER/SIM7600X-4G-HAT-Demo sudo nano /etc/rc.local sh /home/$USER/SIM7600X-4G-HAT-Demo/Raspberry/c/sim7600_4G_hat_init cd /home/$USER/SIM7600X-4G-HAT-Demo/Raspberry/c/bcm2835 chmod +x configure && ./configure && sudo make && sudo make install
The result when I type whoami comes back as Jake
And the terminal name is Jake@4GPi
Iāve got the program installed finally. Thank you very much. Now I just have to learn how to use it lol
Changing to the current user did the trick
Thanks. Appreciate the help!
<@317114145654964225> does the hat work well? Can it send SMS ?
Itās supposed to be able to but Iām having a hard time getting it to work properly. Iāve put it on the back burner for now hoping that Iāll developed the skills to learn it soon enough. Iām 99% sure itās just user error since Iām brand new to using raspberry piās
According to the article and the python files, the hat can send sms, phone calls, and gps
Thanks, got any link for the hat and articles? Sorry, I'm on mobile right now and can't read the whole thread
It is a "Mobile phone" and it has audio in/out so you can even make phone calls with it. But it is not a "Smart phone".