Upgrade Quectel Module Software¶
Use your computer to connect device¶
Use the laptop wifi to connect the device SSID (you will find the SSID and wifi password on the device bottom label), or use the an ethenet cable to connect the LAN port of device and the the ethenet port of your computer.
Use the SSH protocol to login the device¶
Please refer to this link: https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/3/tutorials/ssh/
For GL-MiFi/GL-XE300/GL-X750/GL-X300¶
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Get the QFirehose from GL.iNet server and confirm the QFirehose file SHA256 is right
Use the following commands to get QFirehose
cd /usr/bin/ && wget https://fw.gl-inet.com/tools/quectel_tool/QFirehose-ar9531-sha256-7383f4
chmod 775 QFirehose-ar9531-sha256-7383f4 && sha256sum QFirehose-ar9531-sha256-7383f4
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Insert a USB flash disk and use the df command to get the mount path, remember the path
My USB flash disk mount path is /tmp/mountd/disk1_part1
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Get the quectel module software and upcompress(For example EP06-A, for other module software, please refer to note of at the end of the document)
The
/tmp/mountd/disk1_part1
is my USB flash disk, you must change the path to your pathwget https://fw.gl-inet.com/tools/quectel_module_software/EP06ALAR02A08M4G_01.004.01.004.zip -P /tmp/mountd/disk1_part1/
unzip /tmp/mountd/disk1_part1/EP06ALAR02A08M4G_01.004.01.004.zip -d /tmp/mountd/disk1_part1/EP06ALAR02A08M4G_01.004.01.004
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Use QFirehose to upgrade Quectel module software
QFirehose-ar9531-sha256-7383f4 -f /tmp/mountd/disk1_part1/EP06ALAR02A08M4G_01.004.01.004
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Use the following command to check the Quectel module software version.
gl_modem AT AT+QGMR
For GL-X3000/GL-XE3000¶
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Get the QFirehose from GL.iNet server and confirm the QFirehose file sha256 is right
Use the following commands to get QFirehose
cd /usr/bin/ && wget https://fw.gl-inet.com/tools/quectel_tool/QFirehose-mtk7981a-sha256-c0b944
chmod 775 QFirehose-mtk7981a-sha256-c0b944 && sha256sum QFirehose-mtk7981a-sha256-c0b944
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Get the Quectel module software and upcompress(For example RM520, for other module software, please refer to note of at the end of the document)
wget https://fw.gl-inet.com/tools/quectel_module_software/RM520NGLAAR01A07M4G_01.201.01.201.zip -P /
unzip /RM520NGLAAR01A07M4G_01.201.01.201.zip -d /RM520NGLAAR01A07M4G_01.201.01.201
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Use QFirehose to upgrade Quectel module software
QFirehose-mtk7981a-sha256-c0b944 -f /RM520NGLAAR01A07M4G_01.201.01.201
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Use the following commands to check the Quectel module software version.
echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/11280000.pcie/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/0001:01:00.0/remove
echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/11280000.pcie/pci0001:00/0001:00:00.0/rescan
gl_modem AT AT+QGMR
rm /RM520NGLAAR01A07M4G_01.201.01.201* -rf
Quectel module software donwload URL¶
EP06-A: https://fw.gl-inet.com/tools/quectel_module_software/EP06ALAR02A08M4G_01.004.01.004.zip
RM520: https://fw.gl-inet.com/tools/quectel_module_software/RM520NGLAAR01A07M4G_01.201.01.201.zip
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