MBRO95 / PortableCellNetwork

Utilize a Raspberry Pi and a Nuand BladeRF to generate your own portable local cell network
https://mbro95.github.io/PortableCellNetwork/
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SIM Card Options? #10

Closed gregarican closed 6 years ago

gregarican commented 6 years ago

I have everything in place, and am trying to use YateBTS to write to a couple blank SIM cards that I sourced. Apparently the SIM card make/manufacturer aren't compatible, so the process fails. Here is my YateBTS forum question I have, with the specifics detailed --> https://forum.yate.ro/index.php?topic=1937.msg6132#msg6132.

Out of curiosity, what specific type of SIM cards did you use for this project? I've Googled around and the Sysmocom sysmosim-gr1 and gr2's appear to be discontinued?

MBRO95 commented 6 years ago

I remember we looked at this one:

However, we didn’t use it so I can’t say that it will work but it should.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F292204914951

Take a look at the sysmoUSIM-SJS1. The key is having programmable IMSI, ICCID, K and OPC values.

Here’s some snippets from our development convos, hopefully this gets you in the right direction. After going through these docs we were able to get things running and writing.

[Image] [Image] Best,

Matthew May


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I have everything in place, and am trying to use YateBTS to write to a couple blank SIM cards that I sourced. Apparently the SIM card make/manufacturer aren't compatible, so the process fails. Here is my YateBTS forum question I have, with the specifics detailed --> https://forum.yate.ro/index.php?topic=1937.msg6132#msg6132.

Out of curiosity, what specific type of SIM cards did you use for this project? I've Googled around and the Sysmocom sysmosim-gr1 and gr2's appear to be discontinued?

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gregarican commented 6 years ago

Thanks for your reply! That Taiwanese SIM card option appears to be worth looking into. As for the sysmoUSIM-SJS1, that model seems to have replaced the discontinued line. That might be another good option. The Taiwanese SIM card you linked me to, I assume the YateBTS option should be MagicSIM for writing to it, correct? How about the sysmoUSUM-SJS1? I suppose I could just choose the auto option in YateBTS and see if it correctly identifies and writes to it...

MBRO95 commented 6 years ago

I remember we didn’t have much luck with auto but, as with any endeavor, trial and error typically yields some measure of success!

Best,

Matthew May


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Thanks for your reply! That Taiwanese SIM card option appears to be worth looking into. As for the sysmoUSIM-SJS1, that model seems to have replaced the discontinued line. That might be another good option. The Taiwanese SIM card you linked me to, I assume the YateBTS option should be MagicSIM for writing to it, correct? How about the sysmoUSUM-SJS1? I suppose I could just choose the auto option in YateBTS and see if it correctly identifies and writes to it...

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gregarican commented 6 years ago

Thanks for the points in the right direction. Will give it a shot once I acquire the other SIM cards.