Modem debugging with mmcli (from the modemmanager-next package)

Listing modems/finding the index number of a modem (The modem index frequently changes during a suspend-resume cycle):

mmcli -L

(Further examples will assume modem index 0. Substitute your own modem index where necessary.)

See the status of a modem:

mmcli -m 0

Enable a modem (useful side effects usually include registering on a network and getting an operator ID and name)

mmcli -m 0 -e

Minimal connection and disconnection:

mmcli -m 0 --simple-connect="apn=foo.carrier.com"

mmcli -m 0 --simple-disconnect

Set logging level to maximum (equivalent to the old mm_debug debug):

mmcli -G DEBUG

Set logging level to minimum (equivalent to the old mm_debug err):

mmcli -G ERR

Arbitrary AT commands - available if ModemManager is started with the --debug flag:

This is a good test command to see if ModemManager is speaking to the modem. The modem should already be in state E0 (no command echo); you should immediately get an empty reply. You can check /var/log/messages for the message exchange if you've previously turned up the logging level to maximum.

mmcli -m 0 --command="E0"

Do a network scan and list the carriers found - this requires a longer-than-default timeout.

mmcli -m 0 --command-timeout=120 --command="+COPS?"