Hi Keke,
i put in smsd.con this init2 = AT+CSQ.
Restarted smsd 3.1.5b9

here is the log:

2009-05-18 23:44:24,6, GSM1: Initializing modem 2009-05-18 23:44:25,7, GSM1: -> AT+CSQ 2009-05-18 23:44:25,7, GSM1: Command is sent, waiting for the answer 2009-05-18 23:44:27,7, GSM1: <- +CSQ: 17,99 OK 2009-05-18 23:44:27,6, GSM1: Checking if Modem is registered to the network 2009-05-18 23:44:27,7, GSM1: -> AT+CREG? 2009-05-18 23:44:27,7, GSM1: Command is sent, waiting for the answer 2009-05-18 23:44:28,7, GSM1: <- +CREG: 0,1 OK 2009-05-18 23:44:28,6, GSM1: Modem is registered to the network

As you can see the eignal strenght is not converted in decibel.

Another couple of thing:

1) as I wrote in another post, signal strenght is very useful, and could be more useful if included in lower loglevel than 7. For example 6 or 5.

2) would be also better to include the signal strenght to the status file as we spoked in this post. In this way with nagios i can monitor this file and understand if modem is OK and signal strenght is strong enought.

Thanks

3.1.5b9 does not have this feature, next release will have it.

If you want it right now, edit the modeminit.c: if (!strstr(answer,"OK")) { // 3.1: more detailed error message: p = get_gsm_error(answer); writelogfile0(LOG_ERR, 1, tb_sprintf("Modem did not accept the second init string%s%s", (*p)? ", " : "", p)); alarm_handler0(LOG_ERR, tb); return 3; } // 3.1.5: else explain_csq(LOG_NOTICE, answer); } // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I check that status file later.

View the version history of 3.1.5 (published today), I think that status file is pretty good now...