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tsaitgaist, 05/21/2018 11:30 AM
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Osmocom SIMtrace 2¶
Osmocom SIMtrace 2 is a software and hardware system for passively tracing SIM-ME communication between the SIM card and the mobile phone, and remote SIM operation.
It is a followup of the SIMtrace project, providing more functionalities (e.g. remote SIM operation) and supporting multiple boards (e.g. SIMtrace with SAM3S, sysmoQMOD).
Hardware¶
The SIMtrace 2 firmware supports several boards.
The firmware is written for a ATSAM3S4B micro-controller, replacing the old AT91SAM7S64 used by SIMtrace and not recommended for new designs.
Note: The SAM3S is now also marked as not recommended for new designs.
It can further be replaced by the pin-compatible SAM4S, in the future.
SIMtrace¶
The SAM3S is pin compatible with the SAM7S.
This allows to continue using the same SIMtrace board, just by replacing the micro-controller.
Note: This hardware is open source.
sysmoQMOD¶
The SAM3S micro-controller with SIMtrace 2 firmware is also used on the sysmoQMOD board to provide remote SIM operation capabilities.
Note: This hardware is not open source.
Firmware¶
The SIMtrace 2 firmware source code is available here but is still under development.
Once ready binary files will also be released.
The SIMtrace 2 firmware is a complete rewrite and can only be flashed on hardware with SAM3S ARM Cortex-M3-based micro-controllers.
It is not compatible with the older SIMtrace hardware using SAM7S ARM7TDMI-based micro-controllers.
Flashing¶
DFU¶
SIMtrace 2 comes with a USB DFU bootloader pre-installed which allows to flash the application firmware over USB using the dfu-util
utility.
To get dfu-util
:
sudo apt-get install dfu-util
To flash the firmware:
sudo dfu-util --device 1d50:60e3 --alt 0 --download ./bin/simtrace-trace-dfu.bin
To prevent using sudo
in order to use dfu-util
on SIMtrace 2, grant access permission to the USB device to the current user:
# create osmocom group sudo groupadd osmocom # add current user to osmocom group (user needs to re-login for this change to take effect) sudo adduser $USERNAME osmocom # grant access permission to SIMtrace 2 for osmocom group sudo tee -a /etc/udev/rules.d/10-osmocom.rules << EOF # SIMtrace 2 SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1d50", ATTR{idProduct}=="60e3", MODE="0660", GROUP="osmocom" EOF # reload udev rules sudo udevadm control --reload-rules sudo udevadm trigger
dfu-util
should reset the board and use the DFU bootloader.
Try the command a second time if it did not work at first.
If this still does not work, power up the board while pressing the BOOTLOADER button.
If the USB DFU bootloader is missing, defective, or needs to be updated, use the JTAG or SAM-BA methods to flash the bootloader firmware.
SAMBA¶
The SAM3S micro-controller comes with an embedded bootloader called SAMBA, allowing to flash firmwares over USB.The SAMBA bootloader can be used to flash the DFU bootloader.
To activate the SAMBA bootloader:
- short the ERASE pin on the top of the board with the nearby 3V3 pin using a jumper
- connect SIMtrace 2 over USB to power it up (no LED will light up)
- using
lsusb
you should find the following entry:ID 03eb:6124 Atmel Corp. at91sam SAMBA bootloader
- using
journalctl -f
ensure SIMtrace 2 has been recognized as USB ACM device:kernel: usb 2-2: new full-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=03eb, idProduct=6124 kernel: usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0 kernel: cdc_acm 2-2:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm kernel: cdc_acm: USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
- remove the jumper shorting ERASE to 3V3
- install the
bossac
utility to flash using the SAMBA protocolsudo apt install bossac
- flash the USB DFU firmware using
bossac
(note:erase
ensures no main application remains so to force booting the USB DFU bootloader;boot=1
ensures the micro-controller will boot from the internal flash instead of the embedded bootloader next time it is powered up)sudo bossac --port /dev/ttyACM0 --erase --write ./bin/simtrace-dfu-flash.bin --verify --boot=1
- to prevent using
sudo
, grant to current user the permission to access USB serial devices (e.g./dev/ttyACM0
). Note: this change only takes effect after re-logging-insudo adduser $USERNAME dialout
Once the USB DFU bootloader is flashed, when re-pluging SIMtrace 2 over USB, you can flash the main application firmware using the DFU method.
JTAG¶
It is also possible to flash or debug SIMtrace 2 over JTAG using the ARM 20-pin JTAG header on the top of the board.
To flash the USB DFU firmware using JTAG:- install the JTAG utility
openOCD
sudo apt install openocd
- flash the USB DFU bootloader firmware
openocd --file interface/jlink.cfg --file target/at91sam3sXX.cfg --command "init" --command "halt" --command "flash erase_sector 0 0 15" --command "flash write_bank 0 ./bin/simtrace-dfu-flash.bin 0" --command "at91sam3 gpnvm set 1" --command "reset" --command "shutdown"
- replace
interface/jlink.cfg
with the configuration file for your JTAG debugging adapter erase_sector
will erase flash bank 0 (with a size of 256 KiB), to ensure no main application firmware remains in flashat91sam3 gpnvm set 1
ensures the micro-controller will boot from the internal flash (i.e. not from the embedded SAMBA bootloader)
- replace
Once the USB DFU bootloader is flashed, when re-pluging SIMtrace 2 over USB, you can flash the main application firmware using the DFU method.
Development¶
To compile the firmware using the source code, or participate in the development, please refer to the instructions provided in the README .
Host PC Software¶
TODO
Updated by tsaitgaist almost 6 years ago · 3 revisions