AT+CSQ - AT Command to Get the Signal Quality Report in GSM Engine

To get complete AT Command tutorial, click on this link.

If we want to get the Signal Quality Report of SIMCOM GSM Engine, AT+CSQ command is used. LIke other AT commands it can also be used as a Test Command and an Execution Command.GSM Modem I used is given in this page. 

Complete the circuit as shown in following figure.

 To get a clear idea about the circuit, refer the following circuits also.

After completing the circuit, run the test command on the GSM Modem.

Test Command - AT+CSQ=?

Upload the following program to your Arduino board to run the test command. While uploading the program, either power off the Modem or disconnect the pins connected to the RX and TX pins of Arduino. After uploading the program , reconnect the disconnected pins to the Arduino board. 

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void setup() 
{

  Serial.begin(2400);
  Serial.write("AT+CMGF=1\r");           //set GSM to text mode
  delay(1500);
    
  Serial.write("AT+CSQ=?\r");             //Test Command for Signal Quality Report
  while(1)
  {
    if(Serial.available())
    {
      Serial.write(Serial.read());  
    }   
  }
}

void loop() 
{

}

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Output of the above program is given below.

+CSQ: (0-31,99),(0-7,99)
0-31,99  indicates the list of supported rssis
0-7,99    indicates the list of supported bers
 
      rssi -  received signal strength indication

      ber  - channel bit error rate.

Parameters

     rssi

         0              -115 dBm or less

         1              -111 dBm

         2...30       -110... -54 dBm

         31            -52 dBm or greater

         99            not known or not detectable

     ber

         0...7    as RxQual values. RxQual to ber conversion is given in the following table.

         99       not known or not detectable

Execution Command - AT+CSQ

Upload the following program to your Arduino board to run the execution command. While uploading the program, either power off the Modem or disconnect the pins connected to the RX and TX pins of Arduino. After uploading the program , reconnect the disconnected pins to the Arduino board. 

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void setup() 

{

  Serial.begin(2400);

  Serial.write("AT+CMGF=1\r");    //set GSM to text mode

  delay(1500);

    

  Serial.write("AT+CSQ\r");           //Test Command for Signal Quality Report

  while(1)

  {

    if(Serial.available())

    {

      Serial.write(Serial.read());  

    }   

  }

}

void loop() 

{

}

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Output of the above program is given below.

+CSQ: 10,0

From the above output, we can conclude that rssi value is 10 and ber value is 0. That is ber is less than .2%.