{"id":29514,"date":"2019-08-11T22:04:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T05:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/?page_id=29514"},"modified":"2019-08-18T10:26:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T17:26:45","slug":"how-to-set-radio-access-technology-rat-in-sierra-wireless-modules-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/how-to-set-radio-access-technology-rat-in-sierra-wireless-modules-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set Radio Access Technology (RAT) in Sierra Wireless Modules?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sierra Wireless modules supports selecting the Radio Access Technologies (RAT) using the AT!GETRAT and AT!SELRAT commands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Radio Access Technology (RAT)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Access Technology (RAT) is the underlying radio interface that the device uses to connect to the cellular network. Examples of Radio Access Networks (RAT) are GSM 2G, UMTS 3G, CDMA, HRPD, LTE etc. The device may support one of more radio access technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why should the Radio Access Technology (RAT) be set?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the devices supports multiple radio access technologies. A LTE device may support GSM, UMTS, HRPD  &amp; LTE. For business reasons, you may want to restrict the device to LTE only so that the device will always work on the high-speed network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get the list of supported Radio Access Technology (RAT)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For Sierra Wireless Modules, AT!SELRAT=? command returns the list of the supported RAT configurations for the device. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/download-at-command-tester-for-sierra-wireless-modules-2\/\">AT Command Tester<\/a> Tool, &#8216;Get Supported RATs&#8217; action returns the RAT configurations supported by the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_supported_rats.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_supported_rats.png 854w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_supported_rats-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_supported_rats-768x656.png 768w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_supported_rats-600x513.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to return the current preferred Radio Access Technology (RAT)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For Sierra Wireless Modules, AT!SELRAT? command returns the current preferred RAT. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/download-at-command-tester-for-sierra-wireless-modules-2\/\">AT Command Tester tool<\/a>, &#8216;Get current Preferred RAT&#8217; returns the preferred RAT of the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"861\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_current_preferred_rat.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_current_preferred_rat.png 861w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_current_preferred_rat-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_current_preferred_rat-768x657.png 768w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_current_preferred_rat-600x513.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to set the preferred radio access technology(RAT)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Sierra Wireless module, the preferred RAT is set using the AT!SELRAT command. Pass the RAT index which can be queried through the AT!SELRAT=? command. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/download-at-command-tester-for-sierra-wireless-modules-2\/\">AT Command Tester<\/a> tool, select the preferred RAT from the list and use the &#8216;Set Preferred RAT&#8217; action to select the preferred RAT for the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_set_preferred_rat.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_set_preferred_rat.png 860w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_set_preferred_rat-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_set_preferred_rat-768x655.png 768w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_set_preferred_rat-600x511.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get the current radio access technology (RAT) of the device?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Sierra Wireless Modules, the current RAT of the device can be queried using the AT!GETRAT? command. &#8216;Get Current RAT&#8217; action in the <a href=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/download-at-command-tester-for-sierra-wireless-modules-2\/\">AT Command Tester<\/a> tool returns the radio access technology that the device is currently on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_rat.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_rat.png 859w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_rat-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_rat-768x655.png 768w, https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sw_get_rat-600x512.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sierra Wireless modules supports selecting the Radio Access Technologies (RAT) using the AT!GETRAT and AT!SELRAT commands What is Radio Access Technology (RAT)? Radio Access Technology (RAT) is the underlying radio interface that the device uses to connect to the cellular &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/how-to-set-radio-access-technology-rat-in-sierra-wireless-modules-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"software_howto.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29514","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29514"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29801,"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29514\/revisions\/29801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m2msupport.net\/m2msupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}