nRF9160: Modem callbacks

The Modem callbacks sample demonstrates how to set up callbacks for Modem library initialization and shutdown calls, using the Modem library integration layer and how to set up a callback for changes to the modem functional mode using the LTE link controller library.

Requirements

The sample supports the following development kit:

Hardware platforms

PCA

Board name

Build target

nRF9160 DK

PCA10090

nrf9160dk_nrf9160

nrf9160dk_nrf9160_ns

When built for an _ns build target, the sample is configured to compile and run as a non-secure application. Therefore, it automatically includes Trusted Firmware-M that prepares the required peripherals and secure services to be available for the application.

Overview

The sample performs the following operations:

  1. Registers callbacks during compile time for modem initialization, functional mode changes, and shutdown using the NRF_MODEM_LIB_ON_INIT, LTE_LC_ON_CFUN and NRF_MODEM_LIB_ON_SHUTDOWN macros respectively.

  2. Initializes the Modem library.

  3. Changes functional mode using the lte_lc_func_mode_set() function in the LTE link controller library

  4. Shuts down the Modem library.

This triggers the callbacks for on_modem_init(), on_cfun() and on_modem_shutdown() functions.

Building and running

This sample can be found under samples/nrf9160/modem_callbacks in the nRF Connect SDK folder structure.

When built as a non-secure firmware image for the _ns build target, the sample automatically includes the Trusted Firmware-M (TF-M).

To build the sample with Visual Studio Code, follow the steps listed on the Building nRF Connect SDK application quick guide page in the nRF Connect for VS Code extension documentation. See Building and programming an application for other building and programming scenarios and Testing and debugging an application for general information about testing and debugging in the nRF Connect SDK.

Testing

After programming the sample to your development kit, complete the following steps to test it:

  1. Connect the kit to the computer using a USB cable. The kit is assigned a COM port (Windows) or ttyACM device (Linux), which is visible in the Device Manager.

  2. Connect to the kit with a terminal emulator (for example, PuTTY). See How to connect with PuTTY for the required settings.

  3. Power on or reset your nRF9160 DK.

  4. Observe that the sample starts, initializes the modem, changes functional mode and shuts down the modem.

Sample output

The sample shows the following output:

Modem callbacks sample started
Initializing modem library
> Initialized with value 0
Changing functional mode
> Functional mode has changed to 1
Shutting down modem library
> Functional mode has changed to 0
> Shutting down
Bye

Dependencies

This sample uses the following nRF Connect SDK libraries:

It uses the following sdk-nrfxlib library:

In addition, it uses the following secure firmware component: