MAC address for Xbee3 LTE-M module

XBee & XBee Gateway XBee - Cellular
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Hi,
I am working on Xbee3 LTE-M module.
I want MAC address of this module but in finding so i was unable to get MAC address information in Revision history—90002253 guide.
Currently I am using firmware version XBXC-11415.

So how do i retrieve MAC address of this module using AT commands ?
I am using c ANSI library from git hub

https://github.com/digidotcom/xbee_ansic_library

Any help would be greatly appreciable.

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I think there is a confusion. On the Cellular device, there is no MAC address. Instead it uses an IMEI value which is read via the IM command.

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The IMEI value is also readable using the ATSH and ATSL commands. (ATSH returns the first 7 digits, ATSL the last 8.)

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And ATSH/ATSL are the IMEI in BCD (binary coded decimal) format. So print it out in hex format (%x) to see the Cellular module’s IMEI.

These modules do not have a “MAC” address.

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Hi,
Correct, my bad.
Will i get IMEI without sim card ?
Will IM command work here ?

Thanks

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Yes you can get IMEI without a SIM card.

Yes, the IM command is what is used for obtaining the IMEI.

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Hi,
Thanks for the quick response i will try it out and will update here.

Thanks

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Note that the IM value might not be available immediately. Some Cellular modules can take up to a minute to start. If you don’t get a response to ATIM right away, wait and try again.

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Hi,
In AT command’s response call back i m capturing IMEI as using memcpy for 15 bytes into my array and printing them as %x get me below print which is doesnot seems the valid IMEI
0x33 0x35 0x32 0x37 0x35 0x33 0x30 0x39 0x30 0x31 …

Now i measured it with XCTU and found that extra ‘3’ digit gets added before the actual number.
So why this happens ?

Thanks

Thanks

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Ah, the ATIM response is a string. It’s the ATSH/ATSL responses that are BCD.

0x33 = ‘3’, 0x35 = ‘5’, etc. So your IMEI is “35275309…”. Edited to obscure the actual IMEI in case IMEI spoofing of IoT devices is a thing.

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Hi,
Thanks for the replay.

But why nothing is not written in guide ?
IM - will give string format
SH-SL will give in - 8 - 7 bytes - in BCD format

Also thanks for the support .
If I print this with %c it appears, what i need
Thanks

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The SH SL values are in Hex and not ASCII where by the IMEI is ASCII values. Check the xbee manual in the AT command section.

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Hi,
Thanks for the replay we can close this as I am able to get IMEI in human readable form.

Thanks