Debug Mode on Dell Verizon Wireless Data Card
So if you are like me and want to actually know what the signal strength and noise levels are of your connection, rather than just how many “bars” some marketing guy has determined should be displayed, you need to know how to get access to the RF engineering screens on whatever device you use.
In the case of my Dell Wireless 5720 card build into my Latitude D630 the trick is to launch the Dell Mobile Broadband Card Utility and type ##debug in when at the main screen. This will bring up a Debug Info screen with all sorts of interesting information (most of which I don’t have a clue what it is).
Dell Verizon Wireless 5720 Debug
I could swear this Dell utility is similar to one I have used before by Sierra Wireless. I am wondering if that is just because the base program is now written by Novatel and Sierra uses their chipsets?
-Eric