HiLink

Huawei HiLink 4G USB Modem Client

This Windows Commandline utility can be used to manage the Huawei 4G Modem. It is meant to run in a command window (cmd.exe).

Tested with the E3372h-153 USB 4G Modem

General information commands

Run the utility in a command window without any parameters to see the help:

HiLink x64 1.0.0 Usage: command (without other parameters) -c command (-c info) commands: info, status, net, sms, smscount, smslist, stats, monthstats, resetstats, reboot, con, hack, emptyinbox
-h host, IP Address (default 192.168.8.1) -d debuglevel (none=1, 0-2) -a api path (-a api/**/**) -x request XML (-x "<request>***</request>") Examples: HiLink info HiLink -c info HiLink -d -c status HiLink -d 2 -a api/device/information HiLink -a api/monitoring/clear-traffic -x "<request><ClearTraffic>1</ClearTraffic></request>" 

Reboot

Use this command to reboot the device: HiLink.exe reboot.

Empty the SMS Inbox

This command will remove all the SMS messages from the SMS Inbox: HiLink.exe emptyinbox.

Auto Disconnect Interval Hack

The Huawei E3372 disconnects frequently from the LTE network. This is caused by the Auto Disconnect Interval, which has a maximum 120 minutes. This little hack sets the Interval to 24 hours, for the explanation see: hacking-huawei-e3372-hilink.

Additional Web API tricks

You can create your own commands following the Huawei Web API.

For example Hilink.exe -a /config/global/languagelist.xml shows the available languages.

Acknowledgements

• Thanks to Kajetan Rzepecki 'Idorobots' for research and the reconnect hack
• Thanks to AutoIt
• Thanks to Logan Hampton and Damien Smith for the Visual Studio Code AutoIt Extension