[ILUG] Linux compatible mobile phone

[Timothy Murphy]

On Thursday 02 December 2004 11:03, Paul Jakma wrote:

> > I use Bluetooth (bluez) + gnokii with a Nokia 6310, and this works
> > very well.
>
> Care to go into more detail? (i have a 6310 too, and never managed to
> get very far with bluez and gnokii (but a long time ago)).

(1) Make sure bluez is running on your computer with "hciconfig -a"
Switch on bluetooth on phone.

(2) Make sure computer can see phone with "hcitool scan".

(3) Give approporate gnokii command, eg

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Script started on Thu 02 Dec 2004 12:00:56 GMT
[tim at william ~]$ hcitool scan
Scanning ...
 00:02:EE:10:A5:BE gayleard
[tim at william ~]$ gnokii --getsms IN 3
GNOKII Version 0.6.1
3. Delivery Report (read)
Sending date/time: 23/11/2004 19:32:00 
Response date/time: 23/11/2004 19:32:00 
Receiver: +353863937646 Msg Center: +353868002000
Text: Delivered
[tim at william ~]$ exit
exit
Script done on Thu 02 Dec 2004 12:07:09 GMT
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In my .gnokiirc I have (omitting comments)
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[global]
port = 00:02:EE:10:A5:BE
model = 6310
initlength = default
connection = bluetooth
bindir = /usr/local/sbin/
use_locking = no
serial_baudrate = 19200
smsc_timeout = 10
[connect_script]
TELEPHONE = 0862336090
[disconnect_script]
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