On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:54:19 -0700 (PDT) lanzo <lanz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi there! > I'm a beginner in software development and i would like to get a little help > from you for my little project. > > I wish to create a little script which does the following: > > 1- wake up the FR each xx mins (let's say 30 mins) from suspend mode > 2- disable the auto-suspend mode > 3- switch on the wi-fi > 4- scan the available wi-fi networks and, if one known is detected, connect, > else "goto" #6. > 5- perform some action like check my email and give a sound notice > 6- switch off the wi-fi > 7- re-enable the auto-suspend mode > 8- suspend the FR (this should be automatic after the #7) > end > > I thought to prepare a txt file with the login infos for my known wi-fi > networks and use something like "iwconfig eth0 scan" to scan the wi-fi. > I guess the wpa-supplicant operation is similar to my deskop, so i think it > shouldn't be a problem. am i wrong? > > However my questions are: > -what is, in your opinion, the best way to do this? should i build a shell > script or thinking on, let's say, python? > -is it possible to disconnect and reconnect the wi-fi without switching off > the phone? (i remember there was a bug or something...?) > -is there any place where i can find the shell commands to perform the GUI > operations? (i mean "switch on-off the wifi", "enable-disable the > auto-suspend mode"? > > Thank you very much in advance for any hint! > bye! :) > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/a-little-help-for-my-script-plz%21-tp3169747p3169747.html > Sent from the Openmoko Devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > devel@lists.openmoko.org > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/devel As far as I know WiFi power and other aspects of the phone is controlled by "frameworkd". And you communicate with it using dbus: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/D-Bus might be help full, and cli-framework http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/OpenmokoFramework/cli looks interesting, of course you also want to take a look at the API: http://git.freesmartphone.org/?p=specs.git;a=blob_plain;f=html/index.html;hb=HEAD -- Visti Andresen _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
