Hi Aleksander, >> >> I need to write a custom user process that can send connection >> requests/user actions to ModemManager and also receive status >> notifications from ModemManager such as change of connection status, signal >> statistics, etc. >> >> What inter-process communication interface does ModemManager provide >> in order to achieve this? Dbus messages or by directly using APIs? >> >> Will looking at Network Manager or mmcli source help understand how to >> communicate with MM? >>
>ModemManager exposes a DBus interface. If you install the "d-feet" >program and look for ModemManager in the system bus you'll understand clearly >how the objects and interfaces exposed work. If you install the "dbus-monitor" >program and >monitor for messages in the "system" >bus while using e.g. mmcli you'll see the DBus messages being transferred. > >Client applications all interface with DBus, but they may do it in different >ways. Some applications may want to use "raw" DBus proxies and >request/responses, while others use the >"libmm-glib" library, which provides >a high level API that hides almost completely the usage of DBus, see: >https://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/libmm-glib/1.6.0/ > >Using libmm-glib does NOT require your program to be in C. You can write >programs in any language supported by "GObject introspection bindings"; and >that includes e.g. Lua, >Python or Javascript; see e.g.: >https://cgit.freedesktop.org/ModemManager/ModemManager/tree/examples/modem-watcher-python >https://cgit.freedesktop.org/ModemManager/ModemManager/tree/examples/modem-watcher-javascript > >Of course, you can also write your program in C, and you can use mmcli as an >example of that: >https://cgit.freedesktop.org/ModemManager/ModemManager/tree/cli Thanks for the detailed response! - Shijo _______________________________________________ ModemManager-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/modemmanager-devel
