Hello, I'd like to share my notes on using Multisync SyncML plugin with a Nokia 6600 phone. Today I finally got it working.
This information should also be mostly applicable to 7650 and other models. I hope it is helpful to others. Comments are welcome. Installation ------------ The phone can be synchronized through any TCP/IP connection. Normally this only includes a GPRS and GSM-data connections, but with some extra tweaking it's possible to run TCP/IP over bluetooth. Instructions are available at http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~leonard/linux-n6600-howto.html and http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/mraento/symbian/bt-ap.html . First I checked that the TCP/IP connection between the computer and the phone was working. (You can test that with Opera, Putty for series60 or some other software on the 6600.) Then I downloaded the Multisync sources from CVS, see http://multisync.sourceforge.net/compiling.shtml . Nokia 6600 and many other mobile phones speak SyncML only in a binary protocol, wbxml. The SyncML plugin states that at least version 0.8.1 is needed for wbxml transport to work. However, Nokia 6600 generates buggy wbxml. There is a workaround in libwbxml (see http://libwbxml.aymerick.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11) but it's not even in the latest release (0.9.0), so I downloaded a CVS version of libwbxml, too. First I tried to install the wbxml library into a non-system-wide location under my home directory, but after struggling with autoconf et al. for some time, not succeeding in making the library available to the syncml plugin compilation, I ended up creating an RPM of it and installing it as root. The wbxml header files were installed in /usr/include/wbxml2/, so I had to add that directory to the include path. This is how I eventually ran configure in the syncml_plugin directory: CPATH=/usr/include/wbxml2 ./configure --enable-debug \ --prefix=~/multisync Notice the "--enable-debug" - very useful for SyncML debugging. The critical lines in the output are: checking for wbxml_conv_wbxml2xml in -lwbxml2... yes checking for correct libwbxml2 version... yes Now I had the needed software. Configuration ------------- Here we assume 10.66.66.1 as the copmuter IP and 10.66.66.66 as the phone IP. Phone settings: Sync profile name: (anything) Access point: Bt (or other, if using GPRS/GSM-data) Host address: 10.66.66.1 (substitute with your computer's IP) Port: 5079 User name: (anything) Password: (anything) Contacts: yes Remote database: addressbook Synchronisation type: normal Calendar: yes Remote database: calendar Synchronisation type: normal Multisync SyncML plugin settings: SyncML Role: SyncML Role: SyncML Server Protocol: HTTP Path: (empty) Options: [X] Interpret UTC as local time (Symbian devices) [unsure!] [X] Disable string tables Now you should be able to launch the synchronization from the phone (Menu -> Connecticity -> Sync -> [Your profile name] -> Synchronize) Debugging --------- To see the TCP packets from/to the phone: tcpdump -ni any host 10.66.66.66 ngrep -d any . host 10.66.66.66 Running Multisync in debug mode: Set the environment variable MULTISYNC_DEBUG, e.g.: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MULTISYNC_DEBUG=1 multisync - - - Regards, Tuomas (tuomas.salo {at} iki.fi) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ Multisync-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/multisync-users
