OpenSync/irmc-sync

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Introduction

This plugin allows applications using OpenSync to synchronize mobile phones with IrMC support.

Tested Devices

Siemens

Model	Firmware	Bluetooth	IrDA	USB	Contacts	Events	Notes	Todos	Tester	Comments
M75	SW12								Lowtower	it works in only one direction, from mobile to kdepim, no writing to mobile phone possible, knotes must be installed. Bluetooth connection works, msynctool is telling of a lot of syncing but drops everything at the end. Since OpenSUSE 10.3 it works fine with msynctool but not with multisync-gui.

Sony Ericsson

Model	Firmware	Bluetooth	IrDA	USB	Contacts	Events	Notes	Todos	Tester	Comments
T610									peternixon
K750i	R1CA021								cstender
w810i	R4EA031								hanskg	This was done with kitchensync.
w850i	R1JG001								pitkali	Done with kitchensync.
V800i									alt-os	Synking evolution, using multysinc.

Notes

 Syncronisation of notes doesn't work with newer Sony Ericsson cell phones.
 If your phone is crashing or if you receive an error like "Request failed"
 please try "--filter-objtype note".

 It seems that some phones (e.g. SE K750i) accept EXDATE attributes,
 but cannot delete them. You have to delete the whole event and create a new
 one without EXDATE attributes.

Example configurations

Bluetooth

 <config>
   <connectmedium>bluetooth</connectmedium>
   <btunit>$MAC</btunit>
   <btchannel>$CHANNEL</btchannel>
 </config>

This is an example for a connection via bluetooth. Replace $MAC with the mac address of your phone. You get it with "hcitool scan" (your phone must be visible).

 user@laptop:~> hcitool scan
 Scanning ...
         00:16:20:33:33:33    K750i <--- $MAC

Now we need to find out the channel of the IrMC Server. Try "sdptool browse $MAC". We hopefully get a output like this:

 <snip>
 Service Name: OBEX IrMC Sync Server
 Service RecHandle: 0x10008
 Service Class ID List:
   "IrMC Sync" (0x1104)
 Protocol Descriptor List:
   "L2CAP" (0x0100)
   "RFCOMM" (0x0003)
     Channel: 8      <--- $CHANNEL
   "OBEX" (0x0008)
 Profile Descriptor List:
   "IrMC Sync" (0x1104)
     Version: 0x0100
 <snap>

Replace $CHANNEL with "8" and your config should now look like this:

 <config>
   <donttellsync>false</donttellsync>
   <connectmedium>bluetooth</connectmedium>
   <btunit>00:16:20:33:33:33</btunit>
   <btchannel>8</btchannel>
 </config>

Infrared

 <config>
   <donttellsync>false</donttellsync>
   <connectmedium>ir</connectmedium>
   <irname>$IDENTIFIER</irname>
 </config>

We need to find out the device identifier. Start the infrared daemon (irda) and try "irdadump".

 <snip>
 12:46:41.534956 xid:cmd 51051736 > ffffffff S=6 s=3 (14)
 12:46:41.634962 xid:cmd 51051736 > ffffffff S=6 s=4 (14)
 12:46:41.734970 xid:cmd 51051736 > ffffffff S=6 s=5 (14)
 12:46:41.822417 xid:rsp 51051736 < 00001a28 S=6 s=5 Sony Ericss hint=9124 [ PnP Modem IrCOMM IrOBEX ] (28)
 <snap>

In this case $IDENTIFIER is "Sony Ericss". Your config should now look like this:

 <config>
   <donttellsync>false</donttellsync>
   <connectmedium>ir</connectmedium>
   <irname>Sony Ericss</irname>
 </config>