Palm sync over bluetooth?

[Eric Anderson]

Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 22:44 +0200, Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> 
>>Eric Anderson píše v st 13. 07. 2005 v 15:41 -0500:
>>
>>>Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
>>>
>>>>Eric,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>Does anyone have a cookbook, or howto on this?  I think I'm missing 
>>>>>>>a piece somewhere..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>depends on what do you mean by "sync" :) intelligent sync, i.e 
>>>>>>something like syncml etc. is not supported at the moment. its not 
>>>>>>really a bluetooth fault, its just no one wrote a tool (or at least i 
>>>>>>do not know of any) that properly does syncml over obex over 
>>>>>>bluetooth (or whatever palm supports). i'd like to add syncml support 
>>>>>>to obexapp(1), but not have much free time at the moment.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>it should be possible to transfer files/etc. from/to palm using obex 
>>>>>>with obexapp(1) from ports (comms/obexapp).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>:) ok, I'll try to state more clearly..
>>>>>
>>>>>I'd like to get my palm t5 to sync (using the 'hotsync' in the palm) 
>>>>>over bluetooth, instead of serial cable, or even usb, using jpilot (or 
>>>>>pilot-xfer which jpilot uses I believe).  pilot-xfer can use a serial 
>>>>>port (/dev/something) or network (net:any for ip).
>>>>>
>>>>>I was thinking that since my palm supports syncing over bluetooth 
>>>>>(uses it like a serial port), I should be able to make my FreeBSD box 
>>>>>connect the bluetooth to a pseudo tty device, which I could then have 
>>>>>pilot-xfer use.  Does this seem reasonable?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>man rfcomm_sppd(1)
>>>
>>> From the man page, I was under the impression that would allow me to do 
>>>the opposite.  For instance, connect to another computer's serial device 
>>>over bluetooth, instead of the palm connecting to the computer.
>>
>>That's exactly how it is with serial and USB - computer connects to
>>Palm, then you start Hotsync application on Palm.
>>
>>
> 
> I do mine slightly roundabout way -- using network sync. Setup is as
> follows:
> 
> -- working bluetooth hardware ;) in my case D-Link DBT-120
> -- load USB stack + ng_ubt
> -- optionally (?) configure /etc/bluetooth/hosts
> -- rc.bluetooth start ubt0
> -- configure /etc/bluetooth/hcsecd.conf with proper PIN and start hcsecd
> -- start sdpd
> -- start rfcomm_pppd -d -s -C 1 -l bluetooth
> -- in /etc/ppp/pppd.conf
> bluetooth:
>    set dial "\"\" READY GO"
>    set ifaddr 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2
>    disable chap
>    disable deflate
>    disable mppe
>    disable pred1
>    disable shortseq
>    disable vjcomp
>    disable ipv6cp
>    set timeout 0
>    set lqrperiod 10
>    enable lqr
>    accept lqr
>    # Do not use PPP authentication. Assume that
>    # Bluetooth connection was authenticated already
>    disable pap
>    deny pap
>    disable chap
>    deny chap
> 
> -- start pi-csd for network sync 
> nohup /usr/local/bin/pi-csd -q -H <your host here> -a 192.168.1.1 -n
> 255.255.255.0 &
> 
> Only quirky thing there is "dial" line in ppp configuration -- I use it
> on USB since it seems that some characters are being dropped between
> ucom being created and devd  starting necessary application, so I kept
> it here for consistency as well.
> 
> You will have to configure your Palm for network sync (provided that it
> knows how ;) and set your target computer (not necessarily one you have
> bluetooth on). This is pretty straightforward on my Clie T615C.
> 
> PILOTPORT has to be set to "net:any", same setting could be used in
> jPilot. I have not had much luck with Evolution, but that might have
> been due to the lack of motivation.
> 
> If you need more detail, just ask. Any suggestions on improving this
> setup is more then welcome.

Thanks! I've done the above steps, and here's what I see:

After starting the rfcomm_pppd program, I see a tun0 interface via ifconfig:

tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

Running the pi-csd tool (which I'm not sure what that is supposed to do, 
really) seems to run, but I don't see any output or anything, so I'm not 
certain if it is doing the 'right thing'.

Now, I set up my palm like so:
Created new Connection, setting "Connect to" to "Local Network", and 
"Via" set to "Bluetooth" with <my-bluetooth-hostname> in the "Device" 
box. I have my Palm set for "Local" sync (not "Modem").

When I hit the sync button, I don't see the tun0 device get an IP (from 
ppp), nor do I see a pid associated with the tun0 device.  On my palm, 
nearly immediately I get this message:
"Unable to initiate HotSync operation because the port is in use by 
another application."
Now, if I kill rfcomm_pppd, and restart with the addition of the -S 
command line option, and attempt the same sync, I get a pid attached to 
tun0, and tun0 is now 'UP':

tun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
         Opened by PID 11613

but it never gets the IP address (set in the ppp conf), and the palm 
sits for some time (a minute or two) before finally giving up with: "The 
connection between your device and the desktop could not be established. 
  Please check your setup and try again."  at which point my tun0 goes 
back to it's normal state and the ppp process disappears.

Any ideas what I may be missing?

Thanks for the help so far!
Eric





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