Gammu releases

Gammu test version 1.21.93

Michal Čihař — 2008-12-02T15:31:02+01:00

After few weeks of debugging build system, new Gammu version is out. This time most fixes are in build system area, especially now it is possible to compile Gammu using Borland C++ 5.5. Also my hacks for crosscompilation to Windows on Linux have been dropped in favour of crosscompilation features in CMake 2.6.

Full list of changes:

Drop own crosscompilation support, rely on CMake one.
Also standard CMake parameters used when possible (eg. BUILD_SHARED_LIBS).
Search does not create thread for non existing devices.
Fixed possible crash when backing up ringtones.
Fix possible race condition in searching.
Fixed invoking of CMake with output to custom directory.
Compile on platforms where ssize_t does not exist.
Fix detection of towlower on some compilers.
Make Bluetooth compile using BCC.
Fix compilation if strtoull does not exist.
Compile on platforms where intptr_t does not exist.
Fixed compilation in BCC (see changes above).
Check whether compiler supports __FUNCTION__.

You can download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/,

Debian users will find packages in experimental soon.

Gammu test version 1.21.92

Michal Čihař — 2008-11-19T13:24:56+01:00

Good news everyone, new Gammu testing version is out. This time biggest fix is Bluetooth support for Mac OS X, accompanied with fixed locking on some architectures and improved debug configuration, to allow proper integration with python-gammu.

Full list of changes:

Reimplement locking and add tests for it.
GSM_SetDebugFileDescriptor now accepts flag whether file descriptor can be closed (bug #749).
Soname change due to API breakage (see above).
Fixed compilation on Mac OS X, thanks to Juan A. Bertolin for testing.

You can download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/,

Debian users will find packages in experimental soon.

Gammu test version 1.21.91

Michal Čihař — 2008-11-11T14:45:11+01:00

Good news everyone, new Gammu testing version is out. Fixes are there for everybody, starting in AT engine initialization, going through FBUS and Nokia drivers up to OBEX handling in Siemens phones.

Full list of changes:

Script gammu-config can now also work with whiptail.
Minor fixes in gammu-config script.
Extra spaces from connection or device name are now stripped.
Automatically reinitialize FBUS connection if it is dropped.
Disable OBEX with Motorola Z6c, it is broken (bug #746).
Refresh manufacturer information on second init of AT (bug #746).
Always get charset information on AT phone initialization.
Better handling of OBEX switching for Siemens phones.
Fix flags for 2630 and 3109c (bug #752).
Fix handling of caller groups and picture IDs (bug #752).
Properly set calendar location while adding (bug #747).

You can download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/,

Debian users will find packages in experimental soon.

Gammu test version 1.21.90

Michal Čihař — 2008-10-20T18:17:09+01:00

I just published new Gammu testing version. Major changes are in handling some special Nokia responses, handling of Siemens phonebook entries and introduction of automatic testing using CDash on http://cdash.cihar.com/index.php?project=Gammu. Full list of changes:

Sign Windows binaries during build.
Detect long FM station names (bug #727).
Add ID for Nokia 2630b.
Handle properly very long lines in vcards (bug #728).
Do not build and install locales if gettext is not compiled.
Increase number of calendar entries (bug #725).
Leak free test runs.
Support backup of phone phonebook from Siemens (bug #732).
Properly handle GetNextMemory on Siemens (bug #732).
Save textual category to backup (bug #737).
Enable dashboard testing using CTest/CDash.
Add option to do coverage analysis.
Properly handle debug file closing.
Add test case for debug logging.
Fix decoding of some SMS messages from Nokia phones (bug #735).
Hack for (still) unknown error code (bug #733).

You can download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/, Debian users will find packages in experimental soon.

Gammu stable version 1.21.0

Michal Čihař — 2008-10-03T15:54:54+01:00

Good news everyone, after long time of inactivity and huge development over past month, new stable Gammu release is out. Since 1.20.94, there are only minor fixes in handling some corner cases in AT parser, but full list of changes since last stable 1.20.0 is quite long:

Handle properly empty SMSC (bug #722).
Disable AT/OBEX for Motorola K1v (bug #721).
Automatically switch to nodtr connection if DTR/RTS setting fails.
More verbose debug messages in API.
Free phone data after testing model to avoid memory leaks.
Properly handle if IMEI is too long (bug #709).
Try to handle situation when CMGL does not list all messages.
Fix typo in MySQL file (bug #716).
Better parsing of USSD replies (bug #718).
Properly restore caller groups on Nokia 2630 (bug #706).
Fix listing of used calendar locations on Nokia (bug #710).
Properly encode class and coding to SMS (bug #714).
SMSD for MySQL no longer fails when sending message (bug #715).
SMSD stores signal and battery state in PostgreSQL.
Properly handle multiline firmware information.
Fix crash when decoding EMS pictures (bug #549).
Motorola phones sometimes reply in UCS2 instead of HEX (bug #712).
Use native functions sleep/usleep if available.
Improve FBUS initialization sequence.
Fixed reading for ringtones from Nokia 5510 (bug #529).
Do not crash if ringtone name is too long (bug #529).
Fix possible crash while reading of messages using AT.
Increase timeout when writing SMS message (bug #596).
Cleaned up issues with reading from Bluez (bug #670).
Fixed Windows binary (define properly MSVCRT to use) (bug #683).
Fixed compilation with CURL on Windows.
Windows binary now has only MySQL and CURL support (bug #683).
Fill in timezone information (bug #696).
Detect reserver message type (bug #691).
Increase timeout for switching to OBEX (bug #690).
Disable postal address for Nokia 2600 (bug #659).
Encode phone number only with phones which need it (bug #654).
Increase timeout for writing memory entry (bug #654).
Handle properly when phoned does not tell SMSC (bug #616).
Initial support for waiting calls in AT engine (bug #551).
Fixed dialing on some AT phones (bug #471).
Support for skipping location when reading (bug #467).
Improved detection of serial port Bluetooth channel.
SMSD reconnects to MySQL (thanks to Wouter D'Haeseleer).
SMSD stores signal and battery state in MySQL (thanks to Wouter D'Haeseleer).
Initial support for reading messages in simple text mode.
Report if monitor failed because of an error.
Handle not found errors on OBEX connect (bug #705).
Report more verbosely that some feature has been disabled on compile time.
Add ID for Nokia 5200 (thanks to Andreas Metzler).
Add two IDs for Nokia 2600 (bug #659).
Add ID for lot's of Sony Ericsson phones.
Use AT parser for AT+CPBS? reply.
Use all possible ways to get memory status (bug #687).
Detect more error codes from Nokia phones (bug #659).
Fix decoding of text using iconv (bug #687).
Fix linker flags check, caused failures on MacOS X.
Add second ID for Nokia 2610 (thanks to Nicolas Forget).
Add ID for Nokia 6060.
Try to use OPP and PBAP Bluetooth profiles also (not tested!).
DumpMessage is not printing last char (bug #692).
Support for favorite messaging number (bug #693).
Add ID for Nokia 2630 (bug #693).
First attempt for Bluetooth support on OS X.
Do not open debug file for second time when using global debug.
Fix DC memory name printing (bug #698).
Add API function GSM_MemoryTypeToString.
Report correct size of DC/RC/MC memory on DCT4 phones (bug #699).
Store favorite messaging as phone number, not only as ID (bug #693).
Avoid empty line at beginning of vCard backup (bug #701).
Add ID for Nokia 2760.
Catch not acceptable errors in OBEX (bug #702).
Operation not allowed is not an unknown problem (bug #678).
Add ID for Nokia 5000 (bug #677).
Increase limit of files for DCT4 and check array size (bug #676).
Allow to enter PIN code from stdin (bug #633).
Handle HEX reply instead of UCS-2 from Motorola (bug #697).
Avoid decoding of @ in email address (bug #697).
ABI change, because of increasing some limits.
Config file option rsslevel no longer works, superseded by 'gammu checkversion'.
Dropped GSM_ReadHTTPFile from API, gammu now uses CURL instead.
Support for longer notes on Nokia phones (bug #607).
Add deleteallmemory command.
Ignore trailing spaces in AT commands.
Fix crash on long lines in vCards.
Compatibility with broken iWOW responses (bug #650).
Do not use hard delete flag for updating entries (bug #634).
Identify Nokia 1200 (bug #649).
Fix parsing of date/time reply on Sony Ericsson G900 (bug #647).
Increased limit for folder name (bug #646).
Fix parsing of empty date (bug #643).
Recognize general number on Nokia 6230i (bug #655).
Fix writing of phone number using HEX charset (bug #512).
Recognize more CME errors, thanks to Paolo oopla@users.sf.net.

You can download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/, Binary packages will be available soon.

Gammu test version 1.20.94

Michal Čihař — 2008-09-26T13:30:12+01:00

In few hours after releasing 1.20.93 it became obvious that I will need another testing release, because number of bug fixes grow too much. So here it comes. Schedule for 1.21.0 is Tuesday next week, so please report any problems you face with this testing version.

Full list of changes in 1.20.94:

Automatically switch to nodtr connection if DTR/RTS setting fails.
More verbose debug messages in API.
Free phone data after testing model to avoid memory leaks.
Properly handle if IMEI is too long (bug #709).
Try to handle situation when CMGL does not list all messages.
Fix typo in MySQL file (bug #716).
Better parsing of USSD replies (bug #718).
Properly restore caller groups on Nokia 2630 (bug #706).
Fix listing of used calendar locations on Nokia (bug #710).
Properly encode class and coding to SMS (bug #714).
SMSD for MySQL no longer fails when sending message (bug #715).
SMSD stores signal and battery state in PostgreSQL.
Properly handle multiline firmware information.

You can download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/, Debian users will find packages in experimental soon.

Gammu test version 1.20.93

Michal Čihař — 2008-09-23T14:40:00+01:00

I finally managed to process all my mails and it's not time to push Gammu towards stable release. If everything goes without problems, the just born 1.20.93 will be followed by 1.21.0.

Version 1.20.93 fixes several crashes with parsing strange data from phones and changes a bit initialization of FBUS protocols. If you are using this connection type, please test this new code whether it behaves better or worse than older version.

Full list of changes:

Fix crash when decoding EMS pictures (bug #549).
Motorola phones sometimes reply in UCS2 instead of HEX (bug #712).
Use native functions sleep/usleep if available.
Improve FBUS initialization sequence.
Fixed reading for ringtones from Nokia 5510 (bug #529).
Do not crash if ringtone name is too long (bug #529).
Fix possible crash while reading of messages using AT.
Increase timeout when writing SMS message (bug #596).
Cleaned up issues with reading from Bluez (bug #670).

You can download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/, Debian users will find packages in experimental soon.

Gammu test version 1.20.92

Michal Čihař — 2008-09-15T14:55:56+01:00

New testing version of Gammu was just born. It brings quite a lot of fixes. Also the Windows binary should be again a bit more stable.

Full list of changes:

Fixed Windows binary (define properly MSVCRT to use) (bug #683).
Fixed compilation with CURL on Windows.
Windows binary now has only MySQL and CURL support (bug #683).
Fill in timezone information (bug #696).
Detect reserver message type (bug #691).
Increase timeout for switching to OBEX (bug #690).
Disable postal address for Nokia 2600 (bug #659).
Encode phone number only with phones which need it (bug #654).
Increase timeout for writing memory entry (bug #654).
Handle properly when phoned does not tell SMSC (bug #616).
Initial support for waiting calls in AT engine (bug #551).
Fixed dialing on some AT phones (bug #471).
Support for skipping location when reading (bug #467).
Improved detection of serial port Bluetooth channel.
SMSD reconnects to MySQL (thanks to Wouter D'Haeseleer).
SMSD stores signal and battery state in MySQL (thanks to Wouter D'Haeseleer).
Initial support for reading messages in simple text mode.
Report if monitor failed because of an error.
Handle not found errors on OBEX connect (bug #705).

You can download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/, Debian users will find packages in experimental soon.

PS: I still have about 50 unread mails about Gammu, so please be patient.

Gammu test version 1.20.91

Michal Čihař — 2008-09-10T22:21:07+01:00

New testing version of Gammu was just born. It brings quite a lot of fixes - I simply release it because changelog got too big :-).

Full list of changes:

Report more verbosely that some feature has been disabled on compile time.
Add ID for Nokia 5200 (thanks to Andreas Metzler).
Add two IDs for Nokia 2600 (bug #659).
Add ID for lot's of Sony Ericsson phones.
Use AT parser for AT+CPBS? reply.
Use all possible ways to get memory status (bug #687).
Detect more error codes from Nokia phones (bug #659).
Fix decoding of text using iconv (bug #687).
Fix linker flags check, caused failures on MacOS X.
Add second ID for Nokia 2610 (thanks to Nicolas Forget).
Add ID for Nokia 6060.
Try to use OPP and PBAP Bluetooth profiles also (not tested!).
DumpMessage is not printing last char (bug #692).
Support for favorite messaging number (bug #693).
Add ID for Nokia 2630 (bug #693).
First attempt for Bluetooth support on OS X.
Do not open debug file for second time when using global debug.
Fix DC memory name printing (bug #698).
Add API function GSM_MemoryTypeToString.
Report correct size of DC/RC/MC memory on DCT4 phones (bug #699).
Store favorite messaging as phone number, not only as ID (bug #693).
Avoid empty line at beginning of vCard backup (bug #701).
Add ID for Nokia 2760.
Catch not acceptable errors in OBEX (bug #702).
Operation not allowed is not an unknown problem (bug #678).
Add ID for Nokia 5000 (bug #677).
Increase limit of files for DCT4 and check array size (bug #676).
Allow to enter PIN code from stdin (bug #633).
Handle HEX reply instead of UCS-2 from Motorola (bug #697).
Avoid decoding of @ in email address (bug #697).

You can download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/, Debian users will find packages in experimental soon.

PS: I still have about 50 unread mails about Gammu, so please be patient.

Gammu test version 1.20.90

Michal Čihař — 2008-08-05T12:46:00+01:00

New testing version of Gammu was just born. It brings quite a lot of fixes and changes API a bit (some things will also change in next testing release).

Full list of changes:

ABI change, because of increasing some limits.
Config file option rsslevel no longer works, superseded by gammu checkversion.
Dropped GSM_ReadHTTPFile from API, gammu now uses CURL instead.
Support for longer notes on Nokia phones (bug #607).
Add deleteallmemory command.
Ignore trailing spaces in AT commands.
Fix crash on long lines in vCards.
Compatibility with broken iWOW responses (bug #650).
Do not use hard delete flag for updating entries (bug #634).
Identify Nokia 1200 (bug #649).
Fix parsing of date/time reply on Sony Ericsson G900 (bug #647).
Increased limit for folder name (bug #646).
Fix parsing of empty date (bug #643).
Recognize general number on Nokia 6230i (bug #655).
Fix writing of phone number using HEX charset (bug #512).
Recognize more CME errors, thanks to Paolo oopla@users.sf.net.

You can download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/, Debian users will find packages in experimental as soon as it passes NEW queue.

PS: I still have about 100 unread mails about Gammu, so please be patient.