Filed under: python-gammu | Nijel's Weblog Random thoughts about everything… 2009-11-24T16:46:48+01:00 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com http://blog.cihar.com/ NanoBlogger New Wammu and Gammu website Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2009/10/09/new_wammu_and_gammu_website/ 2009-10-09T16:28:18+01:00 2009-10-09T16:28:18+01:00

I just put online new Wammu and Gammu website at http://wammu.eu/. The reason for this change is that I want all relevant information about Gammu and related programs to be available in one place. You can find there information about Gammu, SMSDand python-gammuas well including some information and documentation which used to be spread in wiki and various other documents.

Also all Gammu and Wammu related announcements will be published only on that website and will no longer pollute my blog (and all planets where my blog is being syndicated). If you followed RSS feed, you should update your reader to http://wammu.eu/news/rss/.

The new website also includes updated Gammu Phone Database, which will look almost same to users, but has been completely rewritten underneath, what will allow some extensions in future and allows easier management of entries for me.

What currently lacks behind old website is Czech translation. The reason is in simple fact that new website contains much more texts and I did not yet have time to translate it. If you want to help, just go to l10n.cihar.com, or just follow translators instructions. This time it will be also possible to add other translations, so if you want to translate website to other language, you are welcome!

 Gammu stable version 1.26.1 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2009/09/08/gammu_stable_version_1_26_1/ 2009-09-08T10:06:15+01:00 2009-09-08T10:06:15+01:00

Gammu1.26.1 is out! This release just fixes few bugs in AT driver.

Full list of changes:

  • CPIN reply is handled like regular one except in A2D case (bug #994).
  • Fix finding first empty position when memory is empty (bug #996).
  • Fixed parsing of SMS status reports.
  • Fixed parsing of text messages with new lines (bug #995).

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

Debian users will find packages in unstable soon, SUSE, Fedora and Mandriva users can check repositoryin OpenSuse Build Service and Ubuntu in my PPA.

 Gammu stable version 1.26.0 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2009/09/04/gammu_stable_version_1_26_0/ 2009-09-04T11:11:53+01:00 2009-09-04T11:11:53+01:00

Gammu1.26.0 is out! There is reduced memory usage, tons of bugfixes, better support for reading messages from Motorola phones.

Full list of changes:

  • Fixed handling of RunOnReceive error code.
  • Fixed crash when encoding USSD dials.
  • Fixed decoding of phonebook entries on Motorola (bug #988).
  • Fixed decoding of long text messages (bug #990).
  • Fixed location of saved message (bug #989).
  • Added ID for Nokia 1681c.
  • Fixed reading of phonebook from Samsung (bug #980).
  • Add ID for Nokia 3390b (bug #982).
  • DCT3 dependent code reports error when phone is not DCT3 (bug #982).
  • Fixed reading of DCT4 file folders (bug #986).
  • Reworked RPM packages (separate libraries and SMSD).
  • Huawei E160 uses encoded USSD requests.
  • Better support for messages on Motorola, thanks to Quintin Hill.
  • Fix reading of SMS backups without text (bug #963).
  • Send message even if SendingTimeOut is null (bug #977).
  • Disabled automatic OBEX for Motorola phones.
  • Increased limits for message length, bump soname to 7 because of this.
  • Changed SMSD tables to be able to handle longer messages from Motorola phones.
  • Documented most commands in man page.
  • Completed Czech translation of Gammu.
  • Avoid crash on some Nokia smses (bug #959).
  • Added support for Bluetooth on more BSD systems, thanks to Iain Hibbert.
  • Added new command setsmsc.
  • Added option to disable checking for battery and signal in SMSD.
  • Fixed getting firmware revision on AT phones (bug #951).
  • Added support for home/work mobile number (bug #952).
  • Fixed handling of error response for security status in AT.
  • Fixed segfault on systems with very low memory limits.
  • Development now goes on in Git repository, please check README.
  • 6510 driver now dynamically allocates memory for file caches, what reduces Gammu memory usage by 800 MiB.
  • Added testcases for AT+CNMI replies.
  • Fixed range parsing in AT engine.
  • Added reconnect support in PostgreSQL driver in SMSD.
  • Gammu debug level no longer can be controlled separately in SMSD.
  • Fix loop when Nokia phone does not allow to access files (bug #954).

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

Debian users will find packages in unstable soon, SUSE, Fedora and Mandriva users can check repositoryin OpenSuse Build Service and Ubuntu in my PPA.

 Gammu test version 1.25.93 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2009/08/27/gammu_test_version_1_25_93/ 2009-08-27T13:05:35+01:00 2009-08-27T13:05:35+01:00

Gammu1.25.93 is out! This is just a bugfix release heading to 1.26.0 next week.

Full list of changes:

  • Fixed reading of phonebook from Samsung (bug #980).
  • Add ID for Nokia 3390b (bug #982).
  • DCT3 dependent code reports error when phone is not DCT3 (bug #982).
  • Fixed reading of DCT4 file folders (bug #986).
  • Fixed parsing of config file with whitespace (bug #987).

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

Debian users will find packages in experimental soon, SUSE, Fedora and Mandriva users can check experimental repositoryin OpenSuse Build Service.

 Translate Wammu Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2009/08/25/translate_wammu/ 2009-08-25T23:52:42+01:00 2009-08-25T23:52:42+01:00

I feel like I will release new Wammuversion in two or three weeks, it would be great to improve some translations. All you need to do is to login into our Pootle serverand translate these few (or not so few) strings missing in your language.

If you still prefer manual work, you can still just get po file from Gitand send me updates.

PS: If your translation is missing in Pootle and you want to start it, just drop me a note.

 Gammu test version 1.25.92 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2009/08/21/gammu_test_version_1_25_92/ 2009-08-21T13:00:26+01:00 2009-08-21T13:00:26+01:00

Gammu1.25.92 is out! There are two bigger changes - the RPM packaging and much improved support for messages from Motorola phones.

Full list of changes:

  • Reworked RPM packages (separate libraries and SMSD).
  • Huawei E160 uses encoded USSD requests.
  • Better support for messages on Motorola, thanks to Quintin Hill.
  • Fix reading of SMS backups without text (bug #963).
  • Send message even if SendingTimeOut is null (bug #977).
  • Disabled automatic OBEX for Motorola phones.
  • Increased limits for message length, bump soname to 7 because of this.
  • Changed SMSD tables to be able to handle longer messages from Motorola phones.

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

Debian users will find packages in experimental soon, SUSE, Fedora and Mandriva users can check experimental repositoryin OpenSuse Build Service.

 Gammu test version 1.25.91 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2009/08/13/gammu_test_version_1_25_91/ 2009-08-13T15:30:50+01:00 2009-08-13T15:30:50+01:00

Gammu1.25.91 is out! The changelog is short, but all changes are quite interesting - thanks to Iain Hibbert we now have support for Bluetooth on other BSD variants and I spent time travelling around Spain in trains by writing documentation and translating Gammu to Czech language.

Full list of changes:

  • Documented most commands in man page.
  • Completed Czech translation of Gammu.
  • Avoid crash on some Nokia smses (bug #959).
  • Added support for Bluetooth on more BSD systems, thanks to Iain Hibbert.
  • Added new command setsmsc.
  • Added option to disable checking for battery and signal in SMSD.

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

Debian users will find packages in experimental soon, SUSE, Fedora and Mandriva users can check experimental repositoryin OpenSuse Build Service.

 Gammu test version 1.25.90 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2009/07/30/gammu_test_version_1_25_90/ 2009-07-30T19:37:19+01:00 2009-07-30T19:37:19+01:00

While being on DebConf 9I managed to do some work on Gammu, the famous tool for getting access to data in cell phones. The greatest feature of this release is reducing memory consumption by 800 MiB. Other code changes are much smaller, but there is also another important change - I now use Git for development, you can git clone git://gitorious.org/gammu/mainline.git.

Full list of changes:

  • Fixed getting firmware revision on AT phones (bug #951).
  • Added support for home/work mobile number (bug #952).
  • Fixed handling of error response for security status in AT.
  • Fixed segfault on systems with very low memory limits.
  • Development now goes on in Git repository, please check README.
  • 6510 driver now dynamically allocates memory for file caches, what reduces Gammu memory usage by 800 MiB.
  • Added testcases for AT+CNMI replies.
  • Fixed range parsing in AT engine.
  • Added reconnect support in PostgreSQL driver in SMSD.
  • Gammu debug level no longer can be controlled separately in SMSD.
  • Fix loop when Nokia phone does not allow to access files (bug #954).

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

Debian users will find packages in experimental soon, SUSE, Fedora and Mandriva users can check experimental repositoryin OpenSuse Build Service.

 Gammu stable version 1.25.0 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2009/07/09/gammu_stable_version_1_25_0/ 2009-07-09T09:56:28+01:00 2009-07-09T09:56:28+01:00

Gammu1.25.0 is out! It does not bring any new outstanding features, just lot of bugfixes, especially in SMS decoding.

Full list of changes:

  • Retry on timeout of usb transfer (bug #940).
  • Disable AT OBEX for Motorola PEBL U6 (bug #939).
  • Disable AT OBEX for Samsung J700 (bug #948).
  • Empty memory entry has length 0 (bug #947).
  • Handle some more fields from Nokia phonebook (bug #946), thanks to Will Sowerbutts.
  • Fix distutils build (bug #916).
  • Detect when phone does not support ATE1 (bug #918).
  • Do not use OBEX on Motorola L7 (bug #912).
  • Reinclude full SMS text in comments in backup (bug #905).
  • Disable AT OBEX for Samsung J750 and J700 (bug #856).
  • Avoid shadowing C++ bool definition (bug #920).
  • Do not disable CLIP for all SE phones.
  • Add ID for Nokia 1209.
  • Catch busy error from Nokia phones (bug #932, thanks to Walter Doekes).
  • Fix code problems caught by GCC 4.5.
  • Compile static libraries with -fPIC (they might be later linked into shared ones) (bug #909).
  • Handle own number error code in 6510 driver (bug #910).
  • Add ID for Nokia 5220 (bug #910).
  • Handle SMSC error code in 6510 driver (bug #910).
  • Disable gcc warnings about non literal format strings (bug #901).
  • Add more fuzzy logic to detect bad encoding from phone (bug #874).
  • Add ID for Nokia 7500 and Nokia 7210s.
  • Improve searching for Bluetooth stack on OS X.
  • Fix ctype compile time warnings on NetBSD (bug #908).
  • Nokia 3110c has SMS on filesystem (bug #904).
  • Add ID for Nokia 5130 (bug #911).
  • Faster reading of Nokia filesystem.
  • New PDU decoder which properly parses PDU data.
  • AT driver uses new PDU decoder.
  • 6510 driver uses new PDU decoder and understands most formats of filesystem Nokia SMS messages (bug #911).
  • Fix checking for MPBR (bug #873).
  • Fix reading of calls with wrong timestamp (bug #872).
  • Increase timeout for IrDA phonet (bug #867).
  • Better detect some weird phone states (bug #866).
  • Fix handling of caller group in Python bindings (bug #870).
  • Correctly detect empty entries from Motorola.
  • Better error reporting from at-charset test.
  • smsd-inject now shows ID of injected message.
  • Fix decoding of date in Nokia phonebooks (bug #876).
  • Fix detection of SMS message memories in AT (bug #875).
  • Improve documentation for savefile (bug #893).
  • Add stricter check for DBI version (bug #894).

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

Debian users will find packages in unstable soon, SUSE, Fedora and Mandriva users can check repositoryin OpenSuse Build Service and Ubuntu in my PPA.

 Gammu test version 1.24.92 Michal Čihař http://blog.cihar.com/archives/2009/06/24/gammu_test_version_1_24_92/ 2009-06-24T15:28:27+01:00 2009-06-24T15:28:27+01:00

Being busy with real life, it is quite hard for me to follow release early, release often principle. However today I found some time to bring you Gammu1.24.92. This time only bug fixes are included, starting with C++ compatibility and ending with various fixes, especially for AT driver.

Full list of changes:

  • Fix distutils build (bug #916).
  • Detect when phone does not support ATE1 (bug #918).
  • Do not use OBEX on Motorola L7 (bug #912).
  • Reinclude full SMS text in comments in backup (bug #905).
  • Disable AT OBEX for Samsung J750 and J700 (bug #856).
  • Avoid shadowing C++ bool definition (bug #920).
  • Do not disable CLIP for all SE phones.
  • Add ID for Nokia 1209.
  • Catch busy error from Nokia phones (bug #932, thanks to Walter Doekes).

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

Debian users will find packages in experimental soon, SUSE, Fedora and Mandriva users can check experimental repositoryin OpenSuse Build Service.