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This is a first attempt to create a basis for comunicating with mobiles using the language TCL/TK. The user interface is currently only available in german. The programs are tested only on a Siemens S25, Siemens S35 and Siemens M50 using a data interface cable. IRDA stuff should work setting the $STTY_PROG device name to /dev/ircomm0 - I hope.

Download the Tcl/Tk GSM-library (File size 34.1 KB).

The latest version is obextool-0.35.tar.gz (File size 232 KB) updated on Aug. 21th 2005.

• Overview
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• Links
• Detailed description and screenshots
• How to write ObexTool-Plugins
• How to create and use language files
• Trouble shooting

Overview

ObexTool is a graphical frontend to communicate with mobiles and other devices capable of communicating via Obex Protocol. Visit also the pages which are referred in the INSTALL file, you will find more usefull information there. Take also a look at the ChangeLog to see what's new in this version

The main goal was to create a OpenSource version of a software, which is able to communicate with mobiles and other communication devices using a standard communication protocol. ObexTool itself is licensed under GPL.

Siemens provides a package which has similar intentions and is called "Data Exchange Software". This software is available for Windows only. ObexTool has been developed under Linux and has been tested on RedHat8+9, SuSE 8.0+8.2+9.0, Mandrake 9.0, xS+S BLD, Debian 3.0+3.1+4.0 and Fedora Core 1+2.

This piece of software shall become "better" (whatever this maybe) than its commercial "closed source" counterpart

The program was developed using a Siemens M50. In general the M50 is NOT ABLE to communicate via the serial interface using the Obex protocol, because Siemens has locked this area. You will find information and tools in the Web (e.g. at the great GSM site Multifund's GSM Info Page) how to "unlock" the internal memory area and make the FlexMem available to the owner of the device.

Many people say that you loose your warranty when you "patch" a phone - maybe, I don't know, I'm no lawyer.
IMHO makes the "locking" of such a feature a device almost worthless, because the owner is not able to load his self-developed software into his phone without "paying a provider".
That is dumb and is counterproductive to many developers and will prevent the creation of a lot of great software for such a device.

Another objective was the independency of a manufacturer. ObexTool (and the underlying ObexFTP) should also work with other phones. Siemens S45, S45i, S25, S35, SL45i, SL45, M50, C55, S55, C65, C65V, Ericsson R320, T68i, Sony/Ericsson T300, Ki700, Nokia 6230, Nokia 6670 have been reported to work with obexftp - see also http://triq.net/obexftp.html for further details.

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