2004-02-10 09:33:53

by Lalith Chakravarthi

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Subject: [Bluez-users] File transfer

Hi Marcel...

If I want to transfer a file from the phone to my computer or
vice-versa, what are the various steps involved?? I mean, what are the
tools that I have to be running for that. Also what is the way to
transfer the data? Is there any difference in the way Audio / Video /
Text messages are transferred??

-- Lalith

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2004-02-16 13:40:17

by Thomas Chiverton

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On Monday 16 February 2004 13:16 pm, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> But could one use Mozilla (which is my browser) in the same way,
> or is the program linked in some way to Konqueror?

No. Yes :-)

> as the compilation from CVS seems far from straightforward.

It was fairly easy to build from CVS on my RedHat9 box - there is a little bug
in it, but if you've ever done ./configure;make before you'll be fine.

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2004-02-16 13:16:24

by Timothy Murphy

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On Monday 16 February 2004 12:56, Alex Holland wrote:

> > Also, is it necessary to use Konqueror (which I don't)?
>
> Nope, you can run the obex stuff seperately. But I like being able to
> browse sdp:// in Konq.

But could one use Mozilla (which is my browser) in the same way,
or is the program linked in some way to Konqueror?

The program sounds nice,
but I'll definitely wait for a Fedora RPM,
as the compilation from CVS seems far from straightforward.

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2004-02-16 12:56:04

by Alex Holland

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On Monday 16 February 2004 12:38, Timothy Murphy wrote:

> Does KDE Bluetooth use Bluez?
> I looked briefly at the kde-bluetooth archive but couldn't see that
> info.

Yup, it depends on a correctly configured Bluez system to actually work.

> Also, is it necessary to use Konqueror (which I don't)?

Nope, you can run the obex stuff seperately. But I like being able to
browse sdp:// in Konq.

It has kbtobexclient, which searches for phones then lets you send files
to them, and an obex server running as a daemon, so you can send files
to your PC at any time and it'll recieve them (with nice thumbnails,
and an option to choose where to save). The latest CVS versions also
have a Qt Pin helper, which is certainly preferable to bluepin (which
never worked for me).

Other fancy functionality includes serial chat, a systray icon to show
BT activity, bemused XMMS control, and the ability to have your PC go
into screensaver lock as soon as your phone/PDA goes out of range, then
unlock on return. Not everything's 100% yet, but it's maturing very
quickly.

There's talk of irmc sync stuff through Kitchensync, but I got the
impression that won't be around for a while yet. It would be great to
abandon Evolution and Multisync, though.

> Sadly, there does not appear to be a Fedora RPM.

There's been a bit of chatter about it on the mailing list. There's
certainly some instructions out for building from tarballs on Fedora,
though possibly not on the main page.

> (Nb KdeBT is unknown to google - is it your abbreviation?)

My abbreviation, sorry. http://kde-bluetooth.sourceforge.net/ is the
main page, but Sourceforge appears to be screwy at the moment.

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software.


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2004-02-16 12:38:35

by Timothy Murphy

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On Monday 16 February 2004 11:04, Alex Holland wrote:

> For a GUI based approach, try KDE Bluetooth or Gnome Bluetooth. KdeBT's
> fairly new but maturing fast, and handles OBEX stuff excellently
> through Konqueror. Gnome BT's an unknown area for me - perhaps someone
> else could advise?

Does KDE Bluetooth use Bluez?
I looked briefly at the kde-bluetooth archive but couldn't see that info.

Also, is it necessary to use Konqueror (which I don't)?

Sadly, there does not appear to be a Fedora RPM.

(Nb KdeBT is unknown to google - is it your abbreviation?)

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2004-02-16 11:04:57

by Alex Holland

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On Monday 16 February 2004 10:05, Thomas Arendsen Hein wrote:

> A short howto for sending files from the PC to a phone or palm:
> http://www.klings.org/nowires/main.php/How-To/OBEX/
> (Works fine for me)
>
> And from phone or palm to the PC:
> http://oss.bdit.de/opd.html
> (Doesn't work for me, but maybe I haven't tried hard enough)

For a GUI based approach, try KDE Bluetooth or Gnome Bluetooth. KdeBT's
fairly new but maturing fast, and handles OBEX stuff excellently
through Konqueror. Gnome BT's an unknown area for me - perhaps someone
else could advise?

Alex Holland


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2004-02-16 10:05:40

by Thomas Arendsen Hein

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Subject: Re: [Bluez-users] File transfer

On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 01:33:53AM -0800, Lalith Chakravarthi wrote:
> If I want to transfer a file from the phone to my computer or
> vice-versa, what are the various steps involved?? I mean, what are the
> tools that I have to be running for that. Also what is the way to
> transfer the data? Is there any difference in the way Audio / Video /
> Text messages are transferred??

A short howto for sending files from the PC to a phone or palm:
http://www.klings.org/nowires/main.php/How-To/OBEX/
(Works fine for me)

And from phone or palm to the PC:
http://oss.bdit.de/opd.html
(Doesn't work for me, but maybe I haven't tried hard enough)

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