Great info for a new developer.
One important note though . . .
phone sends data via Brew. An example of this are the phonebook entries.
PACKET definition tells BitPim how to decode this. This is NOT the same
format as the raw phonebook file on the phone. At least for the LG-VX3200.
Capture a sample pb entry in the BitPim protocol log window to analyze.
Post by SimonDerek,
I just did this with the vx8100.
Follow the instructions on the bitpim web page to the letter, you need
to install all the packages mentioned first, but not the optional ones.
You should have the software running in an hour.
Start with another LG phone that you think is similar.
You need to create two files com_vx4650.py and p_lgvx4650.p, you can
rename an existing file just to get started, pick one you think is
similar to your phone.
Edit the file guiwidgets.py, at around line 350 add your phone, it will
then appear in the BitPim phone list.
The p_lgvx4650.p gets generated into p_lgvx4650.py when you run the
python program protogen.py in the bitpim directory, you need to run this
every time you edit the p_lgvx8100.p file.
You should copy the phonebook and other files from you phone and figure
out the format of the file in a hex editor. It will be a fixed size
record that repeats for each entry in the file. You then use this info
to create a PACKET definition file (e.g. p_lgvx46500.p) for your phone,
the PACKET is basically describing the format of the files on your phone
to BitPim. Actually what you will really do is change the existing
PACKET definition in the PHONE you pick as the base class for your
phone. Try to derive from the existing python classes and just change
what is different for your phone. If you get the packet definition wrong
you will get an error, trace back up the stack and it will point to
which packet is wrong, this is the easiest way I found to debug the
packet definitions.
If you want to build the installation package rather than just running
in python that is much more work. There are no instructions for that.
You need to install all the optional packages and also you need to get
Inno setup 5 (google it). Also python2exe, pexports and dlltool (google
MinGW), you have to build the USB and the jarow string packages in the
"native" directory.
There is a python script that builds the package (makedist.py), start by
running this and debugging when it hits an error.
Put aside a couple of days for this.
Simon
-----Original Message-----
Cassese
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 2:15 PM
Subject: [BitPim-devel] Want to write support for LG VX 4650.
I just recently got a LG VX 4650 and want to add support for my phone. I
am a programmer so this should be a fun side thing for me. If
anyone want to help out, or offer any advice on setting everything up
and all that would be great.
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