PC-Handset query

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Sat, 2007-12-01 14:51
avibatbha
Joined: 2007-12-01
 Forum posts: 10


Amritsar, Punjab, India
December 1st 2007

Greetings!

We are trying to develop a "proof of concept" application which involves communication between a PC (Windows) side module and a module on Nokia S60 (3rd edition& 2nd edition) Handset . The type of communication we need involves:
a) Exchange of formatted text messages (ability to both send and receive asynchronously)
b) Exchange of binary data (such as Image files in jpg, bmp .. etc)

Through previous posts at the Nokia forum we have come to know that there is a SDK kit - "PC Suite Connectivity API 3.0" available through Nokia Forum Pro membership - which probably provides the connectivity tools we are looking for. We need a high-level API that helps us meet our prototype development timelines.

We would appreciate if some kind soul could answer our following questions:
1) Does the "PC Suite Connectivity API 3.0" provide - Handset as well as PC side library components that we could use to implement our above mentioned application modules? Please indicate if the API is a PC Side solution only.
2) Where could we find more information about the "PC Suite Connectivity API 3.0" (specifically product features), so that we could evaluate cost feasibility before proposing to our mgmt?? (for Nokia Forum Pro - We are a small department)
3) Is "PC Suite Connectivity API 3.0" the latest and greatest tool in terms of the version??

Your kind sharing of knowledge regarding our humble questions, stands appreciated. Thank you for the same.

Regards

Parveen

Sun, 2007-12-02 09:51
rbrunner
Joined: 2005-11-20
 Forum posts: 1242
Re: PC-Handset query

Sorry, I don't know about the PC Suite Connectivity API, but maybe this information is interesting for you nevertheless:

I had a similar communication need - between phone and PC - a while ago. I looked at the situation and found that different phones and different vendors all use different means of their "native" communicating, and that some of the APIs are even non-public, as you described. (In my case, it was the SE P800/P900/P910i range of phones.)

I decided to avoid what I personally would call a complete mess and go for standard means. I am now using the standard HTTP client API on the phone (class RHTTPSession and others) and a very minimalist HTTP server embedded into my application on Windows. Works without problems over USB and Bluetooth, is portable over a wide range of Symbian phones, even non-Nokia ones, the API is free, public and probably very stable, and I can speculate about a future extension, making it possible for my phone to talk to my PC even over the Internet...

Main drawback, as I can see so far: All communication has to be initiated by the phone, as the HTTP server on Windows can just sit there and wait what happens.

Of course it would be possible to make the whole thing symmetric with a HTTP server on the phone as well, but unfortunately there is no standard support for that.

René Brunner

 
Wed, 2007-12-05 15:17
avibatbha
Joined: 2007-12-01
 Forum posts: 10
Re: PC-Handset query

Sir,

Very Thanks for this.

I am currently using http example provided with SDK of S60 2nd edition.
I also came to know that i can openL() method for using different protocol.
There is also a method with name ListAvailableProtocols().

But i am not able to get "acess point" for bluetooth and usb.
Please tell me how i can use bluetooth or usb as a acess point by using HttpSession.

 
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