RE: [Bitpim-devel] Audiovox CDM-8600 (Brew-enabled)

[Calvin M. <mar...@ro...>]

Thanks Stephen and Roger - good feedback and a good reality check. I've
checked on protocol analyzers (USB Snoopy is one) but lack sync software
to analyze. I will buy a commercial phonebook sync package for the
CDM-8600 when one becomes available and will see what it's sending. I
have specs on USB protocol (http://www.usb.org/home) and have some
resources in that area; however, I've checked the web extensively and so
far cannot locate details on a sync protocol for Audiovox phones with
Qualcomm chipsets.

> Can you tell us where to see the file format documentation?
>
>				Stephen

There is a lot of good activity from users of the Audiovox forum at the
HowardForums site. A user name "Hexxboy" has developed a program to
modify the ring tone and wallpaper index files. They have been using
this tool and BitPim's file system transfer capability successfully.
I've used this method myself with good success. The utility is called
voxindexeditor. Two versions of it are available on the following page:

http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=253375&perpage=15&pag
enumber=7

The phonebook format for the Audiovox CDM-8600 was documented by a
HowardForums user "Kilsen" on January 24th. I've attached Kilsen's file
to this message. The original post can be found here:

http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=253375&perpage=15&pag
enumber=8

Another HowardForums user, "mentalbob", took Kilsen's document and wrote
a C program for the CDM-8900 to take the raw phonebook file and convert
it to CSV format. The user has posted the source as well as a binary.
The post can be found here:

http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=290620

Since things seem to be progressing quickly on these forums, I've been
monitoring them for new developments. I figure it's only a matter of
days before someone tests modifying the phonebook directly via the file
system and posts the results. They'll probably post results before I get
a change to try anything.

My thoughts are that it would be better to work on revisions to Bitpim
since it's an open source effort - it makes a lot of sense to combine
efforts instead of working on independent projects. The talent and
interest seems to be there in the CDM-8600 user community.

Thanks for your valuable contributions to the open source community!

Best Regards,

Calvin.

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Calvin Martini
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada