Re: [Opensync-users] Problems adding new contacts (SE 608i, irmc<->file)

[Jason G. <ju...@lo...>]

Hi Armin,

Thanks for the response - & hope the snow was good!

I've done a little more analysis on the irmc plugin.

After encountering the problem with *adding* a contact, as described
below, I decided to see if I could at least perform a slow sync to
*acquire* the contacts on my phone.  Alas, when I use

  msynctool --sync irmcfile --slow-sync contact

no contacts arrive on my filesystem.  Now obexftp allows me to get the
file telecom/pb.vcf, so I compared the logic.  After the irmc plugin
does an obex get of this file, the irmc_obex_get function returns with
userdata->state != REQDONE, and the data buffer contains zeros.  Looking
at how obexftp works, I notice that it loops on calls to
OBEX_HandleInput() until it gets REQDONE, whereas the irmc plugin only
calls this function once.  obexftp actually gets REQDONE after calling
OBEX_HandleInput() a *second* time.

I'm new to both OBEX and IrMC, but would like to help out by performing
some coding changes/tests if someone can explain/advise on the correct
logic.

J.

On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 13:29 +0100, Armin Bauer wrote:

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> Hi Jason,
> 
> sorry for the very late reply. I was snowboarding and we didnt have
> internet connection where we stayed. But ill try to answer your
> questions as best as possible now.
> 
> Jason Grant wrote:
> 
> > Given the unfortunate lack of support for opensync, I've found the
> > best source of information on this is in the IrMC spec.
> >
> > So it seems like the correct way to add a contact is to perform an
> > OBEX put with filename telecom/pb/luid/.vcd, and it is the
> > responsibility of the phone to allocate a unique ID. Unfortunately,
> > the irmc-sync plugin doesn't comply with this; if I create a new
> > contact without a LUID, the irmc plugin uses the filename in the
> > OBEX put instead of ".vcd". Also, when the phone allocates the
> > LUID following the put, I can see no mechanism in the irmc plugin
> > for the local copy of the contact to be brought up to date with the
> > allocated LUID, and filename that includes this ID.
> 
> > So I guess the irmc plugin is only half-built? Is it undergoing
> > active development? A short synopsis of gaps would be really
> > helpful for folk like me who are spending hours troubleshooting
> > this stuff, when the status must be obvious to the developers.
> >
> Yes, the status of the irmc plugin is know to the developers. The main
> problem is that the irmc plugin is a port of the plugin from multisync
> (thats also the reason for some of the strange options in the config).
> So all these things are bugs that existed in multisync.
> 
> I cannot promise when we will fix those issues, but your findings from
> above (with the .vcd) will definitely speed this up since we dont have
> to investigate this ourselves then. so thanks for your help!
> 
> Best Regards,
> Armin Bauer
> 
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jason.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 22:52 +1100, Jason Grant wrote:
> >
> >> For the benefit of others, I've made a little progress here. I
> >> can now add contacts that I create on my local filesystem ...
> >
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