2 Thomas Schneider, ts-ml@dev-thomynet.de
3 Version: 1.04, 04 Aug 1999
5 This document describes how to use the infrared-function of gnokii
6 ______________________________________________________________________
16 1.4 Latest version of this document
22 3.1 What Gnokii needs for communication over infrared
23 3.2 Installing and Configuring the Software
25 4. Mobiles and their software-version
27 4.1 Get software-version of your phone
28 4.2 Tested phone-software-version
30 5. PC-Hardware and Configuration
32 5.1 Laptops - who work with gnokii
33 5.1.1 DELL Inspiron 7000 A366LT
34 5.1.2 DELL Latitude LM 166
35 5.1.3 DELL Latitude D266XT w/ C/Dock
36 5.1.4 Fujitsu Lifebook B110 'Biblo' Laptop
37 5.1.5 Gericom (Network) Notebook with SIR-Infrared
38 5.1.6 IBM Thinkpad 390
39 5.1.7 IBM Thinkpad 600
40 5.1.8 Toshiba Libretto 70CT
41 5.2 Laptops - who don't work
42 5.3 Mainboards - who work with gnokii
44 5.4 Mainboards - who don't work with gnokii
45 5.5 External Adapters - who work with gnokii
46 5.6 External Adapters - who don't work with gnokii
49 6. Gnokii over infrared versus LINUX-IRDA
53 8. Appendix A: COM-Port-Table
57 ______________________________________________________________________
63 Copyright Thomas Schneider 1999
65 You may redistribute and/or modify this document as long as you comply
66 with the terms of the GNU General Public Licence, version 2 or later.
69 Special thanks go to Hugh Blemings and Pavel Janik, they are the
70 maintainer of gnokii, for the good work. Also to Colin Paton for his
71 mail with description connection establishment over infrared.
76 Do not hesitate to tell me any thing you think will help make this
77 document better. I will examine your critics thoroughly. Do not
78 hesitate as well to ask me any questions related to topics discussed
79 here. I will be more than happy to answer them, as they may help me
80 further improve this document. (-- Translator note: If the English is
81 ugly, well then that goes to me!--)
83 Note:If you have any big problems or other questions to gnokii -
84 please mail to gnokii-mailinglist and not to me! For more details:
85 http://www.gnokii.org/
88 1.4. Latest version of this document
90 You can find the latest version of this document in the gnokii-
91 distribution under: http://www.gnokii.org/ or in the web on
92 http://www.dev-thomynet.de/nokworld/gnokii-infrared-howto/ .
97 Gnokii is a suite of programs what deal with some mobilephones from
98 NOKIA (http://www.nokia.com ).
100 This document is the guide to use gnokii over infrared. It is not the
101 general gnokii-userguide and contains no part of protocol.
106 You can get gnokii from gnokiis-homepage:
108 o http://www.gnokii.org/
110 Gnokii-package is available in some different formats: rpm and tgz.
111 To install the tgz unpack the package with
116 The first address after unpack is file README in dir gnokii - all
117 important parts you can read in it.
120 3.1. What Gnokii needs for communication over infrared
122 Since version **FIX_ME** gnokii contains everything that you need in
123 software for infrared-communication.
125 On the other side you need some hardware:
127 1. nokia mobile phone with infrared-port. Some phones are: 6110, 6150
129 2. infrared-port on your pc or notebook. In moment only SIR works
130 with gnokii, because phones are limmited to 115200 bps.
133 3.2. Installing and Configuring the Software
135 All steps needed to install and configure gnokii are described in
136 README. Here is the short way for configure infrared with gnokii:
139 1. Copy the file sample/gnokiirc as .gnokiirc in your homedir.
142 cp Docs/sample/gnokiirc ~/.gnokiirc
147 2. Edit the ~/.gnokiirc file:
150 port = /dev/ttyS1 # Set this to the port where you infrared-equipment is connected.
151 model = 6150 # Set up to your model.
152 connection = infrared # If you want connection over cable set this to serial.
157 3. Make the complete gnokii-software with make in gnokii-dir.
159 Thats all! If you use infrared in ~/.gnokiirc all parts of the gnokii-
160 distribution use communication over infrared! This parts are in
170 4. Mobiles and their software-version
172 In all tested situations the software from your phone is not the
173 problem if you can't connect it over infrared. The problem in such
174 situations was the pc-equipment or the pc-configuration. If you have
175 problems please look first in ``pc-section''.
178 4.1. Get software-version of your phone
180 To get the software-version from your phone press in idle-mode:
189 4.2. Tested phone-software-version
194 o V 4.73, 22-04-98, NSE-3
196 o V 5.24, 14-09-98, NSE-3
203 o V 4.12, 02-12-98, NSM-1
205 o V 5.02, 02-02-99, NSM-1
208 5. PC-Hardware and Configuration
210 This is the most cause for some problems. In moment gnokii works only
211 with SIR- equipment and not with FIR-eqipment. One reason for this is,
212 what phone-speed is limited to 115200 bps. If you have any problems
213 with your equipment read the following parts. Adapters can be the
244 Mosts laptops have an internal infrared-port. Some motherboards - ASUS
245 for example - have also a infrared-connector. On this boards you must
246 buy a little infrared-transmitter to use infrared-connections.
248 It is very difficult to describe all parts of configuration. On this
249 reason this HowTo list all tested laptops and other hardware in each
253 5.1. Laptops - who work with gnokii
257 o ``DELL Inspiron 7000 A366LT''
259 o ``DELL Latitude LM 166''
261 o ``DELL Latitude D266XT w/ C/Dock''
263 o ``Fujitsu Lifebook B110 'Biblo' Laptop''
265 o ``Gericom (Network) Notebook with SIR-Infrared''
267 o ``IBM Thinkpad 390''
269 o ``IBM Thinkpad 600''
271 o ``Toshiba Libretto 70CT''
274 5.1.1. DELL Inspiron 7000 A366LT
277 o BIOS-Version : Phoenix BIOS 4.0, Release: 6.0
279 o CPU : Mobile Pentium II, MMX, 366MHz, BIOS Rev A10 (037A)
285 o Distibution : SuSE 6.1 (german version)
287 o reported from : Thomas Schneider < ts-ml@dev-thomynet.de >
289 o BIOS-Menu : System Devices: Infrared Port: Customized: SIR,
292 o Configuration : In BIOS you can configure many thinks for the
293 internal-infrared-port. First you have some choices: SIR or FIR or
294 AUTO. All kinds are tested and works - also FIR! For the COM-Port
295 you must set address in hex and irq. For FIR and AUTO you must also
296 DMA. If you have problems with address/irq look in ``COM-PORT-
297 Table''. Tested with all possibillity com-port from 1 to 4 and
298 their default irqs - no problems. DMA was set in all test to: 3.
300 o Known Problems: no problems known yet
305 5.1.2. DELL Latitude LM 166
308 o BIOS-Version : Phoenix NoteBIOS 4.0
310 o CPU : Mobile Pentium, MMX, 166MHz
316 o Distibution : SuSE 6.1 (german version)
318 o reported from : Thomas Schneider < ts-ml@dev-thomynet.de >
320 o BIOS-Menu : Peripherals: Integrated Peripherals: Infrared: COM2
322 o Configuration : You must enable in BIOS the internal-infrared-port
323 and must setup the COM-Port on which the internal ir-adapter should
324 work. If you want what infrared use COM2 you must set it here for
327 o Known Problems: no problems known yet
331 5.1.3. DELL Latitude D266XT w/ C/Dock
334 o BIOS-Version : ????
344 o reported from : Stig-rjan Smelror < Stig.Orjan.Smelror@winther.net
345 > on 26. July to gnokii-ml
347 o BIOS-Menu : Peripherals: Integrated Peripherals: Infrared: COM2
349 o Configuration : You must enable in BIOS the internal-infrared-port
350 and must setup the COM-Port on which the internal ir-adapter should
351 work. If you want what infrared use COM2 you must set it here for
354 o Known Problems: no problems known yet
359 5.1.4. Fujitsu Lifebook B110 'Biblo' Laptop
362 o BIOS-Version : PhoenixBIOS v1.09 10/28/1998
370 o Distibution : Redhat 6.0
372 o reported from : Tuomas Salo < tuomas@optinet.fi > on 28. July to
377 o Configuration : Serial B: Mode IrDA (not FIR), 3F8 IRQ 4
379 o Known Problems: no problems known yet
384 5.1.5. Gericom (Network) Notebook with SIR-Infrared
387 o BIOS-Version : SystemSoft SCU For Intel 430TX/440BX
397 o reported from : Marcel Holtmann < marcel@rvs.uni-bielefeld.de > on
398 22. July to gnokii-ml
400 o BIOS-Menu : Components/COM Ports
402 o Configuration : COM A: COM1, 3F8, IRQ4 (Standard Serial for
403 Cable or somthing else) COM B: COM2, 2F8, IRQ3 (Bulit in IR
404 Port) Mode for COM B: IrDA (HPSIR)
406 o Known Problems: no problems known yet
411 5.1.6. IBM Thinkpad 390
414 o BIOS-Version : V1.0 R01-A7
422 o Distibution : Redhat 6.0
424 o reported from : Mario Viljac < Mario.Viljac@znanost.hr > on 22.
427 o BIOS-Menu : Config->Advanced Setup
429 o Configuration : IR-port must be enabled, set also COM-Address and
430 IRQ. If you have problems with address/irq look in ``COM-PORT-
433 o Known Problems: no problems known yet
438 5.1.7. IBM Thinkpad 600
441 o BIOS-Version : ????
451 o reported from : Tuomas Mttnen < maattanen@iki.fi > on 06. July to
456 o Configuration : ????
458 o Known Problems: no problems known yet
463 5.1.8. Toshiba Libretto 70CT
466 o BIOS-Version : 6.20
468 o CPU : Intel P120MMX
474 o Distibution : Red Hat 5.2
476 o reported from : Patrick Robbe < probbe@mail.dotcom.fr > on 30. July
481 o Configuration : Infrared port (COM2) 2F8h / IRQ3, mode IrDA
484 o Known Problems: no problems known yet
489 5.2. Laptops - who don't work
491 No mails for this part in moment.
494 5.3. Mainboards - who work with gnokii
504 o BIOS-Version : ????
514 o reported from : mail from Victor L. Belov on 06. July to gnokii-ml
518 o Configuration : ????
520 o Known Problems: no problems known yet
525 5.4. Mainboards - who don't work with gnokii
527 No mails for this part in moment.
529 5.5. External Adapters - who work with gnokii
531 No mails for this part in moment.
534 5.6. External Adapters - who don't work with gnokii
544 o BIOS-Version : ????
554 o reported from : Any mails from some peopel.
558 o Configuration : ????
560 o Known Problems: don't work
562 o Note : selfpowered over com-port Must be tested - mail to
566 6. Gnokii over infrared versus LINUX-IRDA
568 You can not use gnokii over infrared and linux-irda at the same time.
569 If you want use gnokiis ir-communication you must put linux-irda off.
570 If you want use linux-irda you must close all gnokii-applications what
571 use the infrared-port in moment.
576 No FAQ is available in moment.
579 8. Appendix A: COM-Port-Table
581 Here you find the default addresses and irq's from com1 up to com4 -
582 or ttyS0 up to ttyS3.
585 o ttyS0: 3F8, IRQ: 4, COM1
587 o ttyS1: 2F8, IRQ: 3, COM2
589 o ttyS2: 3E8, IRQ: 4, COM3
591 o ttyS3: 2E8, IRQ: 3, COM4