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projects:pydund [2018/12/04 19:06] – created Andreas Böhlerprojects:pydund [2020/05/26 18:34] (current) – Andreas Böhler
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 The PDA still works fine, however Bluetooth HotSync doesn't work anymore since the required Bluetooth-daemons on the Linux-side are deprecated. The PDA still works fine, however Bluetooth HotSync doesn't work anymore since the required Bluetooth-daemons on the Linux-side are deprecated.
  
-I looked around for a long time until I found an implementation of rfcomm.py in the bluez-compassion project [[https://github.com/ykasidit/bluez-compassion|here]]. The original script can emulate the necesarry rfcomm server, but lacks an implementation of the PPP frontend. Furthermore, it is limited to either stdin/stdout or two separate named pipes - both of which can't be used for ppppd.+I looked around for a long time until I found an implementation of rfcomm.py in the bluez-compassion project [[https://github.com/ykasidit/bluez-compassion|here]]. The original script can emulate the necesarry rfcomm server, but lacks an implementation of the PPP frontend. Furthermore, it is limited to either stdin/stdout or two separate named pipes - both of which can't be used for pppd.
  
 I modified the code to include support for Pseudo-Terminals (pty) and direct launching of pppd. So far, it works fine for me, even though the PPP connection parameters are currently hardcoded in the file. I modified the code to include support for Pseudo-Terminals (pty) and direct launching of pppd. So far, it works fine for me, even though the PPP connection parameters are currently hardcoded in the file.
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 Just run''%%./rfcomm.py -D%%'' for dund support. On Arch, you need to prefix it with ''%%python2%%'', since it seems to only work with Python 2. Just run''%%./rfcomm.py -D%%'' for dund support. On Arch, you need to prefix it with ''%%python2%%'', since it seems to only work with Python 2.
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 +==== Code ====
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 +You can find and download the code at [[https://code.rnb-consulting.at/source/pd/|code.rnb-consulting.at/source/pd]].
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 +==== Next Steps ====
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 +After you have set up the connection, you can network hot-sync, in my case, j-pilot is the only application that's still available. I'm currently looking into syncing my NextCloud-data (Contacts, Addresses) to the device.