====== Linux and the Nokia E70 ======

For additional E70 related stuff, take a look [[:e70|here]].

===== Synching via OpenSync =====

The following represents the configuration I used to get the ''syncml-obex-client'' plugin of OpenSync to work with my E70((The version of opensync/libsyncml currently available in Debian (as of June 9th, 2007) did **not** work with my E70, I had to get myself some recent packages from the [[http://www.in.fh-merseburg.de/~jahn/opensync-0.21/|opensync-repository]] for my i386 rig at home and even recompile my own from current sources for the amd64 setup at work.)):

<code xml>
<config>
  <bluetooth_address>AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF</bluetooth_address>
  <bluetooth_channel>14</bluetooth_channel>
  <interface>0</interface>
  <identifier>PC Suite</identifier>
  <version>1</version>
  <wbxml>1</wbxml>
  <username></username>
  <password></password>
  <type>2</type>
  <usestringtable>0</usestringtable>
  <onlyreplace>0</onlyreplace>
  <recvLimit>0</recvLimit>
  <maxObjSize>0</maxObjSize>
  <contact_db>Contacts</contact_db>
  <calendar_db>Calendar</calendar_db>
  <note_db>Notes</note_db>
</config>
</code>

Just substitute the fake bluetooth MAC ''AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF'' with the one of your E70 and it should work.

===== One-way synching with Microsoft Exchange =====

At work I happen to be forced to use Microsoft Exchange (which thankfully somewhat works from my debianized development box thanks to [[http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/|Evolution]]). What challenged me a bit was to synchonized the exchange-based calendar from work with my newly acquired Nokia E70, as the [[http://www.opensync.org|OpenSync project]] does not have a plugin yet for this kind of task. What it does have though is a plugin for synchronization with calendar data stored in the iCal-format, the ''sunbird-sync'' plugin.

Synchronizing the Exchange Calendar with the E70 therefore is done in two steps

==== From Exchange to iCal ====

Johann Richard offers [[http://mycvs.org/archives/2004/12/14/the-exchange-project-syncing-exchange-to-ical-and-back/|"e2i"]], a python script which logs into your Outlook Web Access using Webdav, grabs your calendar data from there and converts it into an iCal file. In order to get it to work, you have to edit the ''exchange.py'' file and insert your access data in the appropriate variables, which you can find right at the end of the file:

<code python>
# User Data
HOST = "your.exchange.server.tld"
USER = "yourusername"
</code>

In order to make it work with our (german) installation of Exchange at work, I also had to change a couple of other things, namely add an ''exchange'' to the URLs and change ''Calendar'' and ''Tasks'' to their respective german counterparts:

<code python>
PORT = "443"
URL = "/exchange/" + USER + "/Kalender/"
BASE = "https://" + HOST + URL
TASKBASE = "https://" + HOST + "/exchange/" + USER + "/Aufgaben"
</code>

If you want to run it automatically (e.g. via a cronjob), you should also hardcode your password:

<code python>
#PASSWORD = getPassword( HOST )
PASSWORD = "yourpassword"
</code>

In order to run the script, you'll also need to have the xslt-python-bindings installed (''apt-get install python-libxslt1''). If everything is set, just execute ''exchange.py''. After some runtime, you should then be presented with a new ''yourusername.ics'' in your current directory which contains your appointments and tasks.

==== From iCal to the E70 ====

The next step is configuring a new synchronization group for opensync with two members, the ''sunbird-sync'' and the ''synchml-obex-client'' plugin, which will be responsible for synching the generated iCal file with your phone.

<code>
% msynctool --addgroup e2nokia
% msynctool --addmember e2nokia sunbird-sync
% msynctool --addmember e2nokia syncml-obex-client
</code>

You then have to configure both plugins by issueing the commands ''msynctool --configure e2nokia 1'' and ''msynctool --configure e2nokia 2''. For the ''sunbird-sync'' plugin, use something like the following configuration:

<code xml>
<config>
  <file path="/path/to/yourusername.ics" />
</config>
</code>

For the ''syncml-obex-client'', use the configuration already given [[#synching_via_opensync|above]].

Now pair up your phone with your PC via bluetooth and run ''msynctool --sync e2nokia''. That should plaster your terminal with loads of messages from opensync and finally finish with some positive message of a successful sync ;-)

===== Links =====

  * [[http://www.guibo.com/~guibo/syncnokia/|HOWTO sync Nokia E70 with you computer under Linux]]