Re: Modem-Manager SMS/Contacts not working?

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 12:32 +0100, Ole Streicher wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> I am trying to get something working with the SMS (and, for testing,
> Contacts) stuff with python.

At the moment MM doesn't have full support for SMS; I think we're at a
point now where we have enough of the basic connectivity bits down for
enough devices that we can start to fill out the SMS bits.  So the
answer is that we don't expect it to work well at the moment, but
certainly in the near future.

Dan

> Here is my code:
> 
> -------------------------------------------8<--------------------------
> import dbus
> 
> bus = dbus.SystemBus()
> manager_proxy = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.ModemManager',
>      '/org/freedesktop/ModemManager')
> manager_iface = dbus.Interface(manager_proxy,
>      dbus_interface='org.freedesktop.ModemManager')
> 
> modems = manager_iface.EnumerateDevices()
> 
> proxy = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.ModemManager', modems[0])
> 
> sms = dbus.Interface(proxy,
>      dbus_interface='org.freedesktop.ModemManager.Modem.Gsm.SMS')
> 
> # Each of the following gives an DBusException:
> # org.freedesktop.ModemManager.Modem.OperationNotSupported:
> # Operation not supported
> my_sms_list = sms.List()
> my_first_sms = sms.Get(0)
> my_smsc = sms.GetSmsc()
> 
> contacts = dbus.Interface(proxy,
>      dbus_interface='org.freedesktop.ModemManager.Modem.Gsm.Contacts')
> # The following gives an DBusException:
> # org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod:
> # Method "List" with signature "" on interface
> #"org.freedesktop.ModemManager.Modem.Gsm.Contacts" doesn't exist
> my_contacts = contacts.List()
> -------------------------------------------8<--------------------------
> 
> What is wrong with my code? The modem exists; I can access f.e. the
> "Card" and the "Network" interfaces. I tried it with an UMTS modem (iCon
> 210) and with a mobile phone (W810i) connected via USB or bluetooth.
> 
> I found some mailing list entries that these interfaces are implemented;
> are they really or are they still vapourware?
> 
> The version I installed is
> modemmanager-0.2.git.2009.10.14t233208.16fe300 (Ubuntu 9.10).
> 
> Regards
> 
> Ole
> 
> 
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