Re: [PATCH] ModemManager: Add GetMsIsdn method to return the phone number

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 21:28 +0100, Aleksander Morgado wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 18:18 -0400, Eric Shienbrood wrote:
> >>>> I can look at doing that. What should we call it? I think MSISDN is a
> >>>> GSM term. How does GetPhoneNumber() sound?
> >>>
> >>> Hm, old message.  Yes, that method sounds fine.
> >>
> >> Where did this end up?
> >>
> >> Also, AT+CNUM may report a list of numbers, not just one.
> >>
> >> For the 0.6 API I was going to add it as a "PhoneNumbers" property
> >> (signature 'as') in the Modem interface.
> >>
> >> Anyway, in my own tests, it really didn't report any number, as some
> >> others noticed. :-/
> > 
> > Well IMHO if you are going to get the values from +CNUM, you should also allow 
> > setting of it, would you agree? Essentially it's a list of SIM contacts, other 
> > than that it having a dedicated AT command to get/set as it's in a different 
> > phonebook, there's not really anything special about it.
> 
> Given that we have a "Contacts" interface in the 0.6 API, maybe we could
> handle own numbers, if retrievable, as any other number in the different
> available phonebooks.

CDMA devices always have a command (either AT or QCDM/DIAG) to return
the MDN since it's stored in the phone and not on a SIM (unless you have
a RUIM of course, then it's on the RUIM I think).  For the GSM devices,
it's often programmed as phonebook #0 but that's easy to change, delete,
or screw up.  So I think there's value in exposing the current phone
number where we can get it, if we can't then we should probably leave it
blank.

Dan