Use the IR port with ubuntu

04.29.2007 | Author: len | Posted in work
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This is more of a fuss as I wanted to connect to my Sony Ericsson T630 phone over infrared, hopefully at some point I will be able to use it’s modem for GPRS access.

Activate the ir (COM2 – /dev/ttyS1) in bios

Install the irda-utils and openobex packages

apt-get install irda-utils obexfs obexftp openobex-apps

Load the needed kernel modules

modprobe irda modprobe ircomm modprobe ircomm-tty modproble irtty-sir

edit /etc/modules and add

irdaircommircomm-ttyirtty-sir

such that the modules will be loaded automatically next time you boot.

Test with obex_test:

obex_test -iUsing IrDA transportOBEX Interactive test client/server.> cConnect OK!Version: 0x10. Flags: 0x00>

Test with obex_ftp

obexftp -iv -lConnecting...doneReceiving "(null)"... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE folder-listing SYSTEM "obex-folder-listing.dtd"><!--Generated by XML Coder.xml_coder.c (Jun 29 2004 21:44:28)(C) 2001 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund, Sweden--><folder-listing version="1.0"><folder name="Pictures"/><folder name="Sounds"/><folder name="Themes"/></folder-listing>

done.

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4 Responses

  1. joel August 11th, 2007 at 22:25

    Thanks for putting up this tutorial!

    I ran into a curious problem — perhaps you can suggest a solution…

    $ sudo /etc/init.d/irda-utils restart

    Stopping IrDA service: irattach.

    Starting IrDA service: irattach.

    $ obex_test -i

    Using TCP transport

    OBEX Interactive test client/server.

    > c

    Transport connect error! (TCP)

    Any idea why it tries to connect over TCP even with the -i flag?

  2. terces August 12th, 2007 at 18:03

    Yep, I have the same problem, obex_test tries to connect over TCP and then I get "Transport connect error! (TCP)"

  3. terces August 13th, 2007 at 1:04

    Problem solved. Had to activate irda in my BIOS.

  4. a casual visitor October 23rd, 2007 at 13:41

    use GPRS Easy Connect (gprsec) to use the phone as a modem…

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