abram I only saw your message today. If you are still interested I will take a look and let you know

Regards,
Dan

Paul any winner for the contest?

Very nice project Paul but I think it is quite a big project that needs to be sponsored in order to remain free and to be developed to a point that can be used. I developed such an application (never arrived at a final point but it is usable) for the application we develop in our company. It is a generic application updater with the client that connects to a webservice and if available any update from the current version it downloads the zip (protected or not by password) and executes the update steps with the possibility to roll-back the update if anything goes wrong. Every zip (update) that you download contains a file named updatesteps.xml with the instructions for the update program... something like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<update>
<files>
<step shellCommand="copy" parameter="@path\Temp\SFA.exe, @path\SFA.exe" critical="true" />
<step shellCommand="copy" parameter="@path\Temp\exportconfig.exe, @path\exportconfig.exe" critical="true" />
<step shellCommand="copy" parameter="@path\Temp\configtest.exe, @path\configtest.exe" critical="true" />
<step shellCommand="del" parameter="@path\Database\MSfa.db3" critical="true" />
</files>
<xmlfiles>
<step command="create" xmlfile="@path\MustUpdater.cfg" xmlpath="configuration[1]/updater[1]/app[1]/major/value" value="3"/>
<step command="create" xmlfile="@path\MustUpdater.cfg" xmlpath="configuration[1]/updater[1]/app[1]/minor/value" value="3"/>
<step command="create" xmlfile="@path\MustUpdater.cfg" xmlpath="configuration[1]/updater[1]/app[1]/build/value" value="46"/>
</xmlfiles>
</update>

so you can copy/delete/rename/modify/execute files, but also to be able to modify some xml files or registry files (or anything else you might possible do when you update an application). The good thing about encrypting the update package is that only the updater program that connects to the updaterservice will know the password and will be able to use the archive.

Also I think that every company that would implement the solution would like to have the "service" in the house and also to have the possibility to personalize the way the service acts by writing plugins. In this case the xml that they write in your folder could contain personalized data that needs to arrive at the server, get analyzed and take some action - I am thinking here for a way of encrypting the license number and send it back to the updater service and in case it is blacklisted the plugin to stop the program from doing the update, or the first activation of the program on that PDA and if the client has one year of free updates to let him upgrade the program just for one year and then give him an error message that the free upgrade period has expired. All of these could be achived by making the update service plugable.

Hope I helped ....

To understand better what is RIL you will have to read the attached document (I don't think that there will be copyright problems as I found the document on the web)

 RIL_whitepaper_MS_Intrinsyc_June2004_1_.pdf ( 874.15K ) Number of downloads: 178


You would also need an updated ril.h from the CE 6.0 Platform Builder (the one you find on xda-developers or other site is old and it misses some parts).

 ril.zip ( 52.03K ) Number of downloads: 153


To understand what every function does you will have to use the MSDN Library website and the newly published documentation for CellCore

MSDN CellCore

As the contest seems quite dead I am publishing the source code of my work. Initially I intended to publish the source code after the winner of the contest was choosen cause it took me 3 days of work to get all the data I needed and to get it better it's just a matter of time and not knowledge anymore. Hope you will make use of it.

 RilTest.zip ( 86.61K ) Number of downloads: 257

Paul is the contest dead? No feedback for a while


Regards,
Dan

Paul any news for the tests?

Thanks

I had a request from a user to use the functions from a library. Attached you will find a demo project that uses RilWrapper.dll (a library that I created) and of course RilWrapper.dll. I think that we are at a good point but I would really appreciate further tests (I tested on the devices I have)

Have Fun,
Dan

 RilTest.zip ( 18.35K ) Number of downloads: 182

Guys I am available to improve the library, but I would need feedback. Paul, if you have time could you test it on the devices it was not working?

As I've promised I am sending a new version. In the menu there is a new option to log the results to a file.

You can download and try the new version here:
 RilTest_v0.0.4.zip ( 7.1K ) Number of downloads: 140


In this version you will get the OOPS error if the RIL cannot be initialized or if the command is not implemented. You will get a Timeout error if I don't get an answer before the timeout I've set (now it's static set to 4 seconds). If I don't get the RESULT_OK you will see the error and finally if I have no errors you will see what the function returned.

On my Spv C600 I got the following results:

operatortLongName
LongName: I WIND
ShortName: NA/REQ
NumName: NA/REQ
CountryCode: NA/REQ


operatortShortName
LongName: NA/REQ
ShortName: I WIND
NumName: NA/REQ
CountryCode: NA/REQ


operatortNumName
LongName: WIND
ShortName: NA/REQ
NumName: 22288
CountryCode: IT


cellTowerInfo
MobileCountryCode: NA/REQ
MobileNetworkCode: NA/REQ
LocationAreaCode: 10052
CellID: 40628
RxLevel: NA/REQ
RxQuality: NA/REQ


signalStrength
SignalStrength: -51
MinSignalStrength: -113
MaxSignalStrength: -51
BitErrorRate: 4294967295
LowSignalStrength: -110
HighSignalStrength: -60

Now I can think we can re-run the tests. Sorry Paul for the errors I had in the previous versions.

BitErrorRate Bit error rate in 1/100 of a percent. Must be one of the bit error rate constants

#define RIL_BITERRORRATE_UNKNOWN (0xffffffff)

As both function have the same prototype I copied a piece of code and forgot to modify. The v0.0.3 should give real results. Tonight, if I have time, I will make a procedure that calls all the functions and logs to a file. Till then... the modified exe

 RilTest_v0.0.3.zip ( 5.85K ) Number of downloads: 101


P.S. The AT Command would be the most generic solution (should work on all modems), the difficult part is to find the interface to send AT Commands to the modem (maybe using the VSP returned by RIL or RIL_RegisterATCommandLogging but I have to try it). I also have to try the notification part of the RIL.

Mea culpa again. Looks like I am sleeping I have to modify the exe. Cannot blaim (I was programming at 2 o'clock in the morning). Modify right away

Ooops Ooops

There is a parameter that I've set and which is the timeout for the command (the response is async). It was set to 1 sec and I saw on my Intermec CN3 that sometimes I get the response and sometimes I get ooops.

I've incremented the timeout to 4 seconds and now on the Intermec it's working well (on the library it will be a property so it can be set). So when you have time please test this on the devices that returned Oooops

 RilTest_v0.0.2.zip ( 5.82K ) Number of downloads: 145


Intermec CN3
operatorNumName:
LongName I WIND
ShortName NA/REQ
NumName 22288
CountryCode IT
cellInfo
MobileCountryCode 222
MobileNetworkCode 88
LocationAreaCode 10052
CellID 14307
RxLevel 93
RxQuality 0

signalStrength
SignalStrength 222
MinSignalStrength 88
MaxSignalStrength 10052
BitErrorRate 14307
LowSignalStrength 61
HighSignalStrength 764

I used CF2 because I needed callback functions which are not implemented in CF1. Anyway it works fine on WM 2003.

Since I saw the contest I had the obsession that one of the solutions will be to invoke the ril.dll. I've been working for a couple of days to develop an interface to the ril in compact framework 2. The solution is far from being finished, but I am sending, attached, a test program. I am really interested of the results you will get. The exe program works also on smartphone (it only uses a menu and messageboxes).

If you get the "ooops" error it is probable that on your device the program needs a certification to run. You can change those settings using the Device Security Manager from Microsoft which can be downloaded from this link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en. After you test the program you can go back to your old settings (you have to save the settings before provisioning the No security setting). You will also need compact framework 2.0 installed on the device.

I've tested on a SPV C600 and Qtek S100. On the fields you get NA/REQ means Not available or requested.

Let me know the results,
Dan

 RilTest.zip ( 5.77K ) Number of downloads: 137

What is the deadline for the contest?

You might be missing the file CurrentMap.dat in the folder \My Documents\TomTom (after you updated the ROM the content of My Documents folder was deleted)

SP5 ROMs are back on FTP

Hooooorayyyy

Good job


Worked for me

Just spotted a new ROM for K-JAM on clubimate ftp website, uploaded today 02/03/2006. Let's hope there will soon upload the SP5 version as well.

There is a new ROM available on clubimate ftp site. The new version is

K-JAM_WWE_216901_2169101_020710_ship.zip

Uploaded on 02/03/2006 07:14

Hope that they will also release the SP5 version soon

This was the idea

I am 100% sure that the new ROMs will be out before 29th of February

If you wanna change the splash screen on your Tornado device just unzip the attached zip file, read the instructions and have fun.

Tested on my SPV C600