Communicating with Nokia 3220?

[thegreatone]

Hey, i'm just asking you all if you can find anything on connecting to this phone using a programming language over a cable (I already have the drivers, it ends up looking like a serial port to Windows)

I'm looking to write my own Mobile Management software, but i can't find any documentation wherever i look, that seems to relate to what commands can be sent/recognised etc.
I mean, is there even a special framework for these kinds of things?

Thanks for any help regarding this topic in advance. I need to catch some Z's (It's 4am here)

[dharmasasta]

Hi TheGreatOne,

There are basically 3 approaches to your problem (if you are developing using an ActiveX environment):

1. One is to use the Nokia SDK available from Nokia's website (but will work only with Nokia Phones)

2. Use the "WAMPLE" OCX control from www.mice-software.com ([email protected])

3. Use the GSM/CDMA Extended Hayes "AT" command to query the phone and write your own OCX control.

Explore these three options and based on what you wish to do, one of the above might help.

Just let me know if this did help.

Thank you,

[thegreatone]

That was an excellent post, thankyou so much.

I'm looking into the retrieval of data from my phone as the Nokia software is notoriously unreliable for my phone.

Anything else you could suggest would be fantastic

[dharmasasta]

Hi The Great One,

If I were to be in your position I would go the "AT" command route.

Use Hyperterminal and try to send "AT" commands to your Mobile Phone Modem driver, I think the AT commands for reading and writing to the phonebook are AT+PBR and AT+PBW.

Run a google search for Extended Hayes AT Commands and you are sure to find the syntax and other details that you need to program.

If you are using VB 6, you can use MS COMM control to send commands to the COM port and receive responses from the modem.

I dont have a sample code though.

Hope this helps.

Thank you,

Warm regards,
Dharmasasta

[dharmasasta]

Hi The Great One,

Kindly rate my posting. My first posting. Haven't taken the time to go through how the rating will help.

In any way, if my suggestions helped, please rate the posting

Thank you in advance,

[thegreatone]

Hi The Great One,

Kindly rate my posting. My first posting. Haven't taken the time to go through how the rating will help.

In any way, if my suggestions helped, please rate the posting

Thank you in advance,

Warm regards,
Sridhar Raamalingam

I did rate your first post I can't rate th second post as i have to rate some more people first. Thankyou for your help.

The AT command however is limited in comparison to what i would like to do, i need to be able to download pictures and tones along with messages from my phone, i basically need it to function as a drive connected via Serial port.

Thankyou.

[dharmasasta]

Try using the Nokia SDK.

[jmles]

Try using the Nokia SDK.

I'm writing a software in vb6 to send commands to a GSM modem. I've tried to send the commands to the modem through the windows hyperterminal software and I haven't had any problem, but whe I use my vb software using the comm control I don't receive any answer from the modem. I'm sending it the the command "AT+CPIN?" + VbCr, but it doesn't do anything. I have noticed that If I execute my vb6 software four times and after I execute the hyperterminal software, this last send the four commands I tried to send with my vb6 application. What can I do?

[dharmasasta]

Hi jmles,

Replace the "vbcr" with "vbCrlf" and that should work "AT+CPIN?" + vbCr.

Let me know if this works for you.

Thanks and have a nice day.

Warm regards

[Lord Orwell]

i know you really want to write this yourself, but i have had great luck connecting my Nokia 640 to my computer using an open-source program called BitPim. It works with nearly every phone.