N900 Mission Control - Revision history

imported_>amigadave: categorize

2010-09-13T10:36:38Z

categorize

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	=== Nokia specific documentation ===		=== Nokia specific documentation ===

			[[Category:Software]]
			[[Category:Fremantle]]
			[[Category:Connectivity]]

imported_>amigadave: wikify slightly

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wikify slightly

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	This page aims to document the Mission Control interface on the Nokia N900, as several things have changed since earlier versions of Maemo and previous instructions for e.g. setting presence no longer work as expected.		This page aims to document the Mission Control interface on the [[Nokia N900]], as several things have changed since earlier versions of Maemo and previous instructions for e.g. setting presence no longer work as expected.

	It is actively a work in progress as of late July / early August 2010.		It is actively a work in progress as of late July / early August 2010.
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	== Mission Control on the N900 ==		== Mission Control on the N900 ==

	As discussed on the [~~http://wiki.maemo.org/~~Free_Maemo#mission_control Free Maemo] page, the Mission Control included on the N900 is not the open-source version from the Telepathy package, but is provided by the osso-mission-control package under a closed-source Nokia licence.		As discussed on the [[Free_Maemo#mission_control\|Free Maemo]] page, the Mission Control included on the N900 is not the open-source version from the Telepathy package, but is provided by the osso-mission-control package under a closed-source Nokia licence.

	=== mc-tool ===		=== mc-tool ===
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	=== dbus ===		=== dbus ===

	= Example scripts =		== Example scripts ==
	== Set MSN (pecan) to stay offline when disconnected ==
			=== Set MSN (pecan) to stay offline when disconnected ===

	Since MSN allows only one client connection at a time, signing into MSN from the N900 disconnects it on my desktop PC, and vice versa.		Since MSN allows only one client connection at a time, signing into MSN from the N900 disconnects it on my desktop PC, and vice versa.
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	You need an instance of dbus-scripts '''on the session bus''' for this one (see instructions on the [[DbusScripts]] page), then you can do the following:		You need an instance of dbus-scripts '''on the session bus''' for this one (see instructions on the [[DbusScripts]] page), then you can do the following:

	=== /etc/dbus-scripts.d/dbus-scripts-settings ===		==== /etc/dbus-scripts.d/dbus-scripts-settings ====

	<source lang="text">		<source lang="text">
	#:MSN (pecan) disconnected (session bus)		#:MSN (pecan) disconnected (session bus)
	/usr/bin/offmsn * * org.freedesktop.DBus ReleaseName org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.pecan.msn_pecan.*		/usr/bin/offmsn * * org.freedesktop.DBus ReleaseName org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Connection.pecan.msn_pecan.*
	</source>		</source>
	=== /usr/bin/offmsn ===
	<source lang="~~text~~">		==== /usr/bin/offmsn ====

			<source lang="bash">
	#!/bin/sh		#!/bin/sh
	# If we got disconnected from MSN (eg by signing in via Pidgin on desktop PC) then set it offline until further notice		# If we got disconnected from MSN (eg by signing in via Pidgin on desktop PC) then set it offline until further notice
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	</source>		</source>

	== Set all SIP accounts online/offline ==		=== Set all SIP accounts online/offline ===

	These scripts are intended to be run from [[DbusScripts]] when (for example) WiFi is disconnected, or use any of the various schedulers (e.g. Alarmed) to change your availability according to time of day. Also note that "sofiasip" matches the name of the telepathy plugin that handles SIP accounts and not a specific SIP provider, so the commands in this example will operate on all the SIP accounts in 'mc-tool list'.		These scripts are intended to be run from [[DbusScripts]] when (for example) WiFi is disconnected, or use any of the various schedulers (e.g. Alarmed) to change your availability according to time of day. Also note that "sofiasip" matches the name of the telepathy plugin that handles SIP accounts and not a specific SIP provider, so the commands in this example will operate on all the SIP accounts in 'mc-tool list'.

	=== /usr/bin/siponline ===		==== /usr/bin/siponline ====

	<source lang="bash">		<source lang="bash">
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	mc-tool list \| grep "sofiasip" \| awk {'print "mc-tool request "$1" online"'} \| sh		mc-tool list \| grep "sofiasip" \| awk {'print "mc-tool request "$1" online"'} \| sh
	</source>		</source>
	=== /usr/bin/sipoffline ===
			==== /usr/bin/sipoffline ====

	<source lang="bash">		<source lang="bash">
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	</source>		</source>

	== Manage telepathy IM connections interactively from CLI==		=== Manage telepathy IM connections interactively from CLI===

			==== /usr/bin/im-connections ====

	~~=== /usr/bin/im-connections ===~~
	Simple script that will allow you to individually control each account (you must update the LIST variable with your actual accounts (get the names from "mc-tool list") - and update the menu accordingly. Courtesy of [http://themattreid.com http://themattreid.com]		Simple script that will allow you to individually control each account (you must update the LIST variable with your actual accounts (get the names from "mc-tool list") - and update the menu accordingly. Courtesy of [http://themattreid.com http://themattreid.com]

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	</source>		</source>

	= References and further reading =		== References and further reading ==

	== Telepathy generic documentation ==		=== Telepathy generic documentation ===

	* [http://gnomejournal.org/article/84/telepathy-empathy-and-mission-control-5-in-gnome-228 The GNOME Journal: Telepathy, Empathy and Mission Control 5 in GNOME 2.28]		* [http://gnomejournal.org/article/84/telepathy-empathy-and-mission-control-5-in-gnome-228 The GNOME Journal: Telepathy, Empathy and Mission Control 5 in GNOME 2.28]
	* [http://people.collabora.co.uk/~danni/telepathy-book/ Telepathy Developers Manual]		* [http://people.collabora.co.uk/~danni/telepathy-book/ Telepathy Developers Manual]

	== Nokia specific documentation ==		=== Nokia specific documentation ===

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2010-08-02T03:38:37Z

/usr/bin/im-connections

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	=== /usr/bin/im-connections ===		=== /usr/bin/im-connections ===
	Simple script that will allow you to individually control each account (you must update the LIST variable with your actual accounts (get the names from "mc-tool list") - and update the menu accordingly. Courtesy of [http://themattreid.com\|http://themattreid.com]		Simple script that will allow you to individually control each account (you must update the LIST variable with your actual accounts (get the names from "mc-tool list") - and update the menu accordingly. Courtesy of [http://themattreid.com http://themattreid.com]

	<source lang="bash">		<source lang="bash">

74.205.127.225: /* /usr/bin/im-connections */

2010-08-02T03:36:05Z

/usr/bin/im-connections

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	=== /usr/bin/im-connections ===		=== /usr/bin/im-connections ===
	Simple script that will allow you to individually control each account (you must update the LIST variable with your actual accounts (get the names from "mc-tool list") - and update the menu accordingly. Courtesy of [http://themattreid.com]		Simple script that will allow you to individually control each account (you must update the LIST variable with your actual accounts (get the names from "mc-tool list") - and update the menu accordingly. Courtesy of [http://themattreid.com\|http://themattreid.com]

	<source lang="bash">		<source lang="bash">

74.205.127.225: /* /usr/bin/im-connections */

2010-08-02T03:34:47Z

/usr/bin/im-connections

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	=== /usr/bin/im-connections ===		=== /usr/bin/im-connections ===
	Simple script that will allow you to individually control each account (you must update the LIST variable with your actual accounts (get the names from "mc-tool list") - and update the menu accordingly.		Simple script that will allow you to individually control each account (you must update the LIST variable with your actual accounts (get the names from "mc-tool list") - and update the menu accordingly. Courtesy of [http://themattreid.com]

	<source lang="bash">		<source lang="bash">
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	fi		fi
	</source>		</source>

	= References and further reading =		= References and further reading =

imported_>magick777: /* Set all SIP accounts online/offline */

2010-07-29T11:09:33Z

Set all SIP accounts online/offline

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	== Set all SIP accounts online/offline ==		== Set all SIP accounts online/offline ==

	These scripts are intended to be run from [[~~Dbus-scripts~~]] when (for example) WiFi is disconnected, or use any of the various schedulers (e.g. Alarmed) to change your availability according to time of day. Also note that "sofiasip" matches the name of the telepathy plugin that handles SIP accounts and not a specific SIP provider, so the commands in this example will operate on all the SIP accounts in 'mc-tool list'.		These scripts are intended to be run from [[DbusScripts]] when (for example) WiFi is disconnected, or use any of the various schedulers (e.g. Alarmed) to change your availability according to time of day. Also note that "sofiasip" matches the name of the telepathy plugin that handles SIP accounts and not a specific SIP provider, so the commands in this example will operate on all the SIP accounts in 'mc-tool list'.

	=== /usr/bin/siponline ===		=== /usr/bin/siponline ===

imported_>magick777: /* Set MSN (pecan) to stay offline when disconnected */

2010-07-29T11:09:11Z

Set MSN (pecan) to stay offline when disconnected

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	Pidgin on my desktop PC handles this gracefully by disabling the account until I manually connect it. msn-pecan, on the other hand, helpfully auto-reconnects on its own authority and fails to respect my disabling auto-connect via mc-tool; if the requested status remains as "available", it reconnects, and that disconnects Pidgin on my desktop again. Grr.		Pidgin on my desktop PC handles this gracefully by disabling the account until I manually connect it. msn-pecan, on the other hand, helpfully auto-reconnects on its own authority and fails to respect my disabling auto-connect via mc-tool; if the requested status remains as "available", it reconnects, and that disconnects Pidgin on my desktop again. Grr.

	You need an instance of dbus-scripts '''on the session bus''' for this one (see instructions on the [[~~Dbusscripts~~]] page), then you can do the following:		You need an instance of dbus-scripts '''on the session bus''' for this one (see instructions on the [[DbusScripts]] page), then you can do the following:

	=== /etc/dbus-scripts.d/dbus-scripts-settings ===		=== /etc/dbus-scripts.d/dbus-scripts-settings ===

imported_>magick777: /* Set MSN (pecan) to stay offline when disconnected */

2010-07-29T11:08:50Z

Set MSN (pecan) to stay offline when disconnected

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	Pidgin on my desktop PC handles this gracefully by disabling the account until I manually connect it. msn-pecan, on the other hand, helpfully auto-reconnects on its own authority and fails to respect my disabling auto-connect via mc-tool; if the requested status remains as "available", it reconnects, and that disconnects Pidgin on my desktop again. Grr.		Pidgin on my desktop PC handles this gracefully by disabling the account until I manually connect it. msn-pecan, on the other hand, helpfully auto-reconnects on its own authority and fails to respect my disabling auto-connect via mc-tool; if the requested status remains as "available", it reconnects, and that disconnects Pidgin on my desktop again. Grr.

	You need an instance of dbus-scripts '''on the session bus''' for this one (see instructions on the [[~~dbus-scripts~~]] page), then you can do the following:		You need an instance of dbus-scripts '''on the session bus''' for this one (see instructions on the [[Dbusscripts]] page), then you can do the following:

	=== /etc/dbus-scripts.d/dbus-scripts-settings ===		=== /etc/dbus-scripts.d/dbus-scripts-settings ===

imported_>magick777: /* Set MSN (pecan) to stay offline when disconnected */

2010-07-29T11:08:29Z

Set MSN (pecan) to stay offline when disconnected

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	Pidgin on my desktop PC handles this gracefully by disabling the account until I manually connect it. msn-pecan, on the other hand, helpfully auto-reconnects on its own authority and fails to respect my disabling auto-connect via mc-tool; if the requested status remains as "available", it reconnects, and that disconnects Pidgin on my desktop again. Grr.		Pidgin on my desktop PC handles this gracefully by disabling the account until I manually connect it. msn-pecan, on the other hand, helpfully auto-reconnects on its own authority and fails to respect my disabling auto-connect via mc-tool; if the requested status remains as "available", it reconnects, and that disconnects Pidgin on my desktop again. Grr.

	You need an instance of dbus-scripts '''on the session bus''' for this one (see instructions on the [[~~Dbus~~-scripts]] page), then you can do the following:		You need an instance of dbus-scripts '''on the session bus''' for this one (see instructions on the [[dbus-scripts]] page), then you can do the following:

	=== /etc/dbus-scripts.d/dbus-scripts-settings ===		=== /etc/dbus-scripts.d/dbus-scripts-settings ===

imported_>magick777: /* Set MSN (pecan) to stay offline when disconnected */

2010-07-29T11:07:56Z

Set MSN (pecan) to stay offline when disconnected

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	Pidgin on my desktop PC handles this gracefully by disabling the account until I manually connect it. msn-pecan, on the other hand, helpfully auto-reconnects on its own authority and fails to respect my disabling auto-connect via mc-tool; if the requested status remains as "available", it reconnects, and that disconnects Pidgin on my desktop again. Grr.		Pidgin on my desktop PC handles this gracefully by disabling the account until I manually connect it. msn-pecan, on the other hand, helpfully auto-reconnects on its own authority and fails to respect my disabling auto-connect via mc-tool; if the requested status remains as "available", it reconnects, and that disconnects Pidgin on my desktop again. Grr.

	You need an instance of dbus-scripts '''on the session bus''' for this one (see ~~above~~), then you can do the following:		You need an instance of dbus-scripts '''on the session bus''' for this one (see instructions on the [[Dbus-scripts]] page), then you can do the following:

	=== /etc/dbus-scripts.d/dbus-scripts-settings ===		=== /etc/dbus-scripts.d/dbus-scripts-settings ===