---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Long Nguyen <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 8:50 AM Subject: Re: [A51] Announcing project OsmocomBB: Open Source GSM Stack To: Lubomir Schmidt <[email protected]>
Why the Motorola Calypso platform? How is it easier to use than Nokia or Siemens or other companies' phones? Long On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 6:08 AM, Lubomir Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot for the news. Now i know for what i can use the Motorola > C118 Phone for(its the main phone used in the project). It is laying > around here since over one year(new and unused ^^). I just bought a > serial cable. It must be the right one(and there is no way to get it > cheaper if not building yourself one cable like that): > > http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14664 > > http://pinouts.ru/CellularPhones-A-N/motorola_191_pinout.shtml > > THANKS again :) > > 2010/2/19 Karsten Nohl <[email protected]>: >> Begin forwarded message: >>> From: Harald Welte <[email protected]> >> >> Good news, everyone [tm]! >> >> I am hereby publicly announcing project OsmocomBB: A Free and Open >> Source >> software project to create a Free Software GSM baseband firmware. >> >> The baseband chipset is the part of a mobile phone that actuall >> communicates >> directly with the GSM network. It typically includes a DSP and a >> microprocessor running some RTOS, drivers for the baseband chipset, >> the GSM protocol stack and some kind of user interface. >> >> GSM has been deployed first 19 years ago. Despite billions of phones >> deployed >> world wide, all of them run a proprietary baseband firmware, >> consisting of >> proprietary drivers, RTOS and GSM protocol stack. >> >> OsmocomBB has set out to change this. We do not want our phones to be >> a black box connected 24/7 to a public network. We want to decide what >> kind of data our phone reveals about us or not. >> >> The authors behind the project have already spent the last 15 months >> implementing an Open Source GSM network side protocol implementation >> called >> OpenBSC. In January 2010, they decided to go after the phone side >> protocol >> stack - which turned into OsmocomBB. >> >> => What is the project status? >> >> Right now we are at a state where we have full control over the baseband >> hardware, including the DSP and ARM cores, the analog baseband chip, >> the RF transceiver, keypad, LCD display and other components. >> >> We can scan the GSM band for cells, perform FCCH detection, run >> automatic >> gain control to synchronize to the cells carrier, detect the SCH to get >> BSIC and GSM frame number, as well as dump the BCCH and CCCH of the >> cell. >> >> => What does Osmocom mean? >> >> Open Source MObile COMmunications. It is meant as an umbrella name for >> various FOSS projects related to communications, including OsmocomBB but >> also including sister projects like OpenBSC. >> >> => Can I make phone calls yet? >> >> No. We are currently in Rx (receive) only mode, and have no Layer2 or >> Layer3 >> implementation yet. However, the difficult parts of driving the GMS >> hardware >> and implementing a minimal Layer1 are behind us, so we are confident >> to proceed >> to actual phone calls during the months to come. >> >> => Where can I get the source? >> >> The git repository is at git://git.osmocom.org/osmocom-bb.git >> The mailing lists are at http://lists.osmocom.org/ >> The project homepage including wiki is at http://bb.osmocom.org/ >> >> => What phones are supported? >> >> We are implementing OsmocomBB as hardware-independent as possible. At >> the >> moment, we only have drivers for the Ti Calypso Digital Baseband chip. >> Our main target are the following Motorola-branded phones (made by >> Compal): >> C115/116/117/118/119/120/121/122/123/139/140/155 >> >> Adding support for other Calypso-based phones should be relatively easy, >> but porting it to a different baseband chip is a lot of work, especially >> without access to good documentation. >> >> => How can you help? >> >> We need developers who have experience in microcontroller development >> working >> on an ARM7TDMI core. You do not need to know anything about GSM in >> order to >> help us with tasks such as the UI, driving the battery charging >> controller, >> etc. If you want to join, get yourself a phone, serial cable, join the >> developer mailing list and introduce yourself! >> >> Happy Hacking >> Harald Welte >> >> _______________________________________________ >> A51 mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.lists.reflextor.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/a51 >> > _______________________________________________ > A51 mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lists.reflextor.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/a51 > _______________________________________________ A51 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lists.reflextor.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/a51
