RE: [Users] Fetching MMSs over gprs modem with the highest quality possible
First I would like to thank you for all the help that was given. So to try to help others with the same challenge, I post here my configurations, a brief summary of the troubles I faced and how I got them solved. OBJECTIVE To be able to receive sms and mms thru a GSM/GPRS modem (MM1 over the Operator MMSC), and store the media with the highest quality possible. WHAT I NEEDED TO INTALL In order of installation: 1. curl-7.19.6 I first tried the libcurl4-gnutls-dev package that was in my repository (I'm doing this over an Ubuntu distro), but with it mmsbox would shutdown right after startup without any error message. 2. Getting the source code from kannel 1.4.3 Not any problem that I know about the 1.4.0 version that is stated on Mbuni's user guide - I haven't tested yet, but for what I need the latest version of kannel works perfectly. 3. mBuni from CVS You need the latest build (at least at October 1,2009) since you need to be able to build the extra library that the mbuni1.4.0 does not include. 4. ppp software I am using pppd for my connection to the operator, but I guess any other should work COMMANDS YOU NEED TO RUN bearerbox smsbox wapbox sudo mmsbox The only thing you should remember to do is run bearerbox first, since it runs and hosts several services that the other processes will connect to. At the moment I am not sure if the wapbox is needed but I still run it. ABOUT GETTING HIGH QUALITY ON MMS IMAGES If you use the configuration I am posting below you will get mms from the operator at the lowest quality a phone can receive mms. To receive any picture larger than 2-3Kb, I added a line of code in "mbuni/extras/mmsbox-mm1/mmsbox_mm1.c" adding the User-agent of a Nokia 5800 that fit my requirements. h = curl_slist_append(h, "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.4; U;Series60/5.0 Nokia5800d-1/52.50.2008.24; Profile/MIDP-2.1Configuration/CLDC-1.1 ) AppleWebKit/413 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/413"); This is after line 613. This probably a good set-up that would be nice to stay in configuration file. MY CONFIG FILES CONNECTING TO THE OPERATOR You will need to tell your ppp software how to connect to your operator Whit pppd I am able to simply do the command 'pppd call gprs' whit this Configuration: >>> file /etc/ppp/peers/gprs /dev/ttyS0 # put you device here 115200 # set your modem spped here connect 'chat -vf /home/user/ppp/chat/start-gprs' #defaultroute #replacedefaultroute usepeerdns debug # login name to use in this conection name user <<< end /etc/ppp/peers/gprs >>> start /home/user/ppp/chat/start-gprs ABORT 'BUSY' ABORT 'NO CARRIER' ABORT 'ERROR' '' AT OK AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","" OK ATDT*99***1# <<< end /home/user/ppp/chat/start-gprs >>> file /etc/ppp/chap-secrets Secrets for authentication using CHAP # clientserver secret IP addresses * <<< end /etc/ppp/chap-secrets Note that only if you run mbuni on a computer disconnected from any other network you will need to route the connection to the right interface. You can uncomment the replacedefaultroute on the file "/etc/ppp/peers/gprs" but you will lose connections to IP that aren't statically routed. In my case, my operator uses a private network with ip 10.xxx.xxx.xxx and I use the interface ppp0, so the simplest config was this: Add to file /etc/ppp/ip-up # Route rules /sbin/route add -net 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 dev ppp0 MBUNI MMSBOX CONFIG >>> start group = core log-file = /etc/mbuni/log/mmsbox.log access-log = /etc/mbuni/log/mmsbox-access.log log-level = 0 group = mbuni storage-directory = /home/user/storage max-send-threads = 5 maximum-send-attempts = 50 default-message-expiry = 36 queue-run-interval = 5 send-attempt-back-off = 300 sendmms-port = 13052 content-adaptation = false # Sample conf for MMSBox using a modem (MM1) group = mmsc id = modem type = custom custom-settings = "smsc-on=lynx -dump 'http://localhost:13001/start-smsc?password=&smsc=;smsc-off=lynx -dump 'http://localhost:13001/stop-smsc? password=&smsc=';gprs-on= pppd call gprs;gprs-pid=cat /var/run/ppp0.pid|head -1;port=8181;mmsc-url=;proxy=:;msisdn=" mmsc-library = /usr/local/lib/libmmsbox_mm1.so # The custom-settings is the most important part of mbuni to the mm1 over #the operator mmsc, so here goes a brief summary # smsc-on and sms-off are the http commands that mbuni uses to tell kannel #to take/hand over the model gms when he need it, so make sure you have lynx #or any other alternative software # #gprs-on is the command to activate the pppd connection to the operator, and #the gprs-pid the command to get the pid from the interface that is making #the connection, so mbuni can disconnect from the #operator # #port is the port where mbuni is listening for data from kannel, so make #sure this port is the same that you input in you sms-service in kannel # #also make sure you got libmmsbox_mm1.so built and you give the right path
Re: [Users] Fetching MMSs over gprs modem with the highest quality possible
Yes that is what I had in mind. Good to hear it all worked. Would you kindly write up your config for the benefit of others? I intend to roll this "add-on" into Mbuni proper in the near future, and make the setup easier. I could use your user insight. On Sep 29, 2009, at 01:14, Nuno Freitas wrote: UPDATE - just to let you guys know that I have succeeded in fetching MMS images according to the agent I've defined: Added on extras/mmsbox-mm1/mmsbox_mm1.c at line 611 h = curl_slist_append(h, "User-Agent: NokiaN73-1/2.0628.0.0.1 S60/3.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1"); After recompiling, I've retrieved the image with the resolution defined by the N73 profile. I'd suggest that these parameters could be set by configuration or at compile time. Thank you Paul for your help. Best Regards, Nuno Freitas. ___ Users mailing list Users@mbuni.org http://lists.mbuni.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@mbuni.org http://lists.mbuni.org/mailman/listinfo/users
RE: [Users] Fetching MMSs over gprs modem with the highest quality possible
UPDATE - just to let you guys know that I have succeeded in fetching MMS images according to the agent I've defined: Added on extras/mmsbox-mm1/mmsbox_mm1.c at line 611 h = curl_slist_append(h, "User-Agent: NokiaN73-1/2.0628.0.0.1 S60/3.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1"); After recompiling, I've retrieved the image with the resolution defined by the N73 profile. I'd suggest that these parameters could be set by configuration or at compile time. Thank you Paul for your help. Best Regards, Nuno Freitas. ___ Users mailing list Users@mbuni.org http://lists.mbuni.org/mailman/listinfo/users
RE: [Users] Fetching MMSs over gprs modem with the highest quality possible
Hi, I've tried forcing the way mbuni identifies itself to the MMSC (as a Nokia N73) but with no success: 1. changed every http_header_add(xx, "User-Agent", MM_NAME "/" VERSION); with http_header_add(XX, "User-Agent", "NokiaN73-1/2.0628.0.0.1 S60/3.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1"); but the images came tiny. 2. with the previous change, added a line with http_header_add(XXX, "x-wap-profile, "\"http://nds1.nds.nokia.com/uaprof/NN73-6r100.xml\"";); and the images came tiny again. Is there any other place I should have tried to change (code, configuration file)? NOTE: Here's how I am doing: Create an MMS with my phone and send it to the GPRS modem. When I send the same image to another phone, it gets there with its full resolution Thanks for your help! Regards, Nuno Freitas My configurations follow below: (mmsbox.conf) group = core log-file = /etc/mbuni/log/mmsbox.log access-log = /etc/mbuni/log/mmsbox-access.log log-level = 0 group = mbuni storage-directory = /home/XXX/YYY max-send-threads = 5 maximum-send-attempts = 50 default-message-expiry = 36 queue-run-interval = 5 send-attempt-back-off = 300 sendmms-port = 13052 # Sample conf for MMSBox using a modem (MM1) group = mmsc id = modem type = custom custom-settings = "smsc-on=lynx -dump 'http://localhost:13001/start-smsc?password=XXX&smsc=mtx-h15';smsc-off=lynx -dump 'http://localhost:13001/stop-smsc?password=XXX&smsc=mtx-h15';gprs-on=/home/X XX/ppp/start-pppd;gprs-pid=cat /var/run/ppp0.pid|head -1;port=8181;mmsc-url=http://mmsc;proxy=10.111.2.16:8080;msisdn=35196FF"; mmsc-library = /usr/local/lib/libmmsbox_mm1.so group = mms-service name = fullmessage post-url = http://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:82/abc/mmsservice? catch-all = true http-post-parameters=images[]=%i&text=%t suppress-reply=true accept-x-mbuni-headers = true keyword =test group = send-mms-user username = abc password = abc faked-sender = 100 group = core log-file = /etc/mbuni/log/mbuni-mmsc.log access-log = /etc/mbuni/log/mmsc-access.log log-level = 0 -Original Message- From: users-boun...@mbuni.org [mailto:users-boun...@mbuni.org] On Behalf Of Paul Bagyenda Sent: segunda-feira, 28 de Setembro de 2009 12:35 To: users@mbuni.org Subject: Re: [Users] Fetching MMSs over gprs modem with the highest quality possible Thanks for the update. Try setting the User-Agent and, the WAP UAProf URL. See if that helps, then we'll see how to fix it. On Sep 28, 2009, at 17:12, Nuno Freitas wrote: > Hi all, > > just to let you know that I've figured out what was wrong with my > configurations and that I can now fetch MMSs from the operator with > the > modem. > > I had a problem with TCP/IP routing when the ppp0 interface got up, > so mbuni > tried to fecth the MMS via eth0 interface. Solved it with a > "replacedefalutroute" option in the pppd options > > I still have this issue though: The images I fetch from the MMSC are > always > tinny. I know that mbuni is setting its User-Agent as mbuni-cvs- > and > possibly the MMSC from the operator is adapting images to a default > low > specifications handset. > > 1. Can anyone help me on how to fetch the MMSs with the highest > quality > possible? > > 2. What if I change the User-Agent directly over mbuni code and use > something like "User-Agent: NokiaN73-1/2.0628.0.0.1 S60/3.0 Profile/ > MIDP-2.0 > Configuration/CLDC-1.1" ? > > Best regards, > Nuno Freitas > > ___ > Users mailing list > Users@mbuni.org > http://lists.mbuni.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@mbuni.org http://lists.mbuni.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@mbuni.org http://lists.mbuni.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] Fetching MMSs over gprs modem with the highest quality possible
Thanks for the update. Try setting the User-Agent and, the WAP UAProf URL. See if that helps, then we'll see how to fix it. On Sep 28, 2009, at 17:12, Nuno Freitas wrote: Hi all, just to let you know that I've figured out what was wrong with my configurations and that I can now fetch MMSs from the operator with the modem. I had a problem with TCP/IP routing when the ppp0 interface got up, so mbuni tried to fecth the MMS via eth0 interface. Solved it with a "replacedefalutroute" option in the pppd options I still have this issue though: The images I fetch from the MMSC are always tinny. I know that mbuni is setting its User-Agent as mbuni-cvs- and possibly the MMSC from the operator is adapting images to a default low specifications handset. 1. Can anyone help me on how to fetch the MMSs with the highest quality possible? 2. What if I change the User-Agent directly over mbuni code and use something like "User-Agent: NokiaN73-1/2.0628.0.0.1 S60/3.0 Profile/ MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1" ? Best regards, Nuno Freitas ___ Users mailing list Users@mbuni.org http://lists.mbuni.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@mbuni.org http://lists.mbuni.org/mailman/listinfo/users
