Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] Palm Sync 4 phpGW

[Bob Crandell]

I just checked it out.  Works great.
<rubbing hands together>
   One more step to dumping Windoze.
</rubbing hands together>

Thanks

Brian Johnson (address@hidden) wrote*:
>
>I think it supports all Palm OS PDAs
>
>Check the Coldsync mailing list archives - I think I remember someone getting 
>it to
>work with a Clie
>
>
>
>Dave Hall (address@hidden) wrote*:
>>
>>Bob Crandell <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> Will the netSync part be able to include other PDAs like the Sony
>>> CLIE?
>>
>>Well this depends, does Sony support netSync?  Also checkout colsync.org
>>for more info on what devices coldsync supports.
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Dave Hall (address@hidden) wrote*:
>>> >
>>> >Hi all,
>>> >
>>> >This is a bit of a status update for those of you who are
>>> interested in
>>> >the Palm Sync project, and a chance for you to comment.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >** BACKGROUND
>>> >For those of you who are not aware of what I am doing, I am
>>> working on
>>> >syncing data between phpGW and PalmOS devices.  It uses
>>> hotSync/netSync>on the client side, ColdSync with xml-rpc to talk
>>> to the sync app in
>>> >phpgw.  The initial phpgw apps(palm apps) supported will be
>>> notes(memo),>todo(todo), addressbook(addressbook),
>>> calendar(datebook).  The app will
>>> >respect phpgw acl for the apps mentioned, the exception being
>>> calendar,>only those events that the user participates in.
>>> >
>>> >I have a client who is part sponsoring the development of this
>>> app, they
>>> >don't want to be publicly named until they know it is worth putting
>>> >their name to it.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >**STATUS
>>> >
>>> >Things are going well, I have been able to identify 'dirty'
>>> records for
>>> >all apps in phpgw.  Addressbook is the only annoying one (but got it
>>> >working).  I have stub methods for dumping palm data into phpgw.
>>> I have
>>> >the record matching tables/methods worked out.  I still need to
>>> do some
>>> >work on categories - there may be some minor issues with this.  I
>>> am now
>>> >working on understanding xml-rpc & Perl :)
>>> >
>>> >Santa has been snowed in at the North Pole and won't be
>>> delivering a
>>> >stable beta until around 1-Jan-03, but by mid-late this week there
>>> >should be an alpha out. If anyone is interested, I can send you a
>>> copy>of the rough spec i am working to, let me know.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >** QUESTIONS
>>> >Now i have a couple of questions to put to the potential users of the
>>> >app.  My client has indicated that they are a bit flexible with
>>> some of
>>> >this stuff.
>>> >
>>> >* Field Mappings in Addressbook
>>> >I have spent some time on field mappings.
>>> >
>>> >I have decided to make the following limitations for the first
>>> release>of the app:
>>> > - You can only have one of each type of Phone contact types, so the
>>> >first Work Phone will be used if you have 2 in your Palm.
>>> >
>>> > - Also the main number will store a text value which will be
>>> used by
>>> >phphw to list the prefered phone number.
>>> >
>>> > - The field mappings will be static - so they will always map as
>>> >described below.
>>> >
>>> > - It will be smart enough to work out the fields if you don't
>>> use the
>>> >default palm order for them
>>> >
>>> >Anyway here are the field mappings I propose, if you have comments
>>> >please let me know asap - things are moving quickly.
>>> >
>>> >phpGW db field             Field mapped to in Plam
>>> >
>>> >fn                 name
>>> >n_given                    first name
>>> >org_name           company
>>> >adr_one_street             address
>>> >adr_one_locality   city
>>> >adr_one_region             state
>>> >adr_one_postalcode zipCode
>>> >adr_one_country            country
>>> >title                      title
>>> >note                       note
>>> >email_home         custom1
>>> >url                        custom2
>>> >bday                       custom3
>>> >tel_work           phone(Work)
>>> >tel_home           phone(Home)
>>> >tel_fax                    phone(Fax)
>>> >email                      phone(E-mail)
>>> >tel_pager          phone(Pager)
>>> >tel_cell           phone(Mobile)
>>> >tel_prefer         Phone(Main) - text to specify field
>>> >
>>> >* Does anyone know how to get the tz info from a palm using coldsync?
>>> >
>>> >* Can anyone contribute to the development effort?  I would really
>>> >appreciate a tester who uses ldap for contacts.  Thanks to all of you
>>> >who have offered support so far.
>>> >
>>> >Cheers
>>> >
>>> >Dave Hall (aka skwashd)
>>> >
>>> >PS - Sorry if you subscribe to both lists and got the cross post
>>> >
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bob Crandell
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