Serial port connection problem

[ayman_eng2006]

Hello All
I want to send and receive data through the serial port of the mobile , but it doesn't work , i handled the exception from the "open" function the exception is as follows:
"javax.microedition.io.ConnectionNotFoundException:The requested protocol does not exist
comm:com0;baudrate=19200"
and i tried many times to change the protocol parameters which path to the "open" function, but there is no use from this, i don't know want i can do, i thinking in two things the fault maybe in them
1- the mobile which we try on in is series 40 NOKIA 6020 , and i think this mobile may be can't support the serial connections , or need spetial way
2- I reed in the book , when an application wanna send to the serial port must have a permission form the system to access it
the book says:

"Access to serial ports is restricted to prevent unauthorized transmission or reception of data. MIDlet suites needing to use serial ports must request the javax.microedition.io.Connector.comm permission for Trusted MIDlet suites as described in Section 18.3, "Trusted MIDlet Suite Security Model."

and in my program i do not know how i can do this

my code as follows:

//In command Action function in the displayable class
if (command==Send) {
try {

CommConnection cc = (CommConnection) Connector.open("comm:com0;baudrate=19200");

OutputStream os = cc.openOutputStream();
os.write(97);//A
os.write(98);//B
cc.close();
os.close();

} catch (IOException ex) {
alert2.setString(ex.toString());
Display.getDisplay(MIDlet1.instance).setCurrent(alert2);
}
}
I need help please , i do not knaw exactaly where is the fault or how i can fix it ,please help me

[njzk2]

did you put the authorisation request in your .jad descriptor ?
did you sign your app ? (it may be required as you need special authorisation)

[lcw1982]

Hi, i'm having the same problem also. To be precise, when i run my app using WTK2.0, the following code always returns null, which means it cannot findany com port.
port = System.getProperty( "microedition.commports");



can you explain in details how do i put the authorisation request in the jad? and how do i sign the app? thx!

[peterblazejewicz]

hi,

#1
it could be depending on machine that microedition.comports return null - I've got "0,1" while testing on my WinXP lappier in Sun WTK 2.2 emulator,

#2

.....
The new security model introduced in MIDP 2.0 is protects the phone and the user from malicious applications by restricting access to APIs that are considered sensitive. In general the midlet is granted only minimal access to these APIs, meaning that the user is asked for confirmation every time the API is accessed.
...........
The developer can also sign the MIDlet with a certificate so the MIDlet has less restricted access to the sensitive APIs.
.....
For more information on signed MIDlets, see Tutorial on Signed Midlets (http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.n...1_en.pdf.html).

in FAQ section:
http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/fo...85&postcount=2

hth,
regards,
Peter

[lcw1982]

Hi,
thx for your reply! But I can't seem to figure out why i'm using the same WTK2.2 and win XP but i can't get the same results. could you email me a the sample code for serial communication u r using? my email address is u0307587@nus.edu.sg .

[peterblazejewicz]

hi,

huh, I'm newbie, don't worked with all api yet
try FN (Nokia) sample:
http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.n..._v1_0.zip.html

hth,
regards,
Peter

[lcw1982]

Hi thx for your useful link.

I tried the sample code at
http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.n..._v1_0.zip.html, when i run it, i got the following output:

System.getProperty(mircoedition.commports) got ports =0,1
Failed with classjava.lang.RuntimeException: No COM port found in System Property

I identified the code that is in question:

Tracer.outln("Calling System.getProperty(microedition.commports)", t);
        String ports = System.getProperty("microedition.commports");
        Tracer.outln("got ports="+ports, t);
        i = ports.indexOf("COM", 0);
        if(i==-1)
        {
            throw new RuntimeException("No COM port found in System Property");
        }
        System.out.println("System.out redirection ACTIVE!");

My question is:
1. Do we have to run the MIDlet in the phone? or if we run in WTK we can get the results?
2. How come the System-getProperty returns port0,1 found, yet i=-1?
Do you have the same problem?

thanks for ur help!!

[peterblazejewicz]

hi,

that's stated in MIPD 2.0 docs that microedition.comports valued can be combined with "COM",

MIDP docs also contains different way of getting comports:

 String port1;
 String ports = System.getProperty("microedition.commports");
 int comma = ports.indexOf(',');
 if (comma > 0) {
     // Parse the first port from the available ports list.
     port1 = ports.substring(0, comma);
 } else {
     // Only one serial port available.
     port1 =ports;
 }

regards,
Peter

[ladybix]

Hello All
I want to send and receive data through the serial port of the mobile , but it doesn't work , i handled the exception from the "open" function the exception is as follows:
"javax.microedition.io.ConnectionNotFoundException:The requested protocol does not exist
comm:com0;baudrate=19200"
and i tried many times to change the protocol parameters which path to the "open" function, but there is no use from this, i don't know want i can do, i thinking in two things the fault maybe in them
1- the mobile which we try on in is series 40 NOKIA 6020 , and i think this mobile may be can't support the serial connections , or need spetial way
2- I reed in the book , when an application wanna send to the serial port must have a permission form the system to access it
the book says:

"Access to serial ports is restricted to prevent unauthorized transmission or reception of data. MIDlet suites needing to use serial ports must request the javax.microedition.io.Connector.comm permission for Trusted MIDlet suites as described in Section 18.3, "Trusted MIDlet Suite Security Model."

and in my program i do not know how i can do this

my code as follows:

//In command Action function in the displayable class
if (command==Send) {
try {

CommConnection cc = (CommConnection) Connector.open("comm:com0;baudrate=19200");

OutputStream os = cc.openOutputStream();
os.write(97);//A
os.write(98);//B
cc.close();
os.close();

} catch (IOException ex) {
alert2.setString(ex.toString());
Display.getDisplay(MIDlet1.instance).setCurrent(alert2);
}
}
I need help please , i do not knaw exactaly where is the fault or how i can fix it ,please help me

Hi,
I sugget you use the following line instead:

CommConnection cc = (CommConnection) Connector.open("comm:#;baudrate=19200"); where '#' is a number as according to my experience with this type of connection, this protocol only accept numeric values. My application runs on the emulator when using it that way and it's ok for testing purposes but for the real device test, you need to find out the correct protocol is. I'm still working on it :-)

[gothmog]

did you put the authorisation request in your .jad descriptor ?
did you sign your app ? (it may be required as you need special authorisation)

"MIDlet-Permissions: javax.microedition.io.Connector.comm"
But it didnt do much. Still got microedition.commports null