[maemo-developers] Automatically connect to dummy connection

[From: Matan Ziv-Av]

On Tue, 17 Nov 2009, Jey Han Lau wrote:

> I am trying to find a way to connect to a "dummy" connection
> automatically for a Nokia N810. I have bluetooth PAN installed and have
> scripts that make it pair it with another device automatically, but
> whenever I browse the web the "Select a Connection" dialog box would pop
> up and I'd have to manually select the "dummy" connection. Is there
> anyway using a command or something to make it always connect to a dummy
> connection, so that the user will not be prompted the select connection
> dialog box?
>
> It shouldn't be too hard... but I just couldn't find information on this
> on the Internet.

The command to connect is:

dbus-send --type=method_call --system --dest=com.nokia.icd /com/nokia/icd com.nokia.icd.connect string:$NET uint32:0

where $NET is the network name (that appears in the connect dialog)
before diablo, and network id since diablo.

You can find the network id by running:

gconftool-2 -R /system/osso/connectivity/IAP


Or (if you have egrep installed):
gconftool-2 -R /system/osso/connectivity/IAP | egrep IAP\|name


If you want to disconnect, the command is:
dbus-send --system --dest=com.nokia.icd /com/nokia/icd_ui com.nokia.icd_ui.disconnect boolean:true






-- 
Matan.