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Re: iSync and Mac support with maemo 5

Are you sure thats the right spec sheet?

I found a different spec sheet on vcal here which contains this ...

Quote:

Audio Reminder
This property is identified by the property name AALARM. The property defines an audio reminder for the vCalendar entity. An audio reminder is an alarm that is sounded for the event.
The value for the audio reminder consists of the Run Time, or the date and time that the reminder is to be executed; Snooze Time, or the duration of time after the Run Time that the reminder is to be dormant prior to being repeated; Repeat Count, or the number of times that the reminder is to be repeated; and the Audio Content, or the digital sound to be played when the reminder is executed.
The following are some examples of this property:
AALARM;TYPE=WAVE;VALUE=URL:19960415T235959; ; ; file:///mmedia/taps.wav
AALARM;TYPE=WAVE;VALUE=CONTENT-ID:19960903T060000;PT15M;4;<jsmith.part2.=
960901T083000.xyzMail@host1.com>

So the PT3M is the snooze time of the alarm and for whatever reason the parser doesn't like it. iCal doesn't have snooze times really I guess because you set them from the alarm reminder when it pops up. Then I assume it just alters the date of the reminder? (lot of assumptions and guessing going on in that sentence!)

Re: iSync and Mac support with maemo 5

I have been trying to sort through the standards stuff and found http://www.imc.org/pdi/ There are several documents in here and it would appear they are in charge of the standards and there appears to be separate efforts for Contacts and Calendars.

Re: iSync and Mac support with maemo 5

I've found some python code for parsing ICS files. It successfully parses one generated by BusyCal/iCal, put chokes on the one from the N900. I'm going to dig some more into it to find out what exactly it is objecting to. It looks like PR1.1 is producing invalid VEVENT files....

Re: iSync and Mac support with maemo 5

Quote:

So... I guess we have to work out exactly what "Failed to parse vCal (1) near index 97" means? Well.. I know what it means, it failed! but where that problem is coming from.. iCal or N900? The formatting of the AALARM property? on different lines like that? Any ideas?

I created an .ics using the sync output that failed... there are few things.

1. version needs to be 2.0 to import as a .ics but I think that's just for direct import of .ics because the sync from ical>n900 showed version 1.0 as well.

2. the line "SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE;CHARSET=UTF-8:=
ManualEntry" shows up in iCal as an event called "=" so it doesn't seem to like new lines

3. if you don't place the AALARM info (including the snooze value) onto one line like this "AALARM:20100129T130500;PT3M;" it won't import at all

Not sure if any of these have any bearing with the auto-syncing but I am sure the formatting must have very similar requirements?

Re: iSync and Mac support with maemo 5

I know you are both focussing on the Calendar syncing but i have been poking around the contact side to test it out more thoroughly. I have about 3500 contacts from all over the world and there are issues with different languages, formats, and more. Working with 3Quid I was able to do sync and on the surface it mostly worked but there were some details that did not. I am new to the Isync plug in world but am currently running a test, details below. It has been running for over an hour and still has a long way to go and there are many errors that have been flagged. Have either of you run this scenario test? At this point in the testing, all my contacts on the N900 have been deleted and it is still running.

Screenshot attached.

Re: iSync and Mac support with maemo 5

The plugin will not currently pass the tests that pluginmaker sets and it's likely that it never will when made by mere mortals like me! passing all those tests is a massive task. forget them for now if I were you.

Evidence to ignore tests for now ... and I quote "Ignore the test-suite; I could not get a single test running"

Re: iSync and Mac support with maemo 5

3Quid - If you are a mere mortal I hate think where that would put me :). The last time I did serious programming it was Z80 assembly and that was when the Z80 was the hottest processor out there!

I really appreciate all the effort on this and I am thrilled that I can do at least a basic sync on my contacts :D

Re: iSync and Mac support with maemo 5

If I change the line wrapping in the broken example, I can get it to parse. I don't know if the incorrect wrap is due to :-

This forum software
The iCal log file
The N900

The 'fixed' example is this :-

Code:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR

VERSION:1.0

TZ:+00

DAYLIGHT:TRUE;+01;20100328T020000;20101024T010000;GMT;BST

BEGIN:VEVENT

SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE;CHARSET=UTF-8:=Testing=20alarms=20w/log

UID:513

DTSTART:20100129T132000Z

DTEND:20100129T142000Z

ATTACH:

SEQUENCE:0

LAST-MODIFIED:20100117T130040Z

DCREATED:20100117T130040Z

AALARM:20100129T130500;PT3M;

END:VEVENT

END:VCALENDAR

Where every line should start

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Re: iSync and Mac support with maemo 5

It looks like this forum software is responsible for some wrapping (the line SUMMARY; is wrapped when it shouldn't), but the layout of the AALARM entry is significantly different compared to the original

Code:

AALARM:20100129T130500

;PT3M

;