Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Hi, I have a problem with this app. It refuses to run due to a 'syntax error' in the config file. It seems your app doesn't like passwords using symbols and/or spaces.
That a problem for me since my two passwords have symbols in them and one also have whitespaces.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

hello guys i just installed this program and i have to say that it s amazing!!!

can you please tell me hoe do I set up my gmail account to receive an email when the sim card is been changed or when the phone is been stolen?


thanks

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Please read http:/wiki.maemo.org/SMSCON & http://wiki.maemo.org/SMSCON_Editor

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

could you mention the exact password and the version you are using?

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

I use the latest version (0.4.4-6) but I had the same issue with the previous one. For the password I prefer to not mention it here since it's my gmail password and I don't plan to change it. I can say is that it mixes uppercase/lowercase/digits and the '=' character.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

I'am currently working on a future release (0.5-1), but I will release 0.4.4-7 soon with a fix for this (and other fixes from 0.5-1).

I think I know what causing the problem; it's the way the variable PASSWORD is read from smscon_config file, and in 0.4.4-6 (and lower versions) the '=' character inside the variable is causing the problem.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

EDIT: Sorry, I just read the wiki. Forget this post

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Hey, I have the same problem as n900testa... would be nice to get this app working.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Sorry for the late reaction (didn't see your post until now), but smscon_daemon detects the current available GPRS internet connection (from the currently inserted SIM card) by comparing it's IMSI number by the saved IMSI number in smscon_code file, so if you are using more than one SIM card in your phone it can pickout the right saved connection to activate succesfully when needed.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

yes, but what if there are more than one gprs connection for a single sim card? :)

well, nevermind. actually i've recently found out that my second gprs connection (created months ago by fAPN application for mms only) was a kind of ghost from the past. so now i have only one gprs connection for a given imsi, the problem is gone and everything works fine.

thanx again, greap app.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Hello,

I have now tried all the commands and here is my report.

Check, reboot, poweroff, power, location, remoteon, remoteoff, camera, call, lock, and unlock, all work fine. I also have the ssh reverse tunnel working with a passphrase replacing the password field in smscon_config.

What DOES NOT work:
1) I have KEYBOARDDETECT = 'yes', but I get NO updates about keyboard use whatsoever.

2) Trackon does not work either. I don't see any error messages in the log file, and I get no confirmation sms that the command was received by the N900. I made sure that smsconwas running. Interestingly, sending 'Trackoff' by sms does in fact stop the GPS if it was working and I get a confirmation sms that the command was executed.

Please, I request advice about identifying why these last two features don't work for me.

As a suggestion, I would also like to see some sort of remote wipe of the device and SD card, although encrypting the MyDocs folder and SD card would be a safer alternative I suppose. Where are all the passwords (email, browser, sipp, etc) stored by the way?

Thanks again and again for an awesome application!

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

@ivyking
@n900testa

I've reinitialized all components of smscon (reseted everything with command line), now it works for me with default commands. I think the bug is in the smscon editor when the commands are saved...

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Great that it works for you, but how did you come to this conclusion?
Was it working, you edited and since then it stopped working?

Can you reproduce it?
What happens if you put the commands you had when it didn't work?

FYI, ivyking and n900testa replied that it didn't work for them with stock commands either.

Cheers

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Thank for testing!

I will look into it about the Keyboard & TrackOn.

I could implement in a later release a 'complete wipe' feature (for the ultimate 'destruction' if phone can't be found), but I'm not going to test it :eek:.

All user setting are stored in /usr/bin/smscon_config. When upcoming release 0.4.4-7 is received ok by people, we will implement encryption of sensitive user settings (password, username etc.).

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

@Saturn:
my smscon history:
installation of smscon and editor
configure with editor (custom commands)
test with editor -> all tests ok!
test with other phone -> no commands work
check smscon -log and smscon -sms ->nothing strange in there
reset the commands with editor
test with other phone -> no commands work
reset settings and restart daemon with xterm
configured phone number with editor
test with other phone -> all commands work!

I tried to prefixed the commands with the editor again and the commands didn't work, but this time after removing my prefix with the editor was successful.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

On your last bit.

Prefixing the commands:
Can you please describe each step?

e.g.
1. write in prefix box "asdret"
2. press "Prefix" button
3. press "Update Settings"
4. get message " Updated Command Names."
5. send sms from other phone with "asdretLocation"
...

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

strange...
now it works with prefix?! i've had checked my commands twice.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Hey bernd, thanks for your input... I've tried your approach, but it didn't work out for me.
Then, i deinstalled smscon and the smscon-editor, removed any files associated with it and reinstalled only the smscon.
Again - doesn't work. Not with the default and not with custom commands. I only receive the sms (i.e. Check) on the n900, but nothing happens - no reply to the command in any way.

I really would like to use this wonderful tool, but somehow it doesn't like me.... Could it be that there is some interference with another application (i know, hard to tell if you don't know what i'm running, ... but just to take a guess)?

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

i would like to use this app to start another app, i would like to hear wht my co-worker say about me when am not on desk , So if there way to send SMS to start recording when am not in the room with them , i can leave my n900 in the room locked in my desk to avoid thift .. it can be done i use 'myDicto' as my defualt recorder

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

I would ask the developers of myDicto for such an option together with voice activation. Start/Stop recording with a threshold on the input, that is.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

NEWS!

A new version of SMSCON & SMSCON editor is releasing today (0.5-5).

Due to major changes in SMSCON & SMSCON-editor you must remove the old one first (also the smscon_config file):

The default password to use for SMSCON-editor is "12345".

Today also the wiki of smscon will be updated (see first post).

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

The new version gave me this:
Reading SMSCON settings gave a FATAL ERROR while loading The Configuration file does not exist or it is corrupted.

Any solution for this mate?

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

The release is not yet complete. You need also the new version of the editor. Maybe tonight or tomorrow (it will be announced here).

Uninstall and install the versions from the extras-testing.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

People, like Saturn said: wait for SMSCON-editor (0.5-X) is released then remove old versions and install the new SMSCON & SMSCON-editor release.

SMSCON 0.5-5 will NOT work with SMSCON-editor 0.4.4-14 due to some user settings encryption!

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Big thx.
But it's not really working for me.
Neither calling nor email sending. Tested with the test section of the smscon configuration.
And I can't change the pw of smscon config cause nothing happens when pressing the button.

//edit: ok, i should read the post above. :P But where to find the config file to edit w/o smscon_configuration app ? Or should I wait till the new app will be released ?

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Find the new version of the SMSCON Editor v. 0.5-5 in extras-devel too.
http://maemo.org/packages/view/smscon-editor/

Cumulative updates since previous garage version:
* Added new code to read and encrypt the sensitive config file parameters (Contribution by digitalvoid).
* Restructure and heavy cleanup of the code.
* Some small main GUI corrections and beautifications.
* Package smscon has been added in the dependencies.
* Changed the sequence for updating the config file to give better information to the user.
* Updated several messages to be more descriptive.

Some more information/screenshots in the wiki page of SMSCON Editor (needs work still!)

Before you install anything we propose you do the following actions in xterm as root:
PS: Really sorry for the delay, after we decided to release found a bug in the editor and had to revert. In the next days when the issues are ironed, an update will bring some new features in the editor.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Ok thx.
Everything except the email thing is working now.
Set up my gmail account, but I don't get an email for some reason.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Is your settings like that?
http://wiki.maemo.org/SMSCON_Editor#...figuration_tab

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

All sems to work but not the: Send Test Email with Email with picture...

All I got is a black picture =/ Is it a bug or not?
And will you release a guide what all the commands is for and stuffs like that? Why I'm asking is because I'm an admin for MeeGo Sweden and working on an guide for the Swedish users of this app :D

Cheers
Pontus

Edit: "Reverse SSH configuration tab" what should it be under host?
The phones host IP or what? :)

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

I guess it's not capable of encrypting the config file yet? I tried clicking on the "Change Password" button but nothing happened.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

The frontcam is not very light sensitive, so it only will give a reasonable picture in bright light surroundings. I have made some changes to the wiki to clearify the commands a bit more.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Saturn will fix this in later release, it's only the password for entering the SMSCON-editor (which is disabled for now due to a bug at release time).

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Did an update on my last post:
Edit: "Reverse SSH configuration tab" what should it be under host?
The phones host IP or what?

Should be nice if someone please could tell me what it should be :)

Cheers
Pontus

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Under host you must put the hostname of your PC/server where also SSH in configured to make the connection. It's a more advanced feature of SMSCON, were you have to have some knowlegde of SSH workings.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

Yea my email settings are looking exactly like on this picture. Still doesn't work.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

If have tested this many times, and the code works. There must be some other problem.

Are you using the test email function and are you connected by a home WLAN or GPRS?

My work WLAN connection doens't allow direct connection to the Gmail smtp server (probably some firewall/port setting), my home WLAN work fine ofcourse.

Otherwise post the log or send it with a PM.

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

some finding and requests, maybe already reported before, using both the latest versions of smscon and smscon-editor, downloaded this morning :

- lower light sensitivity of the front can can't be used as an excuse, as the skype video plugin (telepathy-spirit) can happily get reasonable pictures in the same light conditions. I guess other camera settings and/or filters are needed, auto brightness/contrast adjustments or so. Hopefully someone else, better experienced with programming for the front camera can help ? Right now the front cam functionality is useless due to the overexposure/too high contrast ??. I'm sitting in a brightly lit office and I can't get any picture worth something.

- if in the general tab 'email' is selected for the GPS coordinates, when doing a ' location' test, the GPS coordinates are still send via SMS, so it doesn't take into account the user setting

- in the command1 tab, automatically a space is added after the prefix when applying to the commands. This doesn't happen on the commands2 screen.

- biggest issue for me so far is the fact that the controlling sms'es send from another GSM are visible to the thief. He sees them, he can follow along and will be alarmed right away (I would ...). Can't they not be intercepted ? This might need more hacker like skills. Hopefully someone can chip in.

- what's the idea of the 'call' command ? It's very obvious to the thief something dodgy is running on his new 'found' toy as all happens 'in the open'. Can it not be done hidden ? And not recorded of course ... I agree, of course, this software would then be possibly used unlawfully as a spying device ... I guess this is then the moral question of 'buying a big knife' to use in the kitchen to filet your fish OR kill your neighbor ...

some ideas for further releases :

- I vote for a remote wipe command (of the contacts, conversations, and all non-smscon related data/config. Of course we still want smscon to help us track the device, even if it's empty in terms of normal user-level data.

- hide the smscon-editor in the normal application list. Make it only xterm startable. Use system like names in the App manager list.

- give the smscon process a different name, something more like 'systemd', normal users won't know or suspect anything, in case they ever see something happening, cpu wise. (eg Conky)

- I use my N900 in multiple countries, with multiple SIM cards. When I change countries, I put always my country specific SIM card in my N900. And I put my backup SIM card in my backup phone. So I would prefer a list of 'Allowed SIMs', maybe propose auto adding it via the editor.

- Same enhancement area, depending on my SIM installed, a specific (changing) Mobile number should be auto informed if an non-authorized SIM is inserted. So some config settings (mainly mobile number, possibly others) should ideally be SIM dependent.

Btw, Don't let my enhancement requests frighten you, overall this solution is coming on very good, I think it's already usable right now in a single country/single SIM use-case (if only the SMSes were hidden).

I didn't verify SSH as my home router needs re-flashing to get my SSH access possible. Neither did I test the tracking yet. Email to gmail account work fine.

Thanks for the progress so far !

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

I'm using the same gmail adress with the mail client here and its working fine over gprs and wifi.
Tested both (wifi and gprs) with smscon and nothing worked.
Where to find the log file btw ?

Re: [Announce] SMScon (control your device with SMS)
 

First of all, thanks for your input & testing!

1) If somebody could help me controlling the frontcam in a better way, please feel free to send me the code (Python).

2) This happens because the test functions are seperatly done & not through the core proccessing in smscon_daemon. I will changes this in future release.

3) I think this bug is for Saturn :) (developer SMSCON-editor).

4) It's indeed not ideal, I can make it so that after first SMSCON command is received no notifications are shown anymore (phone is locked, so nobody can interfere). It's a quick intermediate solution, but if somebody knows howto disable this otherwise, please share. I must not interfere with normal phone usage.

5) All (except SMS receive popup) is hidden if you enable auto device lock in settings. With the 'call me' command you can hear -maybe- where your phone is. Don't forget, SMSCON is a strange program; if all goes well you will never need it! (never gets lost or even stolen). If only one user ever needs it & founds his/hers phone back by means of SMSCON, I would definitely want to hear the story here on maemo.org.

6) I hold it under consideration for future release.

7) & 8) security wise this would be better, but I have to discuss this with Saturn.

9) I could adjust smscon to save multiple IMSI numbers (from different used SIM card) and would verify against these numbers.

10) For the moment I think this is a little too specific for implementing.