[Announce] Dialcentral
 

Dialcentral is a touch screen enhanced interface to the GoogleVoice service.

See the website for more information, troubleshooting help, etc.

Features Supported

• Sending of SMS
• Initiating calls from your GoogleVoice Number
• Dialpad, recent calls list, messages list, and contacts
• Notification support for missed calls, SMS messages, or voicemails
• SMS/Voicemail/Missed call notifications (or get SMS through email)

Info on Extras
Download Deb From Extras
Website
Former Thread
Reporting Bugs
Requesting Features

Obligatory Screenshots
Dialpad:
http://gc-dialer.garage.maemo.org/im...0Fremantle.png
Messages:
http://gc-dialer.garage.maemo.org/im...0Fremantle.png
Responding to a message:
http://gc-dialer.garage.maemo.org/im...0Fremantle.png

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

To: epage
First of all ,thank for your great work... Look i updated to 1.0, but now i have no contacts even after refresh.
Byway why do u created a new page if the old one is not that long?

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Weird. my google contacts still work in the new version.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

This is odd. I also am not able to reproduce this. I also shouldn't have changed anything along the contacts code path.

I do notice that you have the menu bar though which is highly suspect that something is up on your device. My guess is I don't have the dependencies listed correctly, and already have some of those installed on my device.

Could you run from the command line to see if anything odd is being reported?

I mainly started a new thread due to how much time has passed and code has changed (some of the earlier comments maybe not being as relevant). Maybe it would help people with what the current issues and fixes are.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Once i read that the problem could be my table uninstall it and download it back in again and its working now!!!!! Thanks bro!

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

You should implement Google Voice's SMS character count code... It counts down for one message, then tells you it's going to send two messages, and then...

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Im hoping for someone to make a statusbar notification for SMS more than anything else.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

1.0 is hanging on my N810

after upgrading to google voice I can no longer dial out.

put in 7 digit number - hit dial and nothing.

same thing using gc login

any help?

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

you still have to dial the area code as well (xxx) xxx-xxxx

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

If its just the missing area code, then hopefully that helps.

Otherwise, try running from the command line "python2.5 /usr/bin/dialcentral.py". That'll show a lot of debug messages which can help me in figuring out what is happening.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

epage, thanks so much for your work on this, especially the SMS!

I've been making a rudimentary SMS notifier which piggybacks off of your code and blinks the LED, but I ran into a permissions error when calling my python script from alarmd, and the problem was with '.gv_cookies.txt'.

I looked for this file but it doesn't exist, so I'm wondering if this line in gv_backend.py is correct?
I changed it to:
and everything works but I wanted to make sure there wouldn't be any side-effects.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Note that the code in gv_backend.py is:
May seem kind of weird, but I wanted the backends unaware of the associated app, including default parameters. If you want to reuse my cookie file, the code for where I build the path is actually in dc_glade.py, which then passes it into the gv backend __init__.

Congrats on working on this! A lot of people will be happy.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

I had to downgrade to 0.97 to get Grandcentral to work. Please use the code from 0.97 for us old school Grandcentral users...

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Why havent you upgraded...just wondering?

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

I just wanted to chime in and say "Thanks" for your hard work.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Sorry about that. I specifically tested Grandcentral support for Canadians (hint: thats why some haven't upgraded) and others, but I guess there are differences between the GC page before and after the upgrade that made my testing invalid.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Huh, I was hoping there would be an obvious difference between the versions but there isn't. I also tested and at least am able to login and do some stuff in my account. Are you able to provide any further details, maybe running it from the command line and getting me the debug output?

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

munky261: Google Voice only works in the US, Grandcentral works in Canada too.

epage: Logging in takes a couple of tries, and when I do log in, the account phone number doesn't show up (there's some HTML code instead), and the callback number doesn't work. (there's an error about the number being invalid). Everything seems to work under 0.97 however...

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

1) Try to log into your grandcentral or google voice account. you have to do it once before it work.
2) Did you enter the correct call back number?
3) I have to repeatedly clear the acct and type it in, and clear and type it in for several time...
4) once activated, upon 1st dial, they will ask for permission to use the acct.

I had quite a bit of trouble to go thru after my upgrade.

It does work after some struggling.

bun

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Qole: OK...forgot about that. lol

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Hey Epage. It seems that the transcriptions are no longer working for voicemails.

Are you working on the app anymore or is it in your eyes a done project and will only keep the thing working in the future (hopefully ;) Just curious.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Thanks for the catch, I haven't been using that feature all that much lately.

I'm considering it feature complete and in maintenance mode. I have made a package that works in Mer and once virtual machines of it are available, I plan to offer a Fremantle update.

Edit: Fixed in SVN, package should be available today or tomorrow.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Just got the ominous warning mail from Google that Grandcentral users are going to be force-upgraded to Google Voice in the near future... That should make epage's job easier, at least, only supporting one website...

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Easier but still disappointing that its through loss of users.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

How hard would it be to skin this application?

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Its a standard GTK application, so most likely you'd end up needing to rewrite the GUI in a more skinnable UI.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Ah, ok. No worries... just was curious.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

For some reason, I'm not able to dial out with dialcentral 1.0. It works for sending sms, but when I hit "dial" nothing happens at all. However, I can still use 'new internet call' to make calls from my n800, just not from dialcentral. Does anyone have any insight as to what my problem might be?

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

I am also having the same dialing out problem, no call back connections. I have G/V on a N810, any suggestions?

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

All look into this and hopefully get it fixed today. I still need to make a package for fixing transcripts anyways

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Odd, I just tried a call and it worked. I wish this stuff was a lot easier to debug...

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

I did a reinstall of Dialcentral and that seem to fix the problem.

After reinstalling DailCentral call back would work but when I answered the call back I could not hear the phone ringing from the number I was calling. 12 hours later I tried again and all is working.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

As a general note, I've been getting spotty service from GoogleVoice, not just through DialCentral but through their website.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

WoooHooo!

I just got an invite to Google Voice!:D:eek:

Now to download DialCentral.....

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Feature Request for DialCentral:

1) Make it so we can SMS multiple contacts at once (either by group, or checkboxes, etc). I know that the GV website does not have this yet, but would be a nice feature.

2) Show contact groups

3) Instead of showing a complete message history on the DialCetral page, have an expandable or some sort of window, after having so many texts, there is a LOT of scrolling to do (yes, I text a lot)

Thanks :D:D

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know I posted an alpha version of a Google Voice notifier in this thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=300843

It's somewhat crude (no deb yet) but any feedback would be great.

And thanks to epage for your help and work on Dialcentral, which this borrows heavily from.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Thank bro for added this application, but i'll wait for deb too, much headache your way...Epage add that to Dialcentral and update it please you still have many things to fix. Thanks

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Actually, epage, I respectfully disagree with EL_EASY. I'd rather you not clutter up DialCentral with a notification component. I prefer it just the way it is. If people want the notification component, let them use the aforementioned addon.

I'm really getting a lot of use out of DialCentral lately. Thanks a ton.

-SG

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

Clutter is a big issue. The clincher for me is it would need to be shown to not be bad on batter usage or CPU/Memory load.

Re: Dialcentral 1.0
 

I really do not see the issue including it in the DC package (with a nod from both devs of course) and allow it to be an OPTIONAL setting. If you do not want to be notified then DC could function as it normally would. Let the user set up the time in between checks for new messages. Maybe battery life isnt as important to some as staying connected via SMS to others. Who knows, maybe the notifier has little to no impact on battery life.

tlacuache, what do you mean by clutter? It would be a menu item that you would "set it and forget it" Would not need screen real estate to function or set up.

The optional add on for the moment is functional for those who wish to add it, but I think for the future the 2 should/will either be joined or totally separate. And by separate I mean DC as a dialer/missed calls interface and the notifier turn into a full blown SMS app, with send/receive ect. Just my thoughts. DC is fantastic and the notifier is coming along rather well. Keep up the work guys.