[cvs] [Wiki] changed: SyncHowTo

[Karsten Fourmont]

karsten  Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:55:26 -0800

Modified page: http://wiki.horde.org/SyncHowTo
New Revision:  1.39
Change log:  add reference to php error log into faq

@@ -25,44 +25,22 @@
  * !Sync4J Outlook Client needs to have the port configured in the sync url when using https, i.e. https://pathtoyourhordeinstall:443/rpc.php
  
  ++ Additional information for syncing PDAs with the Synthesis client
  
-* The Synthesis is a commercial SyncML client from http://www.synthesis.ch/. It is available for PocketPC2002, PocketPC2003, Windows Mobile 5, Smartphone2003 and PalmOS. Stability and SnycML conformance is very good, currently a lot better than the Funambol Outlook connector. There's a 30 days trial version. 
+* The Synthesis is a commercial SyncML client from http://www.synthesis.ch/. It is available for !PocketPC2002, !PocketPC2003, Windows Mobile 5, !Smartphone2003 and !PalmOS. Stability and !SyncML conformance is very good, currently a lot better than the Funambol Outlook connector. There's a 30 days trial version. 
  * Make sure to set the events server path to "calendar"
  * Uncheck the "only from 30 days before until 90  after today" setting
  
  ++ Sync clients being used succesfully:
  
-* Synthesis client (v2.5.0.30) -> PDA -> USB serial cable -> Powerbook G4 running The Missing Sync (http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_palmos.php) -> Horde test installation
+* Synthesis client: that's the primary client used during the development
  * Sony Ericsson P800/P900
  * Outlook with Funambol !SyncClient PIM outlook 3.0.15
  
-++ Cleaning up when testing
+++ FAQ
  
-//**##red|DO NOT USE THIS IN PRODUCTION!##**//
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-You can clear all session files (assuming the default backend) with {{rm -f /tmp/sess_*}}.
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-You'll have a lot of entries in the datatree with a group_uid of 'horde.history'. You will lose information from more than syncing by clearing them out, but you can do so. It is also useful to clear out horde.log and /tmp/sync to get a better feel for what is from the current sync attempt and what is not.
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-++ Using a Palm simulator to test the Synthesis client
-
-# Download Palm simulator (for version 5.4) from http://www.palmos.com/dev/tools/simulator/ (free registration required).
-# Unzip somewhere, start debug/!PalmSim_54_dbg.exe, select a suitable ROM (included in debug dir)
-# Right-click on Simulator and click Settings > Communications > Redirect !SocketLib Calls to Host TCP/IP
-# Download and unzip synthesis client for !PalmOS from http://www.synthesis.ch/
-# Install simulator by dragging the enclosed .rpc file into the simulator window.
-# Start & configure the Synthesis client. Start a sync run.
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-++ How to write a !SyncML test case
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-See SyncMLCreateTestCases
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-++ Links
-SyncMLDevicesFileFormats
-SyncMLRoadmap
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-++ FAQ
++++ It's not working! I got a message like 'Invalid response' on the phone
+There's a chance that SyncML processing stopped due some php error in the server. Like //Object of class PEAR_Error could not be converted to string in /usr/share/php/SyncML/Backend.php on line 294//. As this is passed to the phone rather than displayed in a web page, the phone gets confused because it doesn't receive a valid XML message. To catch these error message, you need to make php log errors to a file: edit your php.ini and include a line like error_log = /var/log/phperrors.log. Then try a sync an check if anything comes up in this log.
  
  +++ Syncing of events fails with a log entry like "No sync object found for URI=calendar?dr(-30,90)"
  
  Syncing of date ranges as used by the Synthesis client is not yet supported. Please uncheck the "only  from 30 days before until 90 days after today" checkbox.