Python and Symbian S60

One trend where SIAA (Singapore Industrial Automation Association) sees Measurement and Automation is heading towards is in the area of M2M (machine to machine interface). Symbian S60 and Python makes a great rapid prototyping or proof of concept platform for Measurement and Automation with Smartphones. Python for Symbian S60 allows for the following communication and collaboration applications

1) sending and receiving sms
2) capturing picture and video
3) voice recognition and annunciation
4) GPS
5) mobile networking
6) web services

The following book describes the above application with example programs

Title Mobile python : rapid prototyping of applications on the mobile platform / Jürgen Scheible and Ville Tuulos
ISBN 9780470515051

Install Symbian S60 emulator

To install the Symbian S60 emulator on Windows XP and use Python to communicate with the EMANT380, do the following

1) Download and extract all files of S60-SDK-200634-3.1-Cpp-f.1090b.zip (S60 3rd Edition SDK for Symbian OS, Supporting Feature Pack 1) from Nokia website. Read the S60 3rd Edition SDK for Symbian OS, Supporting Feature Pack 1, for C++ S60 platform Installation Guide. Run setup.exe. Note that you will need

• ActivePerl 5.6.1 or newer
• Java Run Time

2) Download PythonForS60_1_4_4_SDK_3rdEdFP1.zip (Python for Series 60 SDK 1.2) from Nokia Python for Series 60 website. Unzip the sdk_files. Copy the files in the epoc32 folder to the Epoc32 folder in the Series 60 SDK Symbian OS folder you created in the earlier step. The path that you will probably need to copy the epoc32 folder to is C:/Symbian/9.2/S60_3rd_FP1

3) Install the S60 Bluetooth Driver. Read the S60 Bluetooth Driver Installation Guide. Bluetooth connectivity with the S60 emulator has been tested with the following SDKs:

• S60 3rd Edition SDK for Symbian OS, Maintenance Release
• S60 3rd Edition SDK for Symbian OS, Supporting Feature Pack 1

Run the EMANT380 Python Symbian S60 examples.

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