Volume controls

Tick Chen tick at openmoko.com
Thu Nov 27 04:12:50 CET 2008


Hi Trevisan, 
  Thank you. Good catch ^^.
Maybe adding a "callVolume" to QPhoneProfile is a better idea. 

Yes, I will remove those invalid values. 
Thank for your advice. 

Cheers,
Tick

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 01:55:02AM +0100, "Marco Trevisan (Treviño)" wrote:
> Tick Chen wrote:
> > Hi List, 
> >   I created a patch that makes user can control their call volume via a
> > slidebar when calling.
> > It's uses AT+CLVL controling the call volume.  According to 
> > http://doc.trolltech.com/qtextended4.4/qphoneprofile.html#setVolume
> > the valid range is 0~5, and the volume degree maping to TI Calypso volume range
> > 0~255 equally. 
> > 
> > By current the volume default is 3 of 0~5, and TI calypso default is 177 of
> > 0~255. It will be switched and  follow the setting in QPhoneProfile. ie
> > AT+CLVL=153. I tested and found it's okay for me. The volume is loud
> > enough for me, and people on the other side of call does not complains at all. :-) 
> > Maybe other device need to switch to a larger value.
> > 
> > Users can control the default volume by using QPhoneProfile, and
> > PhoneSettings. Or edit /opt/Qtopia/etc/default/Trolltech/PhoneProfile.conf directly.
> > 
> > If there are no other issues, I will commit it tomorrow.
> 
> Well, I've tested this implementation but there's something of bugged.
> In fact you use the Qtopia PhoneProfile "Volume" setting as the earphone
> setting, while that value is mainly used by Qtopia for the ringtone volume!
> 
> So if you try to place a call with this code when your phone is in the
> "Vibrate Only" or "Silent" profile, as soon as the call starts, it gets
> muted!
> 
> As a workaround I've actually changed the callscreen.cpp file to use
>  m_volumeView->setVolume(currentProfile.volume());
> only if the currentProfile.volume() is not 0, but I guess that we should
> have a better implementation adding the support to "callvolume" to
> QPhoneProfileManager. The implementation should be really easy, but I
> had not time to write a patch to attach here... :(
> 
> Ehm, then why in vendor_ficgta01.cpp currentVolumeLevel is set to 3 at
> the beginning and then to 153 (that i figure is 255*3/5)? I figure that
> the first line should be removed (not only because it is ignored, but
> also because in the next git commit the currentVolumeLevel is changed to
> 4, and maybe this should imply the update of currentVolumeLevel from 153
> to 204 [= 255*4/5]; isn't it?)
> 
> Bye!
> 
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