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  PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Concept//EN" "concept.dtd">
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<concept id="GUID-3EF88A1D-CCB6-5DE5-9CA6-F6E785A6898A" xml:lang="en"><title>Communications
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Framework Quick Start</title><shortdesc>This topic describes the activities that users can do to make use
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of the Communications Framework. </shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
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<section id="GUID-DBF1C87D-7360-54B7-8658-B6659BF77F06-GENID-1-10-1-9-1-1-5-1-3-1"><title>Getting started
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with Communications Framework</title> <ul>
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<li id="GUID-2EF077BD-0194-5C6B-B4B6-A226A09DBA5D"><p>To manage communications
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connections and transfer data, use the client interfaces provided by the Sockets
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Server, together with additional interfaces that are provided by implementations
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of specific communications protocols. For example, to communicate over the
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TCP protocol, use the Sockets Server together with the Internet Sockets libraries
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provided by Networking Services. </p> </li>
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<li id="GUID-D57F54F9-8006-54E8-991B-C6180D53F00C"><p>To implement new communications
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protocols, implement plug-ins that conform to the Comms Architecture. </p> </li>
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<li id="GUID-7AC9CA5C-7138-5526-8CAE-B42B852B2F8C"><p>To configure the communications
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set up of a phone, use the Comms Database. </p> </li>
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<li id="GUID-CE7D99C4-7F70-58D1-8221-66BC71403C49"><p>To communicate over
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a serial port, such as RS232, and to access other communications protocols
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that can be used in a similar way, use the Serial Communications Server. </p> </li>
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</ul> </section>
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<section id="GUID-C0D0A389-FAEE-4077-9584-FE7A85E9572E"><title>Architecture</title> <p>The Communications Framework enables
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communication in mobile devices. It allows the devices to connect to networks,
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create and store network settings, manage memory used for communications,
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and send and receive data. </p> <p>The Communications Framework comprises
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the following collections: </p> <ul>
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<li id="GUID-E9C6BC79-01AD-53E4-8885-486D7B3E0CDB"><p> <b>Communications Process
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and Settings</b>  </p> <p>This collection contains the Comms Root Server and
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Comms Root Server Configurator components. For more information see <xref href="GUID-2FED5145-58E4-5560-8E52-6BD499EECE13.dita">Root Server</xref>. </p> </li>
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<li id="GUID-08F51E77-4EE3-580C-922D-16D366ADD559"><p> <b>Communications Configuration</b>  </p> <p>This
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collection contains the Comms Database. The Comms Database contains data about
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all of the settings in the communication framework. For more information about
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the Comms Database, see <xref href="GUID-BD971173-E009-58DA-AF9C-F4AAFF77B138.dita">Comms
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Database</xref>. </p> </li>
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<li id="GUID-E19E0A03-7B46-51FE-BDFC-0EB0F73F2896"><p> <b>Data Communications
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Server </b>  </p> <p>This collection contains the ESock Server and ESock Server
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Configurator components. For more information, see <xref href="GUID-2139B04C-6ED6-599B-A018-D92451B8353E.dita">Data
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Communications Server</xref>. </p> </li>
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<li id="GUID-2865D60A-BA76-5937-8A28-09316F5DF699"><p> <b>Communications Framework
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Utilities </b>  </p> <p>This collection contains the Comms framework, Comms
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Elements and MBuf Manager. For more information, see <xref href="GUID-12D1F61B-6BC6-5215-A832-E84C0F480765.dita">Communications
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Framework Utilities</xref>. </p> </li>
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<li id="GUID-23E59E44-9AC6-5EB4-886A-86549AD875BF"><p> <b>Serial Server and
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Serial Comms Server Plug-ins </b>  </p> <p>These collections contain the C32
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Serial Server and the C32 Serial Server and the Serial Port CSY. For more
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information, see <xref href="GUID-9B83CDD4-FC94-51A0-AC67-CD04BCAFEF08.dita">Serial
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Communications Server</xref>. </p> </li>
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</ul> <p>The following diagram outlines the Communication Framework collections
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and the components associated with each collection. </p> <fig id="GUID-201CB2BD-3398-57FA-B5D7-B38D1FFE77FD">
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<image href="GUID-5598B53F-2A6D-5813-913C-94B2AB36134E_d0e75841_href.png" placement="inline"/>
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</fig> </section>
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<section id="GUID-47666C49-F51E-4297-9222-6ABDD2FF32B8"><title>Technologies</title> <p>The Comms Framework defines the structure
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and operations of the communications protocol stack in Symbian platform,
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and allows applications to use the stack through a sockets type API. It defines
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the concepts, roles, and rules that govern the function of the stack, but
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does not itself implement specific protocols, such as TCP/IP, in that stack. </p> <p>This
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section describes the key features and technologies implemented by the Communications
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Framework. </p> <ul>
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<li id="GUID-2141A1D6-D3F8-5AA8-AE2A-1E6EAC715E04"><p> <b>Comms Database</b>  </p> <p>The
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Comms database comprises a series of tables which are used to store communications
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settings. Each table is made up of a set of records. These records are in
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turn made up of a series of fields. A field is the basic unit of information
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in the Comms Database. For more information, see <xref href="GUID-BD971173-E009-58DA-AF9C-F4AAFF77B138.dita">Comms
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Database</xref>. </p> </li>
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<li id="GUID-64F701EE-FDC3-54EE-A1CB-19B9448F2DA0"><p> <b>Root Server</b>  </p> <p>Root
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Server manages the process in which all Communications Servers are loaded.
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The process is called <i>C32exe</i> and is also known as <i>C32</i>. For more
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information, see <xref href="GUID-236D3822-13C3-5AD8-B0FB-C28732E17CF7.dita">What
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is Root Server and the C32exe Process?</xref>. </p> </li>
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<li id="GUID-9299C35C-4EBD-534F-9B72-813D7D6EF981"><p> <b>ESock Server</b>  </p> <p>ESock
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Server provides a generic interface to communications protocols through communication
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end points known as sockets. They provide a generic interface to network level
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communications protocols for common operations involved in network computing.
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These include sending data, receiving data, establishing connections, and
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configuring network protocols. </p> </li>
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<li id="GUID-B2449768-EC88-5FFE-9AA2-017FDCBACF50"><p> <b>Network Interface
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Manager</b>  </p> <p>The Network Interface Manager (NifMan) creates and manages
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network interfaces. The Network interfaces enable the devices to connect to
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networks. For more information about NifMan, see <xref href="GUID-31371091-A28D-5203-BE6A-0F182F99582D.dita">Network
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Interface Manager (NifMan)</xref>. </p> </li>
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MBuf is part of the implementation of a buffer in the Comms Architecture and
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represents a section of memory. The Communications framework creates a MBufs
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when the device starts. The MBufManager provides memory management for the
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Comms processes. For more information about buffers and MBufs, see <xref href="GUID-A248C2C0-5F64-5484-85B2-57C86E3499E1.dita">Memory
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Management</xref>. </p> </li>
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Serial Communications Server provides a public API to access the serial ports
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of the device. It provides functionality such as timeouts and port sharing
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for all Serial Protocol Modules. For more information, see the <xref href="GUID-6C7B7778-9B2E-5D8C-B2D8-74AC1DEEDF61.dita">Serial
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Communications Server</xref>. </p> </li>
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