I'm quite new to windows sdk programming and i'm trying to write a code to discover devices on the network. The code should be able to get the name of the device(hostname) and ipadress of the device. Are there any predefinded Api's to do the same. I googled and got certain api's such as
WNetGetNetworkInformation
WNetGetResourceInformation
which didn't seem to serve the purpose.
Take a look at this SO Article -- from today!
It shows how you can retrieve all information for a network adapter.
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I am not Android/WearOS savvy so apologize in advance to those who are eager to push down arrow button.
I am looking to put together a proof of concept that would read sensor data from Android/WearOS watch and send it to an Azure API EndPoint over WiFi without needing or intervention of phone. As we understand that latest WearOS devices can directly connect to WiFi.
First of all can WearOS watch make a direct api call over WiFi? If not then please advise!
If so has anyone done similar work or point me in the right direction. Please share sample code or how to tutorial.
Many thanks.
Have you looked at the official documentation page for this? https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/data-layer/network-access
It has a step-by-step walkthrough of the process of network communication from Wear OS, as well as sample code.
I am trying to use the sample code provided for Amazon Alexa API, and trying to run hello world / history buff examples through the computer. How do I test from my local machine, about the request and response formats. In the README file it is given to visit this website : http://echo.amazon.com/#skills, but I could see nothing there as it mentions more about connecting to the device. I dont have the device, but I would like to test things locally through my laptop.
We have a tool that we built specifically for this purpose:
https://bespoken.tools/blog/2016/08/24/introducing-bst-proxy-for-alexa-skill-development
Requests and responses from Alexa will be sent directly to your development laptop, so that you can quickly code and debug without having to do any deployments. We have found this to be very useful for our own development.
Our Github project is here:
https://github.com/bespoken/bst
We are also adding other useful commands for Alexa development.
Yes, the Test tab in the Alexa Developer Console allows you to interact completely with your skill during development.
You will type in your utterances instead of speaking them, but from a program logic perspective, there is no difference.
The Test page also provides a place to type in your skill's reponses, to see what they'll actually sound like. I recommend that you do so if you don't have an actual device. Sometimes adding or removing a comment can help make the responses easier to understand, or sound more natural.
Use http://ngrok.com
See my video for a tutorial:
https://youtu.be/eC2zi4WIFX0?t=108
I'm guessing the key point in OP's question is "dont have the device".
There is a web simulator at https://echosim.io
It behaves just like any other Alexa 'device'. Login with your Amazon account and it picks up all your selected skills, etc. Shows up as just another device in the Alexa app.
Only downsides: You have to click to talk, and it's pretty slow, presumably because it has to receive, buffer, convert and re-ship the audio.
Also, I'm not sure how you register/connect to the Alexa service in the first place without an Echo/Dot device, but I assume there is a way.
UPDATE:
More recently, there are a number of free 3rd-party apps on Android and iOS devices to also simulate an Alexa/Echo device. It can be less klunky than the web site. Search for 'Alexa' in your App/Play store and try a few of them out. "Reverb" is one: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reverb-for-amazon-alexa/id1144695621
Good luck.
I dont have the device, but I would like to test things locally
through my laptop.
If you are developing the skill using an AWS Lambda function in Python, have a look at: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/FirstAlexaSkills/0.1.2
It can generate custom Alexa events based on your parameters (utterances, slot variables) and allows you to create test cases against your local code, as well as against AWS Lambda itself.
You can also test your skill locally by following this tutorial:
How to test your Alexa skill locally
I’m working on technical part of a project for big bank and looking for information about using Secure Element (SE) that is embedded into Google Nexus 4.
What is a process to get access to SE?
I mean how to initiate a process with Google.
You may try to contact them directly, but Google will not give you access to (embedded) SE: they don't want competitors on their wallet application (specially on Android systems).
You can do this, current android version(4.0.4) has enabled access to SE without having support of platform vendor.
Please refere
http://nelenkov.blogspot.sg/2012/08/accessing-embedded-secure-element-in.html
Depends what your ambition is, can you elaborate ? Loading an application of your own onto the secure element will require crypto keys that only Google can provide, and they probably never will, for many reasons.
Alternatively, you should be able to do the same with a SIM. It only takes a few tools to load and configure an application on a test SIM (with test SIM), then you can fit it into a phone and access it through the Open Mobile API (see the SEEK for Android open source project) which is available on many devices.
I plan to implement my website (asp.net & sql2008) using windows azure, but I have difficulty to do it because windows azure has not released yet in my location (Indonesia).
Should someone like to share the solution the same with my problem would be appreciated.
The question was asked on MSDN and the answer is that it is not possible. The only solution is to wait for Windows Azure available in your country.
MSDN Forum
Just run your apps on HK or Singapore Windows Azure Public Data Centers, these are the APAC Data Centers for your region.
for testing reasons, I wanted to create an Azure account, and faced the same here in Egypt.
I've made it by remotely logging into one of our U.S-based servers, and registered from there :) If you can't do so, and need this account badly, and don't have such server, try using TOR.
Update: TOR is a proxy-like solution for your internet connection, it will redirect all requests/responses to a node on the TOR network, which consists of volunteers like you and me.
so my solution is simple, we gonna use tor to simulate that you are inside one of the permitted countries, and register your account with ease.
what you gonna need is to install TOR and configure your browser to use it, but my personal recommendation is to install TOR browser bundle, it's TOR+a Browser that is pre-configured to use it.
you gonna find a nice video on the TOR browser bundle page that will give you an overview about it.
give it a try, and tell me what happened.
I'm trying to write an application that receives SMS messages into the app I'm developing (in C# if you care :). Research indicates the best bet is to use GSMComm library.
I've downloaded the library and using the demo app I have managed to connect to the 3g modem (a Huawei E1756) but when I query it for SMS's received it comes back with 0.
Interestingly if I use the software that comes with the application then I can see the messages.
Anyone got any clues on why this would be? Or other tips on how to retrieve the messages?
Cheers,
Kym
Depending on how the modem is setup, messages can be stored on either the SIM card or in phone memory.
I would check that the demo app is looking in both places for old messages.
I use gammu's smsd which can write to a database which you can then use your c# with.
it is supports a wide array of phones and modems including many Huawei models
http://wammu.eu/phones/huawei/
It runs on windows and linux and has worked well for me.
http://wammu.eu/smsd/
the database has a simple inbox and outbox tables that you can use.
Try Clickatell to get an idea http://www.clickatell.com/brochure/coverage.php