Re: gnokii --getnetworkinfo

[Bertrik Sikken]

Pavel Machek wrote:

> > > On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 02:46:31PM +0100, Pawel Kot wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Bertrik Sikken wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I agree it's good to have consistency, but I think it's odd to
> > > > > display the LAC and cell id as hex.
> > > > > Netmonitor menu 11 on my nokia 3410 shows them in plain decimal.
> > > > What about switching it all to the decimal values? Anyone to do it?
> > > The reason behind my patch is to eliminate the inconsistency. I converted
> > > the getnetworkinfo because the monitor writes it as hex for ages. I think
> > > only the compatibility is the reason behind of the hex form. But the
> > > operator id is a decimal number too, so there can be other reasons. I
> > > don't mind if we convert both to decimal. I think it's Pawel's duty to
> > > decide.
> > I don't use netmonitor in my phone. The solution is to show these values
> > just as they are shown in the phone. Bertrik says that it is showen
> > decimal... Anyway, I'll activate the netmonitor on my phones and check,
> > but if you belive that I will see the decimal numbers don't hesitate to
> > prepare the patch.
>
> Siemens shows them in hex... I believe hex is the way to go since it
> is 4 characters, fixed, if you use hex.
>
>                                                                 Pavel
Ok, although my preference goes out to decimal , I don't mind too much
if it would be displayed as hex. Besides I can't seem to get gnokii 
--monitor
to work properly right now, so I can not really compare the output from
gnokii --monitor and gnokii --getnetworkinfo.

How about storing the network info in some other format than byte arrays?
For example to make cell_id and LAC both unsigned ints (or some other
type with at least 16 bits).

Regards,
Bertrik