Re: using a remote SIM card through bluetooth SAP

Hi,

Thanks Ludovic for your answer.

On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 08:36:08PM +0200, Ludovic Rousseau wrote:
> 
> After a quick research I find that Bluetooth SAP is SIM Access Profile
> [1]. I did not know this protocol.

That's right, sorry for not explaining the acronym myself.


> I don't know any Bluetooth SIM Access Profile driver for pcsc-lite.
> I guess you are looking for the client side of the protocol and will
> use your phone as the server side. Exact?

Absolutely. 


> It should be possible to write such a driver. Maybe not easy if you
> know nothing about PC/SC-lite, SIM and Bluetooth...
> The SAP protocol should provide every thing needed for pcsc-lite. Have
> a look at the pcsc-lite driver API here [2].

Thanks for the pointer to the pcsc-line driver API.
At first sight, it shouldn't be overly complex to write the driver I 
need; I should definitely give it a try.


> Maybe you can start with existing and published code from Android?

That might also be a good idea, thanks for the suggestion.


Cheers,

-- 
Nicolas Boullis