Aug
12
2006

J2ME VNC Remote Desktop: Control your computer�s mouse and keyboard from your Mobile phone

Under Networking, Tips & Tricks By chandu

J2ME VNC is an open source mobile software that allows you to remotely access your desktop computer with any VNC compatible software installed on it from your mobile phone (Symbian or some Windows Mobile devices) which supports J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition). You can then control the mouse and keyboard of your desktop computer and perform actions on it.

This app now supports SSH2 and HTTP tunnelling. SSH2 would require an MIDP 2.0 compatible phone. (Yeah, the older Nokia phones won’t work )

The site doesn’t have an FAQ so I am just pasting it off a forum post:

Connect: Connect to the server
Add: Add the current details (host & password) to the quick-access menu (warning: saved as plain text in your phone!)
Manage: Delete items in your quick-menu.

The host and password should be faily obvious, a host name, and the password to access the host.

Note: It is important to put the server name in the IP Address/Host Name:Port Number (what you selected in the VNC program on the desktop) format
e.g 10.120.125.15:5879

You then get the “Connecting” screen, after this you are presented with a small section of the screen of the server, and have the following commands:

Exit: Exits the application
Refresh: Refreshes the current screen.
Call Mouse: Centers the mouse on the currently vistable section.
Enter Text: Creates a text box to enter text in your phones default method (123abc normally)
Toggle Control: holds the control key up or down
Toggle Alt: holds Alt the key up or down
Toggle Meta: holds the meta key up or down
Mode: Lets you select the
view mode, either Normal (the default) or “Full Screen” were it shrinks the servers screen to fit the device.
and Entry Mode:
Navigation: The Curser keys move the screen, and the number keys act as number keys (press 1, one is sent)
Mouse Mode: The Curser keys move the Mouse Pointer, and the number keys act as number keys (press 1, one is sent)
SMS Mode: The Curser keys move the screen, and the number keys act kind-of like SMS entry keys ( 1 onces gives 1, seconds time A, then B then C, etc).
Options:
You have three options, how fast you wish to scroll left/right or up/down, and the “Active Refresh”, which will refresh the screen every 3 seconds.