marc paradise

BBSSH has been updated with the following changes:

• Bug fix – Telnet connection types are now properly saved, and connect correctly
• Bug fix – WiFi connections now work
• Feature – “special keys” support added, and has been bound to ALT+right-side convenience key.
• Framework – macro support is integrated and bound to ALT+mute/stdby button.(Note: macro creation screen has not been added, so this doesn’t help very much…)

You can grab the latest OTA download from this location – pick choose “BBSSH.jad” as the file to download. You may need to click the direct-link option after the next page loads.

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/bbssh/

Edit 3/4: fixed the bad link

Edit 3/4 again: REALLY fixed the bad link this time

BBSSH 1.1.3 is now available for download.  This should work with any device running BB OS 4.6 or higher. Here are some features from this alpha release:

• Public/private keypair import is now working. Imported keys can be used for authentication.  In order to be loaded, private keys must be stored at a non-password protected http/https location, in OpenSSH format.   (A wider range of import methods will be coming soon.)
• URL scraper – this will scrape phone numbers, email addresses, and web sites and display them a in list.  The context menu will give appropriate actions for each type of entry.
• Multiple concurrent connections, with quick-switch between connections.
• Integration with Blackberry notifications and alerts – you can set your alert preferences via the BB Profile settings

There is still plenty of work to be done, but this version has replaced MidpSSH as my day-to-day client.   Though some functionality is missing (namely macros and a subset of the special keystrokes), I have found it to be very stable.

Grab the latest version now OTA from the sourceforge.net project site:

BBSSH 1.1.3 OTA (Alpha)

Default Keybindings (these will be configurable and viewable in-app  in the near future):

• SYM - control key: The next key you press will be combined with the CTRL key. For example: pressing SYM , then “c” will send “CTRL+c”
• Volume Up: Show input window overlay
• Volume Down: send Tab key
• Left-side convenience key: send ESC key
• Alt+Left-side convenience key: display the URL scraper
• Right-side convenience key: show popup menu of active session, allowing you to quickly switch between them.
• Directional roller: send arrow keys
• Alt+Direction Up/Down:  Page Up/Dn
• Alt+Direction Left/Right: Home/End
• Shift+Navbutton: Paste
• Ctrl+Navbutton: Copy current terminal contents to clipboard.
• Top button (Mute/Suspend): Toggle between Hybrid and Direct Input modes.

Give it a try, and let me know of any issues.

Some early screenshots of BBSSH, an upcoming free SSH client for the Blackberry platform:

I have long been a fan of Karl von Randow’s midlet SSH client, “MidpSSH“.  I’ve been using it for years now on various model Blackberry devices, and overall have been satisfied with it.  However, I have always wished it was a bit more tailored to Blackberry’s feature set — I even looked at the only commercial Blackberry SSH client on the market  in hopes of finding something a bit more BB-specific.  While it had some good ideas, the commercial client did not work very well on my device, making that a dead end.

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