Hello Folks
I have to implement a sms gateway for my $broetchengeber. The functionality it should have is that it takes an e-mail, converts it to a single sms and send this throgh either a GSM device or a internet sms gateway to a predefined group of receivers. I'm planning to implement both GSM device and Internet gateway to have a fallback possiblity.
Further functions should (could) be: - check if the mobile of the poor tech that gets the message that his server is eg. on fire ;), really received the message and if not, sending it again or sending it to another tech - maybe sending sms to customers - sort of security (not everyone should be able to send email to the gateway) - a simple network monitor tool which pings the servers that should be running and if there's no communication, send an sms - maybe two way sms gateway (tech. could send a ping with his mobile, could aknowledge a error message, and so on)
Do you have any recommentions, which tool and/or hardware to use for this issue? Do you have any expirience with such tools?
Thank you very much
Freundliche Grüsse
Stefan Rothenbühler Systemadministration
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Do you have any recommentions, which tool and/or hardware to use for this issue? Do you have any expirience with such tools?
take a look on: http://www.aspsms.ch
there is a nice and simple xml gateway which you could use for all your needs! i'm not sure, but the prices are about 0.09 chf per sms...
i really could recommend this services, we use it for our server monitoring and other services.
greets
elias
Am Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:19:54 +0200 schrieb Elias Wittwer swinog@eli.ch:
Do you have any recommentions, which tool and/or hardware to use for this issue? Do you have any expirience with such tools?
take a look on: http://www.aspsms.ch
Thanks a lot for all your answers. For an internet SMS gateway we have a solutions (yes, we are ip+ customer). I'm more searching a hardware solution (to be independent of connectivity to the internet which can also fail). We plan to setup a box which can do both (gsm and sms over ip+) and searching a software that can manage this all (with receiver lists and so on). I'll take a look at nagios which steven mentioned.
Maybe I was a bit unclear on this.
Freundliche Grüsse
Stefan Rothenbühler Systemadministration
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On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:28:00 +0200 Stefan Rothenbühler stefan.rothenbuehler@tlmedia.ch wrote:
We plan to setup a box which can do both (gsm and sms over ip+) and searching a software that can manage this all (with receiver lists and so on).
For your own SMS-Gateway, I highly recommend kannel (www.kannel.org). It works well with a connected device, as well as sending via SMSC. As far as the distribution lists go, a local MTA could handle that. The fallback scenario (if no internet, then use device) will probably have to be scripted.
HTH,
- Dimitri
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:28:00 +0200 Stefan Rothenbühler stefan.rothenbuehler@tlmedia.ch wrote:
I'm more searching a hardware solution (to be independent of connectivity to the internet which can also fail). We plan to setup a box which can do both (gsm and sms over ip+) and searching a software that can manage this all (with receiver lists and so on). I'll take a look at nagios which steven mentioned.
do you have an older nokia phone you should have a look at the gnokii project.
Ueli
...on Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 10:28:00AM +0200, Stefan Rothenb?hler wrote:
I'm more searching a hardware solution (to be independent of connectivity to the internet which can also fail).
We used a Siemens M20 (basically a GSM phone in a box with external power supply and RS232 interface), and a contract for high-volume SMS. I'm not shure if that's still in production, but there should be followup products.
As it mostly uses the more or less standardized GSM extensions to the AT command set, it's not difficult to find software to drive it - but I think we had a custom solution (bunch of perl scripts) to send SMS from Nagios and from the commandline through it.
Data connections should also work fine, I think many people used it as emergency dialin at remote locations.
Alex.
Hello Stefan
Stefan Rothenbühler wrote:
Thanks a lot for all your answers. For an internet SMS gateway we have a solutions (yes, we are ip+ customer). I'm more searching a hardware solution (to be independent of connectivity to the internet which can also fail).
There is also YaPS [1] available, which can use any modem and the UCP gateway of Swisscom (dial-in with modem / ISDN) to deliver SMS. I had implemented YaPS at my last job for alerting and the customer SMS gateway. With the UCP Gateway you can define the sending number of the SMS.
[1] http://freshmeat.net/projects/yaps/
I could not find the document "Computerlösungen für TELEPAGE® und NATEL® message (SMS)" any more on the Swisscom website with the listed phone numbers for such services.
The UCP gateway is available with analog (079 499 89 90) and ISDN (with V.120, 0900 900 941). The Tarif for the ISDN number was back then (around 2002) the following, probably has changed now:
The 2.second costs -.30 CHF, afterwards -.79 CHF/minute (in -.10 CHF steps). So a connection duration from 2 to 9.5 seconds costs -.30 CHF. This information were from Swisscom (Tel. 0800 848 900).
I know, it is a little bit expensive, but independent of any internet service or mobile phone in the datacenter. If I remember correctly, there is also the possibility for a 'large account', if you are sending a lot of SMS this way, which should give you cheaper rates. Ask your phone carrier. ;)
If you are interested in this solution, I can send you some more information and even a patch so that YaPS also can use some special characters (@ sign, Umlaute, ...) with the Swisscom SMSC. Probably I should once take some time to document and publish this properly.
bye Fabian
Hi,
I didn't read the whole thread, but
we've tested and plan to use the following configuration:
Siemens MC35i GSM modem Perle IOLAN DS1 TCP-to-RS232 gateway - for places where GSMN connection is poor near the server Kannel.org software, with a patch that allows to use the Perle extender (well, any TCP-to-serial terminal server). The patch is not yet accepted into the Kannel CVS, but you can find it in the mailing list archive.
I also developed a small commandline utility that sends messages to Kannel, it's also mentioned in the kannel mailing list.
Cheers, Stan
--- Stefan Rothenbühler stefan.rothenbuehler@tlmedia.ch wrote:
I have to implement a sms gateway for my $broetchengeber. The functionality it should have is that it takes an e-mail, converts it to a single sms and send this throgh either a GSM device or a internet sms gateway to a predefined group of receivers. I'm planning to implement both GSM device and Internet gateway to have a fallback possiblity.
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