[Asterisk-Users] NEED HELP: Send sms message using Asterisk

[Gilad Ben-Yossef]

Wayne Veilleux wrote:
> I'm in Canada and I would like to send sms message to a cell phone
> with Bell Mobility provider.
> 
> Is it possible to us Asterisk to do that ?
> 
> I put that into my extensions.conf file:
> 
> [smsdial]
> exten => _X.,1,SMS(${CALLERIDNUM},,${EXTEN},${CALLERIDNAME})
> exten => _X.,2,SMS(${CALLERIDNUM})
> exten => _X.,3,Hangup
> 
> and I copied this file:
> 
> channel: Zap/1/1
> extension: 8789898
> callerid: message <from>
> context: smsdial
> priority: 1
> 
> in /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing/
> 
> And it does not work.
> 

You are not using it correctly. Even if BM is using a supported landline 
SMS protcol (I don't know), you should have the number for your SMS 
service cernter in channel, like so: "Zap/1/1234567", where 1234567 is 
your Telco provided SMS sending service center.

Cheers,
Gilad