[asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk

[Steve Totaro]

The most flexible way but will require a bit of work and scales SMS modem
per SMS per second.

Install kannel and configure it to work with your SMS modem (many cell
phones work just fine for sending and receiving).  It does not have to go on
the asterisk box, just a box you can hit with HTTP or HTTPs.

Make sure you have lynx installed

In your Asterisk dialplan use system(lynx
http://ipofyoursmsserverusernamepasswordnumbermessage) that is not the exact
syntax but it is all documented but everything in the SMS in encoded in the
URL.

With five T-mobile phones, I can send five a second, it seems linear, it may
be possible to increase throughput, I just got it working and left it at
that.

Messages queue until there is an available modem, sent in order.

PLUS it is MUCH cheaper (at least in the US) than these aggregators.  With a
T-Mobile family plan, 1,000 voice minutes, and unlimited SMS runs me about
$135/mo.  I guess it depends on volume of SMS you are sending.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:46 PM, C. Savinovich <c.savinovich at itntelecom.com
> wrote:

>
>  Thanks, excellent point.  Furthermore, a google search on fastsms.conf
> yielded the existence of a couple of 'Asterisk SMS gateways'..wow
>
> CS
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Drew Gibson
> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 2:22 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk
>
> C. Savinovich wrote:
> >   Can somebody please give a pointer to a complete neophyte (like me) on
> > text messaging, what product can I use to send and automatic text message
> to
> > a cell phone from within the asterisk dialplan? (the part of the dialplan
> I
> > have down, the part of the text message no)
> >
> > Thanks
> > C. Savinovich
> >
> >
>
> I don't use it but on my Asterisk 1.4 slug there was a file
> /etc/asterisk/fastsms.conf which had info about connecting to SMS
> services for about 4c per txt.
>
> regards,
>
> Drew
>
>
> --
> Drew Gibson
>
> Systems Administrator
> OANDA Corporation
> www.oanda.com
>
>
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