[asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk

[Pascal Bruno]

Is it possible for asterisk to send sms through a GSM gateway, tor example
the Portech MV-37X?
If yes, any examples of configurations would be really apreciated.



On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Steve Totaro <
stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:

> 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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