[wellylug] SMS from Linix via cell

William Hamilton william.hamilton at gmail.com
Mon Apr 23 19:58:21 NZST 2007


Replying to my own emails is not a great habit to get into but here I 
go.  The Motorola L6 works fine with cdc-acm driver.  I will see if I 
can talk the client into buying a GSM modem.

W


William Hamilton wrote:
> Thanks Jamie - and yup slack response rate :)
> 
> I read over smstools a while back and was one at the top of my list - 
> any recommendations on phone?  Anyone here use smstools - what phone do 
> you use?  I have a USB Motorola L6 which I will get round to testing - 
> anything "known good" that I can still source? (TradeMe included)
> 
> cheers
> 
> W
> 
> 
> jamie wrote:
>> aptitude install smstools
>>
>> On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 15:06 +1200, Steve Baker wrote:
>>> We bought a GSM modem with a serial interface, like this:
>>> http://www.itx.co.nz/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=250 
>>> <http://www.itx.co.nz/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=250>
>>>
>>> Connect the serial to the linux box and you can send SMS messages by
>>> invoking special AT commands. It shouldn't be too hard to script if
>>> your only sending SMS messages.
>>>
>>> On 13/04/07, William Hamilton <william.hamilton at gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:william.hamilton at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> > How are people connecting cell phones to their servers to send SMS
>>> > messages?  Command line preferred to hook into some other scripts.  I
>>> > want some alerts sent out and also considering as a backup dial in 
>>> when
>>> > Net down.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > tia
>>> >
>>> > W
>>> >
>>> >
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