[wellylug] SMS from Linix via cell

William Hamilton william.hamilton at gmail.com
Mon Apr 23 20:22:26 NZST 2007


Rather surprising the organisations that have a presence up this way 
sometimes.  They have some pretty cool stuff... always wanted a weather 
station so I know what I am coming home to :)

cheers

W

jamie wrote:
> We use Siemens MC35's
> http://www.harvest.com/modem.htm
> 
> I think they're based over your way.
> 
> jamie
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> On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 17:36 +1200, 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> <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> <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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