On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Steve Totaro <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Remco Barendse <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Feb 2009, Steve Totaro wrote: >> >>> Kannel is probably the best way to go in the States, unless you want >>> to sign up with an aggregator. >>> >>> I use Kannel and a bank of Sony Ericsson phones. To send SMS, you >>> just have to hit a URL on the Kannel server with a properly formatted >>> URL. I just use System() to call Lynx with the correct variables (the >>> message you want to send). >> >> Just out of curiosity, how did you transfer the text you want to SMS to >> Asterisk? Can that be done through a call file? I want to SMS from a CRM >> app, the CRM app can create call files but for security reasons i do not >> want the sms server accessible from the network to each PC that can run >> the CRM app. >> >> On voip-info there are some affordable GSM adapters that also provide an >> SMS server accessible by URL, i would like to do something similar like >> you did, would you be willing to post your configs? >> >> Thanks a 1,000,000 :) >> > > In that case, you would not need Asterisk at all. If you can create > call files can you hit a URL from your CRM as well? > > The config files for Kannel are very simple with slight alterations > from the samples generated from what is created from building from > source. Most of the alterations are to use the Sony phones as GSM > modems. > > Kannel's learning curve is slight if you are just using it for simple > SMS through a GSM modem, of course, doing WAP Push or proxying > requires a bit more in the way of learning. >
If you wanted to go through Asterisk, I would think a call file that drop into a context with a FastAGI to your CRM that returns the text would be my approach, or similarly, through the manager interface. Thanks, Steve _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
