On Jan 9, 2018, at 3:16 AM, Christoph R. Murauer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello ! > >> Could anyone suggest a USB 4G cell modem ... >> I do need a direct USB connection for the purposes of sending SMS >> messages directly from the system, ... > > I don't know, if it is what you are looking for but have a look at man > 4 cdce. I use the listet ZTE MF831. > > Yes, it is connected using USB and it supports 4G / LTE (I have the > European version) - even it is listed as Ethernet device. > >> i.e. I need to be able to send a SMS even if the internet is down, ... > > The default (you can do that also manually over the web interface) > setting is, that the device connects automatically to the network of > the SIM (you don't need a internet connection to send SMS but to your > phone provider as for all devices to send SMS). > > I also don't know, how you define SMSTools. You can open a web > browser, connect to the stick using the gateway IP and send and > recieve SMS (you can also manage kontakts on the SIM).
SMSTools - as in, the program smstools, available in ports/comm/smstools. It provides a command line tool called sendsms (as well as other tools) that I can call with a phone number and a message to send a SMS. If your suggested solution requires a web page for interaction, then as I mention in another response it's probably not going to work - I need to be able to script it on the command line. Thanks though! > > > Regards, > > Christoph > >
