Re: [asterisk-users] Dongle or extra channel and sip SMS

[A J Stiles]

On Monday 15 July 2013, bilal ghayyad wrote:
> Hello;
> 
> I need to be able to send SMS messages for campaign or for specific users,
> also I need to be able to receive SMS messages and do automatic reply. Do
> I have to use dongle or extra channel? What is the difference?
> Also, I read that there is SMS through sip, how this work and what is the
> difference between the sip SMS and gsm sip? If I need to send sip SMS, how
> destination will receive it? What is required for destination phone to
> receive this sip SMS?

We use OpenVox G400P cards  (PCI; newer motherboards probably will require 
G400E which is essentially the same card but with PCI Express interface)  for 
our SMS and mobile telephony needs.  Just slot in up to 4 SIM cards, and 
install chan_extra.

Incoming text messages trigger an extension in your dialplan with some channel 
variables set, so you can respond to the message  (and also are recorded in a 
logfile).  Outgoing messages can be sent using the Asterisk CLI.  In principle, 
anything that you can call from a dialplan can be initiated by an incoming 
message, and anything that can execute a system command can initiate an 
outgoing message.

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Re: [asterisk-users] Dongle or extra channel and sip SMS

[Carlos Alvarez]

Something to check out:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smush/smart-sms-texting-for-everyone-the-smushbox

I'm not affiliated with them at all, but have done business with the
company on other things and have always been happy.



On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Chris Bagnall
wrote:

> On 15/7/13 3:00 am, bilal ghayyad wrote:
>
>> I need to be able to send SMS messages for campaign or for specific
>> users, also I need to be able to receive SMS messages and do automatic
>> reply.
>>
>
> In my experience, SMS is something best done out of Asterisk. That's not
> to say that Asterisk can't do it, of course, just that there are providers
> out there who can give you a nice friendly API for easy integration into
> your application. This is especially true if you need to send *lots* of
> messages in a short space of time: simply adding a single mobile device
> with a single SIM isn't going to cut it - you're going to need a bunch of
> them, at least. All of those will likely have different numbers, so you're
> going to have to handle that for receiving messages. Then you have to
> consider that some networks will charge more to send messages to numbers on
> the same network vs. a different network, so you might have to separate out
> your numbers into networks (easy if they've never been ported; more tricky
> if they have).
>
> Based on past projects (in the UK), the cost of multiple SIM contracts,
> the necessary hardware to connect them, development time, etc., is usually
> more than the cost of paying a third party with a suitable API  per
> message to deliver them on your behalf.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Chris
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Re: [asterisk-users] Dongle or extra channel and sip SMS

[Chris Bagnall]

On 15/7/13 3:00 am, bilal ghayyad wrote:

I need to be able to send SMS messages for campaign or for specific users, also 
I need to be able to receive SMS messages and do automatic reply.


In my experience, SMS is something best done out of Asterisk. That's not 
to say that Asterisk can't do it, of course, just that there are 
providers out there who can give you a nice friendly API for easy 
integration into your application. This is especially true if you need 
to send *lots* of messages in a short space of time: simply adding a 
single mobile device with a single SIM isn't going to cut it - you're 
going to need a bunch of them, at least. All of those will likely have 
different numbers, so you're going to have to handle that for receiving 
messages. Then you have to consider that some networks will charge more 
to send messages to numbers on the same network vs. a different network, 
so you might have to separate out your numbers into networks (easy if 
they've never been ported; more tricky if they have).


Based on past projects (in the UK), the cost of multiple SIM contracts, 
the necessary hardware to connect them, development time, etc., is 
usually more than the cost of paying a third party with a suitable API 
 per message to deliver them on your behalf.


Kind regards,

Chris
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[asterisk-users] Dongle or extra channel and sip SMS

[bilal ghayyad]

Hello;

I need to be able to send SMS messages for campaign or for specific users, also 
I need to be able to receive SMS messages and do automatic reply.
Do I have to use dongle or extra channel? What is the difference?
Also, I read that there is SMS through sip, how this work and what is the 
difference between the sip SMS and gsm sip? If I need to send sip SMS, how 
destination will receive it? What is required for destination phone to receive 
this sip SMS?

Thanks for the help.

Regards
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