Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk
Is it possible for asterisk to send sms through a GSM gateway, tor example the Portech MV-37X? If yes, any examples of configurations would be really apreciated. On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Steve Totaro stot...@totarotechnologies.com wrote: The most flexible way but will require a bit of work and scales SMS modem per SMS per second. Install kannel and configure it to work with your SMS modem (many cell phones work just fine for sending and receiving). It does not have to go on the asterisk box, just a box you can hit with HTTP or HTTPs. Make sure you have lynx installed In your Asterisk dialplan use system(lynx http://ipofyoursmsserverusernamepasswordnumbermessage) that is not the exact syntax but it is all documented but everything in the SMS in encoded in the URL. With five T-mobile phones, I can send five a second, it seems linear, it may be possible to increase throughput, I just got it working and left it at that. Messages queue until there is an available modem, sent in order. PLUS it is MUCH cheaper (at least in the US) than these aggregators. With a T-Mobile family plan, 1,000 voice minutes, and unlimited SMS runs me about $135/mo. I guess it depends on volume of SMS you are sending. Thanks, Steve Totaro On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:46 PM, C. Savinovich c.savinov...@itntelecom.com wrote: Thanks, excellent point. Furthermore, a google search on fastsms.conf yielded the existence of a couple of 'Asterisk SMS gateways'..wow CS -Original Message- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Drew Gibson Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 2:22 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk C. Savinovich wrote: Can somebody please give a pointer to a complete neophyte (like me) on text messaging, what product can I use to send and automatic text message to a cell phone from within the asterisk dialplan? (the part of the dialplan I have down, the part of the text message no) Thanks C. Savinovich I don't use it but on my Asterisk 1.4 slug there was a file /etc/asterisk/fastsms.conf which had info about connecting to SMS services for about 4c per txt. regards, Drew -- Drew Gibson Systems Administrator OANDA Corporation www.oanda.com ___ -- 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 ___ -- 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 -- Thanks, Steve Totaro +18887771888 (Toll Free) +12409381212 (Cell) +12024369784 (Skype) ___ -- 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 ___ -- 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
Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk
On Mon, 19 Jan 2009, Pascal Bruno wrote: Is it possible for asterisk to send sms through a GSM gateway, tor example the Portech MV-37X? If yes, any examples of configurations would be really apreciated. AIUI, the Portechs can recieve TXTs and you can see them via their Web interface.. I don't think you can send with them. However, I can get asterisk to send TXT messages via a GSM gateway I have on the serial port of the server using the Linux command-line SMS programs. That's easy enough. System(putsms 44mobilenumber 'message goes here') However, it takes my Siemens TC35 GSM terminal about 4.5 seconds to send each message which might stall a dial-plan somewhat... But there are various message handling systems avalable that will queue outgoing messages, etc. so the send command can return instantly to the dialplan with sending going on in the background. Gordon ___ -- 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
Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk
C. Savinovich wrote: Can somebody please give a pointer to a complete neophyte (like me) on text messaging, what product can I use to send and automatic text message to a cell phone from within the asterisk dialplan? (the part of the dialplan I have down, the part of the text message no) Thanks C. Savinovich I don't use it but on my Asterisk 1.4 slug there was a file /etc/asterisk/fastsms.conf which had info about connecting to SMS services for about 4c per txt. regards, Drew -- Drew Gibson Systems Administrator OANDA Corporation www.oanda.com ___ -- 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
Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk
Thanks, excellent point. Furthermore, a google search on fastsms.conf yielded the existence of a couple of 'Asterisk SMS gateways'..wow CS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Drew Gibson Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 2:22 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk C. Savinovich wrote: Can somebody please give a pointer to a complete neophyte (like me) on text messaging, what product can I use to send and automatic text message to a cell phone from within the asterisk dialplan? (the part of the dialplan I have down, the part of the text message no) Thanks C. Savinovich I don't use it but on my Asterisk 1.4 slug there was a file /etc/asterisk/fastsms.conf which had info about connecting to SMS services for about 4c per txt. regards, Drew -- Drew Gibson Systems Administrator OANDA Corporation www.oanda.com ___ -- 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 ___ -- 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
Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk
The most flexible way but will require a bit of work and scales SMS modem per SMS per second. Install kannel and configure it to work with your SMS modem (many cell phones work just fine for sending and receiving). It does not have to go on the asterisk box, just a box you can hit with HTTP or HTTPs. Make sure you have lynx installed In your Asterisk dialplan use system(lynx http://ipofyoursmsserverusernamepasswordnumbermessage) that is not the exact syntax but it is all documented but everything in the SMS in encoded in the URL. With five T-mobile phones, I can send five a second, it seems linear, it may be possible to increase throughput, I just got it working and left it at that. Messages queue until there is an available modem, sent in order. PLUS it is MUCH cheaper (at least in the US) than these aggregators. With a T-Mobile family plan, 1,000 voice minutes, and unlimited SMS runs me about $135/mo. I guess it depends on volume of SMS you are sending. Thanks, Steve Totaro On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:46 PM, C. Savinovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, excellent point. Furthermore, a google search on fastsms.conf yielded the existence of a couple of 'Asterisk SMS gateways'..wow CS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Drew Gibson Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 2:22 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk C. Savinovich wrote: Can somebody please give a pointer to a complete neophyte (like me) on text messaging, what product can I use to send and automatic text message to a cell phone from within the asterisk dialplan? (the part of the dialplan I have down, the part of the text message no) Thanks C. Savinovich I don't use it but on my Asterisk 1.4 slug there was a file /etc/asterisk/fastsms.conf which had info about connecting to SMS services for about 4c per txt. regards, Drew -- Drew Gibson Systems Administrator OANDA Corporation www.oanda.com ___ -- 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 ___ -- 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 -- Thanks, Steve Totaro +18887771888 (Toll Free) +12409381212 (Cell) +12024369784 (Skype) ___ -- 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
[asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk
Can somebody please give a pointer to a complete neophyte (like me) on text messaging, what product can I use to send and automatic text message to a cell phone from within the asterisk dialplan? (the part of the dialplan I have down, the part of the text message no) Thanks C. Savinovich ___ -- 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
Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk
C. Savinovich wrote: Can somebody please give a pointer to a complete neophyte (like me) on text messaging, what product can I use to send and automatic text message to a cell phone from within the asterisk dialplan? (the part of the dialplan I have down, the part of the text message no) IIRC, asterisk currently supports sending text messages only when voice call is already established, so not very usefull yet... PJ Thanks C. Savinovich ___ -- 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 ___ -- 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
Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk
I mean is if someone know of an sms server or service that allows me to send outgoing text messaging. CS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pavel Jezek Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 2:11 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk C. Savinovich wrote: Can somebody please give a pointer to a complete neophyte (like me) on text messaging, what product can I use to send and automatic text message to a cell phone from within the asterisk dialplan? (the part of the dialplan I have down, the part of the text message no) IIRC, asterisk currently supports sending text messages only when voice call is already established, so not very usefull yet... PJ Thanks C. Savinovich ___ -- 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 ___ -- 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 ___ -- 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
Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk
On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:28 AM, C. Savinovich wrote: I mean is if someone know of an sms server or service that allows me to send outgoing text messaging. Are you sending SMS to known users or to any mobile phone user? If you are sending to a fixed user base, track down the email to SMS gateways for their carriers. Then sending an SMS is no different than sending an e-mail. -- Eric Chamberlain, Founder RF.com - http://RF.com/ ___ -- 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
Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk
I use the 'generic' file in Postfix to map an email address that is not in use to someone's text messaging address. It'd be [EMAIL PROTECTED] ie: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Then, any email that gets sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED], will get automatically sent to that person's phone. On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Eric Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:28 AM, C. Savinovich wrote: I mean is if someone know of an sms server or service that allows me to send outgoing text messaging. Are you sending SMS to known users or to any mobile phone user? If you are sending to a fixed user base, track down the email to SMS gateways for their carriers. Then sending an SMS is no different than sending an e-mail. -- Eric Chamberlain, Founder RF.com - http://RF.com/ ___ -- 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 ___ -- 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
Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk
I am trying to send text messaging to one caller, maybe about 40 of those per day, whose phone service have expired. All these callers are calling from their cell phones, and I have their caller ids. I will like to send each of them an individual text message (not an email) saying you attempted to use the service, but your service has expired Thank you -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Chamberlain Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 3:15 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk On Oct 13, 2008, at 11:28 AM, C. Savinovich wrote: I mean is if someone know of an sms server or service that allows me to send outgoing text messaging. Are you sending SMS to known users or to any mobile phone user? If you are sending to a fixed user base, track down the email to SMS gateways for their carriers. Then sending an SMS is no different than sending an e-mail. -- Eric Chamberlain, Founder RF.com - http://RF.com/ ___ -- 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 ___ -- 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
Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk
Are you sending SMS to known users or to any mobile phone user? If you are sending to a fixed user base, track down the email to SMS gateways for their carriers. Then sending an SMS is no different than sending an e-mail. If it's for something really important this might not be the best route - here in Canada, with Fido Wireless, the email to sms gateway can be instant, all the way up to 36 hours before you receive them - for something like alerts this is unacceptable. I've called and the response was pretty much too bad so sad - you may be better off with connecting a mobile to the box via Bluetooth or usb, and sending through said mobile.. ___ -- 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
Re: [asterisk-users] Text messaging and Asterisk
Can somebody please give a pointer to a complete neophyte (like me) on text messaging, what product can I use to send and automatic text message to a cell phone from within the asterisk dialplan? (the part of the dialplan I have down, the part of the text message no) Thanks C. Savinovich 1) Email-to-SMS gateways are plentiful, and most carriers have them. Google will give more details, but WikiPedia has good data to start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateway 2) Connect a GSM phone to your *NIX system. There are several software packages out there to do this via serial port. Command-line tools then can send SMS messages via the local phone. Put a System() call in your dialplan, or (better) use an AGI. 3) Use a service provider that does SMS gatewaying. Much more reliable than the first two methods. One example firm I've used with very easy startup and several APIs including email: Clickatell.com. Others: http://www.160characters.org/pages.php?action=viewpid=7 JT -- John Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED]+1-256-428-6083 Asterisk Open Source Community Director ___ -- 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
