Hi,

About (1)
No, this cannot be done with modems. You should use bulk operators for
this (smslib supports clickatell and bulksms).

About (2)
Well, MOXA is a well established and known company. I have no
experience with these modems, but I guess they would be ok. Bit pricey
though... :o


On Jan 29, 12:31 am, Pradeepm <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Thanasis. This is helpful.
>
> And for the version 3.4 testing, I will let you know, if I can or not.
> As of now, I did a demo set up and my manager is happy about it and
> his superior as well. But they need to take a decision in going
> forward with this.
>
> Thanasis, I have some more questions.
>
> 1. When I try to send a message, it gets delivered fine and the from
> address of the sms is my mobile no. Is there a way to set an alias for
> my number. ie., it has to say from 'Pradeep' instead of my number. I
> know this has to do something with short codes on service provider
> end, but can we do something?
>
> 2. Can you provide with some best know GSM Modems in the industry now?
> I was looking around and I got the below. Is this a good 
> one?http://www.neteon.net/Products/125-134-214-447/Vendors-MOXA-Wireless-...
>
> Thanks
> Pradeep
>
> On Jan 28, 2:27 am, Thanasis <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > Answers follow:
>
> > On Jan 28, 7:06 am, Pradeepm <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > I am glad to seek you API for my application at office. This is so
> > > wonderful that I can up with a demo set up and showed it to my higher
> > > authorities. There are quite happy about it, but their minds are
> > > intrigued with some questions..
>
> > > 1. Lets say, if a modem goes down by any chance, is there any high
> > > availability provided in SMSLib automatically taking failover switch
> > > to the second modem set up?? Are the multiple gateways in the
> > > SMSServer.conf is the away to achieve this? And is there any way/
> > > method call to know that a particular gateway/modem is down with like
> > > a ping in UNIX, other waiting till trying to send a message?
>
> > The best thing to do is to have more than one modems setup and
> > running. This way, if one modem goes down traffic will be forwarded to
> > the other(s). Multiple gateways *is* the way to achieve it.
> > Programmatically, you can be notified when a modem is down if you
> > implement the gateway callback functions. Alternatively, you can jump
> > directly to v3.4 (currently under development) which also has an
> > embedded web server which you can use to quickly preview the smsserver
> > status. This version is still under development, although it seems
> > stable. Do you want to be the first tester???
>
> > > 2. How easy is this to set up on a linux environment? I worked on
> > > windows 32bit, with GSM phone and a data cable. Its straight forward
> > > in figuring out the comm ports in connection. Is there the same level
> > > of easiness to set up in linux?
>
> > Very easy. You just use RxTx (instead of JavaComm). There are some
> > issues with USB connections, but most of the times these work fine as
> > well.
>
> > > 3. In the database interface, can't I use the custom outbound table,
> > > with having total different set of columns?
>
> > You *must* use the specified fields as a minimum. Extra fields can be
> > added according to your needs. Unless you want to modify SMSServer...
>
> > > 4. Can I have some statistics on who are using the API at present in
> > > production and their max range of sms/min?
> > > I look forward to deliver a minimum of 10msgs/min and top 40msgs/min.
> > > Will this be possible? Lets say with multiple server set up etc?
>
> > A gsm modem can send about 6 messages per minute. You can either add
> > more modems or use bulk outbound messaging (i.e. via Clickatell for
> > example).
>
> > > I look forward to have answers to these and I am thinking I will come
> > > back with some more on need basis.
>
> > > Thanks again for this awesome work. Keep up the good work.
>
> > > --Pradeep
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