On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Thomas G?ttgens wrote:
Hello Iain, we use a similar setup to accept requests for sending out alert SMS batches. Caller calls an extension on our pbx from a registered phone and triggers the sending of a couple of SMS to a predefined list. Clients use this predominantly to trigger alert sms by dialup devices. don't even try to fiddle with modems or direct serial scripting here, use an asterisk server for the call processing like we did. In our case the calls are not even sent in via ISDN cards, but via SIP directly from the phone company, although ISDN would work as well. We simply pick up the ring, compare with our CLI-Database and trigger Kannel to send the SMS. For details in the setup, you can contact me.
the big issue here is that my client needs to be able to deploy a server in a large number of geographically disparate locations, so it cannot be assumed that he has call termination where the server is deployed necessarily. and you can't get CLI information on international numbers, so i need to have the dial in happening on a GSM modem, that way we just have to deploy the server with a modem+sim card attached and we can do CLI in almost any country with a lot less hassle.
i don't actually know asterisk that well, but i'm assuming that i can't just plug a GSM modem into asterisk ...
cheers iain
-- Best regards, Thomas mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
