automated setup of kannel modem smsc

[Aaron Simmons]

Is there a way to (programmatically) tell whether a modem smsc is  
successfully communicating with its modem?  e.g., a way to run  
smsbox, or a function in gwlib?  I would like to have a script detect  
whether the smsc is having problems (can't open port, doesn't detect  
modem type, having trouble with init-string, etc).

Thanks,
aaron