Nikos,

You're unnecessary complicating things! Wap-pushes ARE delivered as binary
messages over the air.

What PPG does is to accept a specially crafter XML, and create a binary
message from it. I don't know where did you inferred that it was wbxml
encoded (I didn't say that...).

If you wish to create that binary message, time ago I've crafted a PHP
function "send_wap_push()" that does the trick of encoding an URL into a
binary sms that, when sent, arrives as a wap-push:

http://www.blogalex.com/archives/12

If you get the output of that funtion and insert it into sqlbox, it'll
arrive as a wap-push.

This is not the same as sending an SMS with an URL in it. Most phones
recognize the URL and provides means to access it, but that's not a "real"
wap push. A real wap-push comes into the "service inbox", not as a regular
SMS.

Regards,

Alejandro

2009/1/25 Nikos Balkanas <[email protected]>

>  Hi Alej,
>
> PPG is not binary (wbxml) encoded. It is sent as SMS. There is some light
> encoding, however, relating to PAP control documents and si/sl. The final
> SMS delivered is a short message (SMS) within a URL. So I imagine what I
> need to do, is to take a tcpdump between the communication of wapbox and
> bearerbox, and use that format to send my PPG messages.
>
> I just need to bulk insert the messages in the database pointed by SQLbox,
> and it will mass process them. Is the advantage significantly better than
> mass sending parallel PPG requests over HTTP?
>
> Thanx,
>
> Nikos
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* Alejandro Guerrieri <[email protected]>
> *To:* Nikos Balkanas <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* Thomas Gottgens <[email protected]> ; [email protected]
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 25, 2009 8:55 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Re[2]: SQLBox Problem - Group 'sqlbox' is no valid group
> identifier.
>
> Nikos,
>
> If you've meant to use kannel's PPG instead, no, afaik you cannot do it
> that way.
>
> However, If you binary-encode the messages, you can insert wap-pushes as
> binary messages into the DB and it will be queued into bearerbox as well.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alejandro
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Nikos Balkanas <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>>  Thanks,
>>
>> So it is used for efficient bulk sendSMS. I imagine it can not be used for
>> bulk PPG. Correct?
>>
>> Nikos
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Thomas Gφttgens <[email protected]>
>> *To:* Nikos Balkanas <[email protected]>
>> *Cc:* users <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, January 25, 2009 6:35 PM
>> *Subject:* Re[2]: SQLBox Problem - Group 'sqlbox' is no valid group
>> identifier.
>>
>> Hello Nikos,
>>
>>
>> Sunday, January 25, 2009, 5:16:02 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>  Sorry for the naive question. What is SQLbox used for? I read the README
>> file, but apparently I do not understand the purpose of a DB middleware
>> between the communication of bearerbox and smsbox.
>>
>>
>> SQLbox is great for 'burst' traffic injection. We use Kannel als a backend
>> for Paramedic and Firefighter alerts, so most of the time our SMSC links
>> idle, but in case we need traffic it's spiking. Injecting each message via
>> HTTP would be feasible, but sqlbox does the job better and with less system
>> load. Imagine having to inject hundreds of messages within a few seconds,
>> and you see where sqlbox comes into the game.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>  Thomas                            
>> mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>
>>
>>
>

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