Okay Spamden. Thank you. :) Hopefully my friend's huawei E1550 will work. I'll try.
________________________________ From: spameden <[email protected]> To: Manuri Perera <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 9:50 AM Subject: Re: Using Kannel for the first time - do country and service provider matter? Hi, 2013/6/30 Manuri Perera <[email protected]> Hi Spameden, > > >Thank you very much for the reply. >I will need this gateway only until the project evaluation at university. It >will be after about 6 months from now. I will be sending messages only to a >mobile phone at home and only when I'm testing if my code works(My project is >to add a feature to Moodle so students get text messages when a quiz starts, a >new resource is added,...etc. Students will not be replying back). I guess >payments will not be an issue here. It's only 10 cents(in Sri Lankan rupees) >per message. In this case most likely modem would suit all your needs. > >But what kind of problems did you mentioned of, in your reply ? I hope setting >up Kannel will not be very hard. I've mentioned this because lately I've been seeing lots of questions about some of the modems not working with Kannel. > >And when considering my purpose will the speed be too low if I use a GSM >dongle ? In your case speed should be enough. It's the easiest for me to find and I can use a friend's one to test before buying one. Sure, go on, why not. Do not forget to read manual and google a bit (most of the questions were covered already in the past) before asking a question. > > > > >________________________________ > From: spameden <[email protected]> > >To: Manuri Perera <[email protected]> >Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 2:54 AM > >Subject: Re: Using Kannel for the first time - do country and service provider >matter? > > > >I'd recommend using SMSC provider instead of the phone/modem. > >Any SMPP-service will suit your needs, just google a bit and you'll find much >better rates (especially if you're sending a LOT of messages) comparing to the >usual modem/phone SMS rates. > >There are also constantly poping up problems with kannel when using >modems/phones. > >With SMPP-based SMSC you'd get much better speed in sending. > >For MO messages (Inbound) you'd need a GSM modem/phone ofc or rent it from >operator. > > > > >2013/6/29 Manuri Perera <[email protected]> > >Hello friends, >> >> >>I need to set up an SMS gateway for my project and I decided to use kannel. >>I'm completely new to this subject. As I understand I need a GSM modem to use >>kannel and all I can find is a dongle that works as a GSM modem. I have >>several problems. >> >> >>1. How to find out if kannel will work with the dongle? >>2. Do I have to worry about the service provider of the sim that I have >>inside my dongle ? Does whether I can use kannel or not depend on my country >>and the service provider ? >> >> >>Any help is highly appreciated. I really need to finish the project in one >>month. >>Thank you. >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >
