SMS Gateway

Mel Beckman mel at beckman.org
Mon Sep 14 16:21:40 UTC 2015


For most of us, the issue is that we don’t want to do this over the Internet, since that’s what we are monitoring :)

 -mel

> On Sep 14, 2015, at 9:06 AM, ITechGeek <itg at itechgeek.com> wrote:
> 
> I know a bunch of people who just use email -> sms gateways (although I
> think all carriers have a disclaimer that messages aren't guaranteed).
> 
> Depending on your SMS costs, you could also outsource this to a service
> such as Twilio.
> 
> As Alan said, RaspberryPi should be able to handle this for under $100
> worth of equipment (including the Pi & Cell modem).
> 
> 
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> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 11:08 AM, <A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>>> Today we use a product from MultiTech Systems call MultiModem iSMS to
>> send SMS text messages from our monitoring system to our on call staff.
>> This is a 2G product and we need to replace it soon. I know there are more
>> generic cellular modems that can do texting if you are willing to put in
>> the effort, the product we use currently though has a simple HTTP based API
>> specifically to send SMS. Is anybody out there using something similar that
>> can work on 3G or 4G networks?
>> 
>> we have a Linux box with a 3G device attached via serial port. some
>> local scripts and a lookup table - sends SMS alerts for monitoring to
>> the required people. very basic, very simple. RaspberryPI territory.
>> 
>> alan
>> 



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