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RE: SMS Gateway
From: Clayton Zekelman <clayton () MNSi Net>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 10:15:28 -0400
As a retro twist on that, we still use alpha pagers with TAP. Basement level coverage on a single AA battery that lasts 3 months.
The nice thing about them is that you can turn your cellphone off at night (yes, I do that), and still know that important alerts will come through the pager.
At 01:36 PM 15/09/2015, Gary T. Giesen wrote:
Another option might be an analog modem + phone line + carrier TAP gateway (if your carrier(s) has/have one). Might or might not be more cost-effective. GTG > -----Original Message----- > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Martin > Hotze > Sent: September 15, 2015 8:37 AM > To: nanog () nanog org > Subject: Re: SMS Gateway > > > From: Leonardo Arena <rnalrd () gmail com> > > To: Graham Johnston <johnstong () westmancom com> > > Cc: "'nanog () nanog org'" <nanog () nanog org> > > > > Il giorno lun, 14/09/2015 alle 14.53 +0000, Graham Johnston ha scritto: > > > 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? > > > > > > > Here we use SMSTools (http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com/) on a Linux box > > with a Multitech Serial/USB modem. It takes formatted text files from > > a spooling directory. It never let us down since some years. > > +1 for smstools. > > and I'd add playsms.org > > grab yourself a compatible USB 3G stick which you can switch to a modem. eg > a HUAWEI E1762 should work. You might want to look into a device with an > antenna plug so you can put the antenne out of your cabinet for better > reception. > > martin
-- Clayton Zekelman Managed Network Systems Inc. (MNSi) 3363 Tecumseh Rd. E Windsor, Ontario N8W 1H4 tel. 519-985-8410fax. 519-985-8409
Current thread:
- Re: SMS Gateway, (continued)
- Re: SMS Gateway Mel Beckman (Sep 14)
- Re: SMS Gateway A . L . M . Buxey (Sep 14)
- Re: SMS Gateway Roland Dobbins (Sep 14)
- Re: SMS Gateway Faisal Imtiaz (Sep 14)
- Re: SMS Gateway Baldur Norddahl (Sep 14)
- Re: SMS Gateway Leonardo Arena (Sep 14)
- RE: SMS Gateway Nick Nauwelaerts (Sep 15)
- RE: SMS Gateway frnkblk (Sep 20)
- Re: SMS Gateway Martin Hotze (Sep 15)
- RE: SMS Gateway Gary T. Giesen (Sep 15)
- RE: SMS Gateway Clayton Zekelman (Sep 16)
- RE: SMS Gateway Gary T. Giesen (Sep 15)