SMS = Short Message Service
SMS is a technology for passing short messages (mostly text) from one device to another. It is supported on a variety of mobile network systems, including GSM, UMTS, CDMA and iDEN. Most recently support has also started to appear on fixed networks.
In Asterisk SMS is supported in three ways:
Asterisk cmd Sms is a mechanism of exchanging SMS using ETSI ES 201 912, which is a protocol for encoding SMS on landlines. This is only supported on a few selected carriers though.
FastSMS is an Asterisk command that exchanges SMS through a commercial gateway providing worldwide support for SMS.
ZIM-SMS is an Asterisk application which allows to send SMS from a dialplan as well as voicemail notifications based on information available in voicemail.conf. The application communicates with ZIM-SMS using XML-POST and is distributed under GPL as a sourcecode with detailed instructions. Please note, that you will need an account with ZIM to use their service. During the initial, test phase, only Canadian destinations will be covered.
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Re: Clickatell?
Re: Clickatell?
Sending and receiving SMs via Asterisk
Sending through clickatell could, I suppose, be done with an AGI script that talks to their http (or whichever...) interface.
On a related note...does anybody have suggestions on how to _receive_ an SM by way of, say, a Junghanns duo GSM PCI card? I can use the thing as a GSM voice channel no problem, but app_sms really wants a PSTN connection to an SMSC...and I just want direct access to my GSM modem. (The argument could be made that I'm reinventing the wheel...and I should just find a way to make alamin or some other SMS application talk to my Junghanns....)
So...does anybody want to help me reinvent the wheel?
I suppose the answer _might_ be to modify the GSM_EVENT_SM_RECEIVED case in chan_zap.c's handle_gsm_event() method, but...that seems a bit heavy handed.
Thanks,
-Chris
Clickatell?
Unlike the predatory pricing of FastSMS, these Clickatell guys offer reasonable pricing (~$0.05 per SMS). Is there any way of integrating their service into Asterisk?
no conjunction
mfg