USING SMS TEXT MESSAGES VIA MODEM
Sending alerts to SMS cell phones requires a modem on the PC.
The
contact information box requires a TAP phone number in the
box labelled "Pager Service #".
If
your service provider is not in the drop-down list, you will
have to ask them for the TAP phone number. You will need
to speak
to a good technical person at their end to be sure they understand
what you require.
What
you are after is a modem dialup phone number which is set up
to use the TAP message protocol. TAP is an international
standard
protocol for sending SMS messages (SMS=short message service).
Note that we do NOT send SMS text direct
to the users cell phone.
We dump the text in TAP format to the phone company's TAP modem.
They then forward
the text to the phone.
They may say that you need their software to use TAP which is NOT
true.
All you need is their modem dialup number.
You can test any number they give you by dialing it with
Hyperterminal.
It should connect and when you hit Carriage Return
it should say ID=
If you cannot get ID= try
different parity settings such as
7 Even 1.
You can then disconnect and try it with our software.
Occasionally
they will provide a non-TAP protocol. These are
usually interactive and we can often write a script to handle it.
SMS TEST IN NIGHTWATCH
1. go to OPTIONS/CONTACTS
2. add a new contact called TEST for SMS - in Pager
Script try
Vodafone(SMS).msg
or
Cellnet.msg
in UK.
3. Put your mobile number in Pager/Phone ID
4. OK that
5. Add a new ALARM OBJECT
called TEST with just that contact in it.
6. OK that
7. Add a new Ping MONITORED OBJECT - call it PING TEST
8.
Set it to ping 1.1.1.1
9. Add the Alarm Object TEST to the ping MO at the bottom.
10. OK & SAVE
Start
monitoring & the ping will fail and alert you. If that doesn't work try the other pager script suggested above.
SNPP ALERTS - AN ALTERNATIVE TO DIALUP
SNPP = "simple network paging protocol"
It
allows you to send SMS text to mobile phones as well as pager messages
directly over the Internet without the need for
dialup, although dialup can be
retained as a backup.
BENEFITS OF SNPP OVER DIALUP:
1.
Faster - dialup is a minimum of 2 minutes per SMS, snpp is seconds
2. Groups of contacts can go out instantly whereas
with dialup its one call per contact
3. Cost is less than dialup
4. More reliable than dialup
5. Dialup can
be retained as a backup giving 2 channels for robust delivery
6. No limit on number of text characters (currently <
160 max with dialup)
7. Better security with no modem connection - snpp is one-way only on a special port 444
8.
Enables our e-Page Gateway to send email-to-SMS via Outlook/Exchange
9. Easier setup without having to decide which dialup
script to use(/debug)
10. Allows access to Oventus global network messaging
11. Reduces the software overhead freeing
up cpu for monitoring
12. Provides a 'Client Mode' for sending text from your PC
Go into
OPTIONS and then click the SNPP tab.
Check 'Enable Paging via SNPP'.
Server name = ip address
of SNPP Gateway (195.157.52.212)
Port number = 444
Logon = logon provided by the Gateway supplier
Password
= password provided by the Gateway supplier
Pager/SMS id = a default Mobile phone number for testing
The SNPP
Gateway must be rented from Page One in the UK,contact:
PageOne Communications Limited
2 Brentside Executive
Centre
Great West Road
Brentford
Middlesex
TW8 9DA
Telephone: 08700 55 53 00
Fax: 020 8914
5001
After entering the SNPP data click Accept then Settings/Save. Go back
into OPTIONS/SNPP and click Test
to send a test message.
In the CONTACT tab to use snpp for a contact enter snpp or SNPP in the
Page Script
box. If a Pager Script is specified we use dialup, if snpp is
specified we use the snpp account setup in the SNPP Tab.
