[183741] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SMS Gateway
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Orthoefer)
Mon Sep 14 12:04:32 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: John Orthoefer <jco@direwolf.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150914150812.GA9051@lboro.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:04:27 -0400
To: A.L.M.Buxey@lboro.ac.uk
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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Take a look at=20
https://learn.adafruit.com/network-interface-failover-using-fona
If you want to see what Alan is talking about. I=E2=80=99ve not used =
the Adafruit card, yet. But it=E2=80=99s on my hacking list of to-do. =20=
johno
> On Sep 14, 2015, at 11:08 AM, A.L.M.Buxey@lboro.ac.uk wrote:
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> Hi,
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>> 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?
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> 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.
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> alan
