[183742] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SMS Gateway
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ITechGeek)
Mon Sep 14 12:08:23 2015
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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@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
>
