Support for Multiple Modems

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Gabriel
New member
Username: Planetg

Post Number: 1
Registered: 11-2006
Posted on Wednesday, November 08, 2006 - 05:19 am:   

Is it possible to support multiple modems not for load balancing but to support different applications.

For example, I have one application (App1) running on one modem sending/receiving messages. When customers reply to say #999 NowSMS will route and process this reply from App1

And another application (App2) running on another modem sending/receiving messages. When customers reply to say #888 NowSMS will route and process this reply from App2
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
Board Administrator
Username: Bryce

Post Number: 6815
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Thursday, November 09, 2006 - 09:07 pm:   

Yes.

Be sure to configure a "Phone Number:" under "Properties" for the modem definition in the "SMSC" list of NowSMS.

When this value is present, NowSMS will apply this value as the @@RECIP@@ parameter for 2-way commmands. (You can also define this value in the "Receive Phone Number" field of a 2-way command definition, meaing that the 2-way command should only be processed for messages received for this phone number.)

If you use a 2-way command that returns a simple text response (without using a redirect command), then by default, NowSMS switches the original recipient to be the sender of the 2-way response ... which causes NowSMS to route the message back out via the modem that has this "Phone Number" (or sender address) associatecd with it.

If you use more complex 2-way response handling, use the "Sender=" parameter in your URL submissions. When NowSMS sees a "Sender=" parameter, it looks for a modem or SMSC definition with a matching "Phone Number" or "Default Sender Address" value, and routes the message out via that SMSC definition.

-bn