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Dharma
Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 11:23 am:   

Hi, I've download your application, and I want to test it to connect to SMPP server (I already have an account at the server). When I use Now SMS, to connect to the server it's always prompt an error message : " Unable to login to SMPP server with specified parameters. ERROR bind failed "
how to solve this problem ?
Dharma
Posted on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 11:56 am:   

oh ya, here is the log :
17:06:15:468 ConnectToServer: Connected to 201.155.46.10 (201.155.46.10:7095)
17:06:17:468 DumpPacket: 38 byte packet
17:06:17:468 DumpPacket: 00 00 00 26 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 &
17:06:17:468 DumpPacket: 73 6D 73 66 69 6C 65 00 74 65 73 74 70 61 73 00 smsfile testpas
17:06:17:468 DumpPacket: 00 00 34 00 00 00 4
17:06:17:500 DumpPacket: 16 byte packet
17:06:17:500 DumpPacket: 00 00 00 10 80 00 00 02 00 00 00 0D 00 00 00 01
17:06:17:500 SMPPBind: Got an SMPP response
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support (Bryce)
Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 06:39 pm:   

Hi Dharma,

We're getting an SMPP error code back from your SMPP server that simply tells us that the "bind failed" (bind = login request).

If you can ask your service provider if they have more information in their logs about why the bind failed, then that might provide some clues.

My guesses (assuming the username and password are ok) would be:

1.) Your account is restricted for connections from a particular IP address and you are connecting from a different IP address (this is very common with SMPP accounts as there is no standard for encryption on SMPP, so providers limit access by IP address).

2.) Some SMSCs insist on having something set for the "System Type" field. Try setting this to "VMA" (I forget what this stands for but it is a common indicator for a voice mail alert and is a good generic type setting).

-bn