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| Eric Leung Unregistered guest |
Hi all, I have an application to send sms messages to a group of mobile phones. I found two kinds of GSM modem, one with USB interface, one with CF interface ( I also found the CF to PCMCIA adapter as well as PCMCIA to PCI adapter card). I wonder if I am using nowsms gateway, can the gateway recognize and connect to these modems inside a Windows XP platform. Besides, if I do not using the gateway, where can I found the info about AT commands to control these modems ? Modems suppliers do not provide sufficient info ! best regards, Eric Leung | |||
| Anonymous |
Hi Eric, maybe you can start with this document: "AT Commands for GSM/GPRS Wireless Modems" that you can find it here: www.multitech.com/DOCUMENTS/Collateral/manuals/S000293B.pdf Good luck! | |||
| Eric Leung Unregistered guest |
Thanks a lot ! I will study the doc. | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 2286 Registered: 10-2002 |
Hi Eric, For the NowSMS specific part of the question, generally if the modem is USB a driver will make it appear as a virtual COM port. You can simplify the process by installing the relevant modem drivers, and then NowSMS can select the modem via a named modem driver. Generally, you need to install a modem driver in order to use a modem with other Windows applications. Phone modems can also be connected to via Bluetooth and infrared. I haven't had much experience with CF modems. I know that we did make a minor change in NowSMS v5.01 to address a compatibility issue where we were having problems receiving SMS messages from an Eagletec GSM/GPRS CF Card. So I do know that there are people using CF modems with NowSMS. Unless you have a very specific requirement for a CF modem, I'd go the USB or serial route. -bn P.S. - The GSM modem AT command spec is standardised in ETSI GSM 07.05 (also see ETSI GSM 07.07 for GPRS and other non-SMS related commands, and ETSI GSM 03.40 and ETSI GSM 03.38 for various PDU formats and parameter definitions). These specs are all available for download via http://www.etsi.org. | |||
| Pushpraj New member Username: Suncity Post Number: 1 Registered: 04-2004 |
I have Nokia 30 GSM/GPRS Modem, i want to send SMS to mobile phone as well as i want SMS from mobile phone to PC. Will this NowSMS GateWay is usfull for me. Is any other free software is available | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 2339 Registered: 10-2002 |
Hi, Yes, NowSMS supports works with the Nokia 30. NowSMS can be configured to send and receive both SMS and MMS messages with that modem. You define the Nokia 30 as a GSM modem in NowSMS: http://www.nowsms.com/documentation/ProductDocumentation/configuring_smsc_connec tions/GSM_Modems.htm Sending SMS messages is then done by issuing HTTP commands to NowSMS: http://www.nowsms.com/documentation/ProductDocumentation/sending_messages/sendin g_text_messages.htm http://www.nowsms.com/documentation/ProductDocumentation/sending_messages/url_pa rameters_for_sending_messages.htm Received SMS messages can be routed for processing to an HTTP script that you run on another web server, or forwarded to an e-mail address: http://www.nowsms.com/documentation/ProductDocumentation/2_way_sms_support.htm (You can also submit SMS messages to NowSMS via e-mail, but that can be a more complex configuration. Some of these configuration details are described in http://support.nowsms.com/discus/messages/1/3451.html.) -bn | |||
| Eric Leung Unregistered guest |
Hi Byrce, My application is something complicate. I may need to connect five GSM modems simultaneously. Will NowSMS gateway capable to connect more than one modem ? In addition, will I be able to distinguish incoming SMS message is received by which modem ? best regards, Eric Leung | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 2401 Registered: 10-2002 |
Hi Eric, Yes, it is not a problem to have 5 modems connected simultaneously ... at least from the NowSMS perspective. The more difficult part is getting Windows to recognise them all. You could either use a USB hub to facilitate the connections (if you have modems with USB connections ... I see a fair number of people using iTegno USB modems) ... or you would need a serial port adapter that could add the extra ports to your system. For distinguishing which modem a message was received on, in the properties for the modem in NowSMS, you need to manually define the phone number for the modem. NowSMS will then record that phone number for any messages received by that particular modem. That phone number will be passed as the @@RECIP@@ parameter for a 2-way script. (In v5.50, you can also associate different 2-way commands for messages received on different phone numbers.) -bn | |||
| ABHISHEK Unregistered guest |
PLEEEEEASE TELL ME HOW TO CONNECTMY SAMSUNG C100 TO PC VIA IRDA . I AM USING HUTCH SPRS IN DELHI, INDIA. also i want to know 2nd apn for same operator . thanx in advance. | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 2451 Registered: 10-2002 |
I'd start with the PC Link software for that phone. Go to the C100 page on the Samsung web site, where you can download a manual and software: http://www.samsung.com/Products/MobilePhone/GSM/MobilePhone_GSM_SGH_C100.htm
I don't have a clue on their settings. I would suggest you contact your operator and ask them. | |||
| Eric Leung Unregistered guest |
Hi all, If I need to get the delivery report, what action should I take ? Or, which AT command I shall use ? ** I have send a SMS with "AT+CGMS=<da>" ** and only get response like "+CMGS:5" ** which "5" is a cyclic number returned by modem ** I have read example showing like "+CDS:2.5" ** I believe this is the delivery report, but I cannot rebuild it. best regards, Eric Leung | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 2519 Registered: 10-2002 |
Eric, Unfortunately, current versions of NowSMS do not support delivery receipts. So I can't help you on that. We are working on it for future versions, but there are a lot of quirks and inconsistencies with delivery reports in GSM modem environments. -bn | |||
| Anonymous |
hi Bryce, i want ask you... how to make a sms gateway using siemens A50 and c35, and where i find the application(software)? thanks | |||
| farouk el-eter New member Username: Prestar Post Number: 2 Registered: 05-2004 |
my v300 won't go on wap why? it was a t-mobile and i changed it to 02 and it don't work on the wap no more. | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 2652 Registered: 10-2002 |
I do not know if those Siemens phones support a GSM modem interface or not. You can always try connecting them to NowSMS and see if NowSMS will recognise them as a GSM modem. (You may need a cable to connect the phone to the PC, and you might need to download a modem driver from the Siemens web site. I would suggest checking the Siemens web site to see if those devices have GSM modem support.)
Because the settings for WAP and MMS access are different for every mobile operator, and you need to have the correct settings configured in the phone for the mobile operator that you are using. I'm sorry, but this is the support forum for the Now SMS/MMS Gateway product, and I have to give priority to supporting our customers, so I cannot provide you with any additional detail on how to configure the settings in your mobile phone. (If you post your question in one of the areas of the forum that are titled "not for product support", then I will attempt to answer your question as my available time permits. But I have to give priority to the support forums for our product.) | |||
| David Smith Unregistered guest |
Can anyone recommend a gsm modem I could use with the NowSms gateway to receive incoming MMS messages please? Thanks | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 2690 Registered: 10-2002 |
There is a partial list here: http://support.nowsms.com/discus/messages/1/4218.html | |||
| abdul salam New member Username: Salam Post Number: 1 Registered: 06-2004 |
hi, I have nokia 3650,7210 and 7650,which one of these phones will be best to work with NowSMS gateway?.can i use Data cable to connect to the pc. Thanks in advance... salam. | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 2923 Registered: 10-2002 |
Of those devices, I would recommend using the 7210 with a DKU-5 cable. The 3650 and 7650 will not allow you to receive SMS messages with NowSMS (send only). Also, Nokia officially only supports infrared and bluetooth connections for the 3650 and 7650. (I have seen sites that offer cables for both of these ... and the contraption for connecting to the 7650 is quite awkward.) Given the choice, I'd use the 7210. -bn | |||
| Michael vasanth Unregistered guest |
WHICH SAMSUNG MODEL SUPPORT AT COMMANDS? HELP ME HERE? | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 2950 Registered: 10-2002 |
I have not personally tested any Samsung phones for this support. However, I have had feedback that the Samsung C100 works with NowSMS. | |||
| Anonymous |
I am currently using a dial-up TAP solution to send alpha messages to pagers. I'd like to replace my older pagers with GPRS/GSM capable PDAs. How can I send SMS messages via a modem? | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 3044 Registered: 10-2002 |
You send SMS messages through a GSM modem ... that is a specialised device that accepts a SIM card (just like a GSM mobile phone) and operates over a subscription to a mobile operator. Many GSM mobile phones include inbuilt GSM modem capability ... some require a special USB or serial cable, others support it via infrared or bluetooth. Basically, if you're using a phone as a modem, you need to check to see whether or not the phone has support for being used as a data modem (for internet access). Many of the phones with data modem capability implement the GSM modem interface for sending/receiving SMS. A list of some GSM/GPRS modems that have been used with NowSMS can be found at the following link: http://support.nowsms.com/discus/messages/1/4218.html NowSMS can manage one or more GSM modems, and allow you to interface with them via HTTP to send and receive messages: http://www.nowsms.com/documentation/ProductDocumentation/sending_messages/sendin g_text_messages.htm http://www.nowsms.com/documentation/ProductDocumentation/sending_messages/url_pa rameters_for_sending_messages.htm http://www.nowsms.com/documentation/ProductDocumentation/2_way_sms_support.htm | |||
| harikrishna, india Unregistered guest |
can we access secure sites (128-bit) on sony ericsson p800/p900 using hutch gprs in india. | |||
| Anonymous |
can sum1 plz help me wid driver 4 eagletec usb bluetooth. serial number 814300202 on back of it. plz plz plz help. | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 3109 Registered: 10-2002 |
Ask your provider, or better yet, try it and see what happens. If you are connecting through a WAP gateway, the WAP gateway may require that you connect securely to the WAP gateway. (And the operator's WAP gateway may or may not support secure connections.) But, there is also an option in the P900 (and maybe the P800 as well) to connect directly over HTTP instead of through a WAP gateway. You could try that ... if allowed by your operator's GPRS.
The Eagletec web site is at www.eagletec.net. I would suggest that you go to that web site, and search the site for drivers and/or contact that company for support. | |||
