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| Luca New member Username: Luca Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2007 |
I've a problem in receiving MMS. I can send the MMS with NowSMS, I receive just the notification on my mobile but I can't get the content (images and text). I've just setup everything as you explained in your start guide...I read about the accessibility, but I'm not sure if I can allow external access to my PC without setting up an account at no-ip. Moreover to allow the NowSMS server to access my PC do I have to forward any port on my router? I mean TCP/UDP? Also, I have a flat connection. The Phone I use is a Sony Ericsson K750i. Thanks a lot. L. | ||||||
| Luca New member Username: Luca Post Number: 2 Registered: 02-2007 |
I've a problem in receiving MMS. I can send the MMS with NowSMS, I receive just the notification on my mobile but I can't get the content (images and text). I've just setup everything as you explained in your start guide...I read about the accessibility, but I'm not sure if I can allow external access to my PC without setting up an account at no-ip. Moreover to allow the NowSMS server to access my PC do I have to forward any port on my router? I mean TCP/UDP? Also, I have a flat connection. The Phone I use is a Sony Ericsson K750i. Thanks a lot. L.
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| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 6912 Registered: 10-2002 |
Hi Luca, Please see http://www.nowsms.com/howmmsworks.htm for an explanation of how MMS works. In order to use NowSMS as a direct-delivery MMSC, it needs to be accessible over the internet. And even if it is, most operators block access to external MMSCs unless you change settings on your mobile phone. You want to configure NowSMS to route MMS messages for delivery via the operator MMSC over the GPRS modem. This configuration is described at the following link: http://www.nowsms.com/documentation/ProductDocumentation/mms_notifications_and_c ontent/Connecting_to_operator_MMSC.htm#UsingGPRS Basically, this involves defining an "MMSC Routing" definition for connecting to your mobile operator over the GPRS modem. If you have already done this, remove any phone numbers that you have added to the "MMSC Users" list ... the MMSC assumes that any phone numbers listed here should receive MMS using direct delivery with NowSMS as the MMSC. -bn | ||||||
| Luca New member Username: Luca Post Number: 3 Registered: 02-2007 |
Hi Bryce, thanks for your reply... I'll try immediately and I'll let you know. L. | ||||||
| Balaji C New member Username: Balajic Post Number: 2 Registered: 03-2007 |
Hi Luca, I was also facing the same problem.But now i could not even get the indication also.Let me know anything you can help. THanks in advance, Balaji | ||||||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 6937 Registered: 10-2002 |
Some phones (particuarly those from Nokia) will not show you that an MMS notification has been received. The phone simply tries to fetch the URL associated with the MMS notification in the background. If the URL can be fetched, the MMS message goes into the inbox, and the phone tells the user that a new message has been received. If the URL cannot be fetched, no indication is presented to the user. Other phones will show that an MMS notification has been received, but will indicate when you attempt to open the message that an error has occurred fetching the message (because it cannot connect to the MMSC). I strongly suggest reading the link that I posted above ... http://www.nowsms.com/howmmsworks.htm. This link explains in detail how MMS works. The bottom line is that most mobile network operators block the delivery of MMS messages from external MMSCs, which is the default configuration that is used by NowSMS. Much more detail can be found in the above referenced link, but the short answer is that if the network operator blocks delivery of MMS messages from external MMSCs, another option is to configure NowSMS to send messages via the operator MMSC using a GPRS modem. A couple of troubleshooting tips if you want to try MMS direct delivery ... Verify that you can send a simple text SMS message via the NowSMS web interface. (If you can't, then there is a problem with the "SMSC" configuration in the NowSMS setup.) Verify that you can send a simple WAP Push message from the NowSMS web interface. Put in some text and any URL pointer, as you just want to verify that the phone can receive it. (If you don't receive this, then there may be a problem sending binary SMS messages via your system ... or there could be a problem with WAP Push reception not being enabled on the handset.) Next, try sending an "MMS Notification" specifying a URL of http://www.nowsms.com/download/btmms.mms. This URL is an old example MMS message, but it is useful for testing because it is on an internet site that we know is configured correctly for the MMS message format. (If this does not work, then it is likely that your mobile operator does not support MMS delivery from external MMSCs, so see the above referenced link for more information.) If these tests all work, but your sending does not, then this is an indication that your PC running NowSMS is not accessible from the internet ... or the "Local Host Name or IP Address" configuration setting for the MMSC does not contain an externally accessible internet host name or IP address. (Again, see the above referenced link for more information.) -bn | ||||||
| dwi widayana New member Username: Dwi Post Number: 25 Registered: 09-2006 |
woluld you tell me plz how to use this to send mms. <? header ("Content-Type: text/plain"); if (isset($_REQUEST['sender'])) { if (isset($_REQUEST['text'])) { header ("Location: http://ipaddress:port/?phonenumber=" . $_REQUEST['sender'] . "&text=" . urlencode("I received your message : " . $_REQUEST['text'])); } else { echo "ERROR : 'text' parameter missing\r\n"; } } else { echo "ERROR : 'sender' parameter missing!\r\n"; } ?> do i still need the SMIL file? im using MM1 or i have php script from now sms to sending mms through the web interface the sendmms.php. there's something wrong because on the MMSCdebug it says OK, but the MMS never arrive + i need more flexible one because on that script i should put a real phone number, while i want put a variable there so it can send mms back to the sender. when i put the variable there, it said invalid parameters. do u have any suggestion plz?? so if there's an incoming sms with a prefix match with prefix thati set in the gateway, it'll reply an mms contain picture and text. the pic and the text of the mms will depend on what the sms ask. the data wouldbe taken from a database. might you can help???? really need our help right now... thanx for d answer ^_^ | ||||||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 7005 Registered: 10-2002 |
I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you are asking. The PHP script that you included above is for processing a received SMS via the 2-way command facility. I'm guessing that you want to receive an SMS, and send back an MMS? Before we spend a lot of time on this, can you actually send an MMS message successfully from the web interface? You're asking about MMSCDEBUG, and I don't know specifically what you are referring to in it. | ||||||
| dwi widayana New member Username: Dwi Post Number: 26 Registered: 09-2006 |
dear Mr. Bryce, yes i want to receive an SMS and send back an MMS. i've successfully send MMS from web inetrface. yes i tried to process the received SMS via the 2-way, so i used this http://support.nowsms.com/discus/messages/1/1113.html. i want to put a variable in this part: $data["PhoneNumber"] = "\r\n" . "+44999999999"; so the gateway will send back an MMS to the sender. if i put a number in that part, the MMS will always sent to that number. that's why i want to put a variable there. another problem, when i tried it, according to the MMSCdebug, the MMS was delivered, but the MMS never arrived. then i tried to use this: 2way-redirect.php but actually i dun know how to using it to send MMS.i dun have the SMIL file and the header. i just have image that i wanna send, so i hope the gateway will do it for me. but then i read that SMIL file created by gateway only if i send MMS through the web interface.it makes confuse,i dun know what else to do so the gateway send back an MMS. that's all Mr. Bryce, i really hope you have something for that. thanx b4 | ||||||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 7049 Registered: 10-2002 |
I'm sorry that I'm having so much difficulty understanding. It is just that I cannot see exactly what you are trying. It sounds like you were on the right track ... but you did not answer my previous question, so I will repeat it: Before we spend a lot of time on this, can you actually send an MMS message successfully from the web interface? | ||||||
| Tusajigwe Isaga New member Username: Isyu1979 Post Number: 3 Registered: 09-2007 |
Hi, i have a problem of writting code in c language which will be used for dowloading e-mail from the server,also i would like to know the code which used for sending message to mobile phones. i will be happy if someone help me with this. thanks | ||||||
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