[TheList] Fwd: Re: PC to SMS. Anybody doing this?

Wed Apr 28 04:22:48 AEST 2010

basically as Chris has already written.

This is has been taken from a tutorial site for getting SMS monitoring 
from a monitoring software called Nagios that I use and have 
successfully setup under debian:
*There are some pre-conditions to using a generic mobile phone:*

   1. *It must be able to communicate via a cable directly to your
      computer.*
   2. *It must have a built in modem that supports the AT command set
      (most mobile phones over the past few years do).*

I see no reason why you can't use this under windows using CYGWIN or the 
like.
Now that I do a search... 
http://smstools.meinemullemaus.de/windows.html   and it does use CYGWIN :)

In PDW you would most likely need to use the external commands function 
(Filters > options > Enable command file)
then enter <path-to-sendsms> not sure what to add for arguments

Once again, you'd need alot of trial and error/playing around time but 
see no reason why it couldn't be done.

Of interest in my nagios setup, I'm using my old Nokia N73 which indeed 
supports the AT command set, and alse a USB charger/data cable that I 
picked up from TradeMe 
(http://www.trademe.co.nz/Mobile-phones/Accessories/Chargers/Nokia/auction-285952713.htm) 
as the N73 battery is shot.  I can send TXTs via BASH or nagios will 
create an entry in a MySQL database, which a program called gammu 
monitors and sends out that way,  so that won't work for you.

Hope this is of some help,

Z-master

On 27/04/2010 10:40 p.m., Chris wrote:
> Not sure if you got a reply about this or not...
>
> However, if you can get the phone to understand modem commands,
> (atd atdt at&w and the like)
>
> You can run a tool in linux called Smstools --
> I believe that there is a windows port, but I am not sure how it works,
> or what its stability is like.
>
> I have a GSM modem that connects to the computers serial port, and it
> works well.
>
> On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 12:55 +1200, Phil W wrote:
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>> Hey,
>>
>> I currently send fire pager messages to my cellphone via an online
>> email to sms service and the PDW software.
>> The service charges 18c a txt.
>>
>> I really would like to get this going by using just a cellphone and
>> PDW. (So I can take reduce costs by using txt2000)
>> The cellphone being connected to the PC by usb or bluetooth, and the
>> pc sending txts through the cellphone.
>>
>> Has anybody done this before?
>>
>> Thanks heaps,
>> Phil.
>>
>>
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