Configurable Actions > 'Send SMS text message' Action

This dialog allows you to specify the details of the 'Send SMS text message' action. The cells in the right table column are all accessible for entering text.

In order to use this action, a mobile phone is needed that is usually connected to your PC with a USB cable or via Bluetooth. It is suggested to use a prepaid
SIM-card for phone operation.

The 'SMS text message' action uses the independent GSM network of your phone provider to send the messages, e.g. through an ‘old’ mobile phone
connected to the server. This is an advantage if your default network infrastructure fails.

It is recommended that you install the drivers of your phone on the computer to get support for a virtual serial line.

Assistent:

Assistant Phone 1

Determine the recipients that receive a short message, the baud rate of the virtual communication port and its port number.

Furthermore you are able to configure the price of one short message and the current account of your mobil phone. If the current account is sufficient to send only a few messages a warning would be appended to the message. Please note: Short messages only allow 160 characters and so it is possible that this warning is shortened. If the credit balance is completely used up, the ServerSentinel will prompt an error message.

Assistant Phone 2

The dialog that helps specify the message template.

Quick Overview:

edit_action_send_sms

Properties
Active	Status of the action
Baud Rate	The baud rate used to communicate with the mobile phone. The default value is 19200 baud, if you cannot connect to the phone, try to lower the baud rate.
COM Port	The Com Port that is used to communicate with the phone. This is usually a virtual Com Port that is provided by the driver of your phone. If you do not know what to enter here, check the hardware manager window of your operating system.
Connect Time	The time to wait for a response from the phone when connecting.
Description	A short description of the action
Message Template	The template that will be used to generate the message, variables can be used. The message length is restricted to 3*160 chars.
Name	Describes the purpose of the action
Recipient(s)	A comma separated list of recipients. This is a mobile phone number to send the message to.
Retries	The number of times the action attempts to reconnect to the mobile phone after a timeout occurred (see Connect Time)

Operations
Delete Action	Deletes the action. A list of Sensors is displayed that shows objects affected by the operation before the action is removed from the system.
Test Action	Tests the defined action and delivers a test report.
Help	Opens the online help
Ok	Accepts settings and closes dialog
Cancel	Cancels all modifications and leaves this dialog without saving changes

This action has been successfully tested with the following mobile phone devices: (Drop us a note if you managed to set up another phone which is not listed here. All mobile phones supporting the enhanced AT command set should function properly.)

Phone Model

Remarks

Nokia 6230 via Bluetooth

Tested with Nokia PC Suite installed

•	Bluetooth Connection (Make sure to enable automatic connection confirmation)

Samsung U700

Tested with an installation of Samsung PC Studio 3

•	Bluetooth Connection

•

USB Cable

Sony Ericsson K610i

Tested with

•	Bluetooth Connection

•

USB Cable

Sony Ericsson K750i

Tested with

•	Bluetooth Connection

•

USB Cable

An additional driver for the for the WMC modem was necessary, e.g. from here:
http://drivers.softpedia.com/progDownload/Sony-Ericsson-D750i-K750i-USB-driver-Download-16696.html

Sony Ericsson K800i

Tested with Sony Ericsson PC Suite installed

•	Bluetooth Connection

•

USB Cable

We recommend to connect the phone via USB cable for power supply. If connected via Bluetooth make sure to set access to 'Always' in the phone settings.

This functionality was made possible by the GSM libraries of Stefan Mayr available at http://www.scampers.org/steve/sms/libraries.htm