Hello group,

Has anybody experimented with sending text messages to a cell phone
from a MV system? Initialy, we want to be able to send our sales people
their sales. But think of the possibilities this cold open up as a
customer service tool.

Pete

mdsi2000 wrote:
I have a process that monitors our credit card processing system. If
it is down, it sends a text message to my and my boss's cell phones.
All I do it this:

!mail -s POWERCREDIT 2085551212 (AT) vtext (DOT) com < POWERCREDIT

This is on D3/Linux

POWERCREDIT on the end is a text file with a single line of text that
resides on the linux box. This works with Verizon. I guess it really
isn't a text message per se, but it does end up on my phone.
Obviously, the 5551212 is replaced with my actual cell phone number.

Thanks.

So to sum it up, just treat the message like an email. That's too
simple! I was expecting a long command string using a phone line.

Pete

Glen B wrote:

I have processes that monitor various things - ex: Shop floor data
collection. If it goes down, then a text message is sent via email. As
long as you can send email, you can text message!


mdsi2000 wrote:

"Tracy Raines" <liveblues (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote
to send a windows pop-up message to somebody running windows on the LAN.
This is a routine windows facility, not a tricky usage of any terminal emulator prog.

-- mostly handy for low-grade probs during office hours,
like "please load check stock in Bob's printer for payroll processing" or
or "boss is coming up in elevator, logoff all porn sites"

BUT .... assuming you are talkinga bout an SMS message, the email you
send needs to be sent to someone that provides a gateway service to
accept emails & send to SMS --> typically the 80155512345678 (AT) vtext (DOT) com
using the example (and gateway provider) that Tracy provided.

This can be a "hugely" beneficial capability. For example, one of our
clients is a wholesale importer for Locksmiths (who all carry mobiles
on the belt). Whjen a shipment is held up with storms @ sea and will be
delayed for a week, when this is recorded against the shipment the
system will automatically send out SMS messages to the people that will
now be receiving their goods 1 week late ... there used to be one
person who was more or less employed full time to do the notifiactions
manually
(5+ years ago now)


mdsi2000 wrote:

See also: http://tinyurl.com/8qzb4

E-mail is OK for non-critical, non-timely delivery of mail to a
focused group, like your own local Sales people. It's not adequate
for a vendor that needs general purpose messaging for unknown
carriers, phones, locations, etc. And it's not adequate for
mission-critical messaging. There are stories, for example, of an
airline that used email to text-msg passengers when their flights were
going to be delayed - people were still getting messages weeks after
their trips because of the way such messages are queued with various
carriers. An SMS gateway that provides (even "mostly") guaranteed and
timely delivery can be very expensive. Use email if it suits you - I
email my phone too, but no one's product delivery depends on that.

T

"Ross Ferris" wrote:

Concurring with Tony, I don't know about the US but here in the UK there are
plenty of companies providing SMS services.

This range from Email-SMS gateways through to HTTP based gateways and web
services. Many of them have the option to confirm delivery.

The price for the service is normally a transaction charge for each text
message (in the UK it's about 9 pence + tax - about 15 US cents per
message).

Regards
Simon

--
Simon Verona

"Tony Gravagno" <g6q3x9lu53001 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com.invalid> wrote

Depending on your needs, there are also some "interesting" options
available. For example, mDaemon (http://www.altn.com/) can be hooked up
to a "normal"/real mobile phone, and sends SMS out that way .... cost
effect if you have a plan that provides low cost SMS from normal phones


Simon Verona wrote:

It's worth noting that Reality V12.0 has this capability, just configure to
use a SMS gateway and then use the ALERT TCL verb to send alerts from your
application. The functionality also monitor the Reality error logs and can
send messages from it to either SMS, email or HTML. These messages can be
filtered depending on the time of day, day of week, and be sent to different
people. The types of messages can also be filtered so that users/operators
are not inundated.

Mark Fuller
"mdsi2000" <mdsi2000 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote