Using Nokia Cell Phone or GSM Modem to send sms's

[Shane Ambler]

On 22/12/2014 18:25, Godfrey Hamshire wrote:
>
> Using Nokia Cell Phone or GSM Modem to send sms's
>
> Dear Memeber
>
> I was wondering if anyone has had experience with connecting a 3g/gsm of
> the type you can find in Cell Phone Shops to freebsd or a old nokia
> symbian cell phone via its usb cable to freebsd.
>
> What I would like to to do is send sms's from the server using a 3g/gsm
> dongle or using an old nokia symbian cell ie warning the power is out
> etc etc I am doing this already via email and a clickatel api account
> already but sometimes these email do not get through or what ever. I am
> looking for alternative ways of notifying myself of power problems or
> what ever is going on when I am not around.

Not really what your asking for but another option could be to send
notifications from offsite - you can run a t2.micro ec2 instance at
amazon for between $4.20 and $9.50 a month - it receives no pings in x
minutes then have it send a message. AWS has SNS which can send mobile
notifications, sms or email - you can send 100 sms's per month for free.


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Shane Ambler