<div dir="ltr">There's SmushBox: <a href="http://smushmobile.com" target="_blank">smushmobile.com</a><div><br></div><div>Easier to find technical info here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smush/smart-sms-texting-for-everyone-the-smushbox" target="_blank">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smush/smart-sms-texting-for-everyone-the-smushbox</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Connect via ethernet, handles queueing, web interface for configuration, access controls, etc. But $400 is a big investment. I've never used one, but they sound kind-of neat.</div><div><br>
</div><div>In the past, I've used Gnokii, with an old Nokia phone connected via cable to a serial port. Due to the lack of queue management, I wrote a script to interface Postfix with Gnokii, so that Postfix handles all the queueing. Script details here: <a href="http://tools.rebel-it.com.au/sms-transport/" target="_blank">http://tools.rebel-it.com.au/sms-transport/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Also, have used sms_client (mentioned by others) with a modem talking to Vodafone (Australia) via TAP. Also used an MTA for its queueing features. This was a long time ago, and I'm a bit surprised that TAP services still exist.</div>
<div><br></div><div>IMHO, Gnokii+Postfix is probably the best option, perhaps with a 3G modem, as described here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://wiki.gnokii.org/index.php/ZTEUSBModem" target="_blank">http://wiki.gnokii.org/index.php/ZTEUSBModem</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Because it's USB, it doesn't require a separate power supply. So no worries about someone kicking the power cord out and draining the battery.</div><div><br></div><div>But most telcos provide a web interface, and if you're not paranoid about losing Internet connectivity, this is a good option that requires no specialist hardware and corresponding software/drive maintenance. </div>
<div><br></div><div>If you're super-paranoid about your paging solution failing and hence not getting an alert about it, you can get a pair of smart 3G modems that can be configured to probe each other via SMS, and one will send you an alert if the other one doesn't respond. If you had using a separate carrier and located at a different site, you'd have a pretty good HA solution. I think the company that made these was Maxon.</div>
<div><br></div><div>J</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 January 2014 02:45, Jon Dustin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdustin@usm.maine.edu" target="_blank">jdustin@usm.maine.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">>>> On 1/7/2014 at 7:59 PM, in message <<a href="mailto:52CCA30D.5000404@alaska.gov">52CCA30D.5000404@alaska.gov</a>>,<br>
John Thurston<br>
<div class="im"><<a href="mailto:john.thurston@alaska.gov">john.thurston@alaska.gov</a>> wrote:<br>
> Can anyone shed light on the current 'state of the art' for alerting<br>
by<br>
</div>> SMS from Xymon? Are there recommended usb‑modem/software combinations<br>
<div class="im">to<br>
> achieve this?<br>
><br>
> I'd like to have the option of sending alerts from my Xymon server<br>
</div>> without relying on email‑>SMS gateways. (When I need to announce that<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> the mail queue has reached critical, it seems foolish to try to<br>
dispatch<br>
> that alert by mail.)<br>
><br>
> I'm running Xymon on Solaris which will ultimately limit my options,<br>
but<br>
> I'm interested in any information you have to share.<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>We have been running this package for several years:<br>
<a href="http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com/" target="_blank">http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com/</a><br>
<br>
Connected to a MultiTech GSM modem:<br>
<a href="http://www.multitech.com/en_US/products/families/multimodemgprs/" target="_blank">http://www.multitech.com/en_US/products/families/multimodemgprs/</a><br>
<br>
I cannot remember the exact model of modem we have, but it connects via<br>
serial port and works very well. Sending SMS messages is not<br>
particularly speedy (about 2 seconds for each message), but it works<br>
fairly well.<br>
<br>
Good luck!<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
<br>
Jon Dustin - Network Specialist<br>
University of Southern Maine<br>
Portland, ME 207-780-4152<br>
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