[Xymon] How do you do for send a sms alert

[Jeremy Laidman]

On 2 April 2013 21:32, gmail <oliviermo75 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do You know how i can send a sms-alert with hobbit  i didn't find a script
> for send a sms .
> How do you do for send a  sms alert ?
>

There are a few ways to do this.  In general, they rely on email-to-SMS
gateways.  You can either host one yourself:
* connect a mobile phone to a computer and run something like Gnokii (see
http://tools.rebel-it.com.au/sms-transport/ for a script that converts mail
to Gnokii)
* connect a modem to a computer and run something like smsclient (see
http://smsclient.sourcearchive.com/documentation/2.0.8z-7/main.html) - this
requires that a local carrier provides an SMS TAP (or similar) service.
* use a USB 3G modem - these usually support sending SMS messages
* use a stand-alone device, like the kickstarter project SmushBox (
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smush/smart-sms-texting-for-everyone-the-smushbox
)

Or you can use a commercial mail-to-sms gateway - some mobile carriers
offer such a service to their customers for cheap or free.  See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SMS_gateways

For some solutions (eg Gnokii) lack of queuing is a problem, in that if a
messages is ready to be sent but the phone signal drops, then the messages
is lost.  In such cases it's helpful to incorporate a mail service that can
retry when a message fails.

Cheers
Jeremy
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