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Re: [hobbit] sms alert sample script - good solution?



On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Phil Wild <philwild (at) gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Oliver,
>
> Whoops! , I just reread your message and understand your comment better
> now - when I first read it I didn't realise you were making comment on a
> solution where someone was emailing an sms through a mail gateway rather
> than an direct sms based soln.


I think your comments are still valid - sending SMS directly from your
Hobbit server would work even if your building services were completely cut
off, provided the machine had at least a couple of minutes runtime on a UPS.

I'm thinking about rolling my own home alarm system, and if I can work it
into the budget for it I may include one of these bad boys:

   http://www.gm862.com/en/products/gsm-gprs.php?p_id=12&p_ac=show&p=4

I can add another phone to my family plan for $10/mo and not have to rely on
the phone/DSL to get alerts out.

Ralph Mitchell