Hello,
Im a comp sci student from Mumbai . I need some help with regards to a project im planning to do . The project involves an application on the server side which records orders made by a user . A user can send his order details by sending an sms to a particular number . When the order is received, the system sends a confirmation sms back to the user. I indend to develop the backend system on Linux platform using PHP . But i have no idea as to how the sms communication part would work . I have heard of some open source sms gateway packages like Kannel, but dont have exact idea of how it can be applied in the above scenario . Will this involve purchasing a service from some wireless operator ? .
Any helps or tips as to how the above system can be implemented would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot.
Hello Jai,
You may want to have a look at the chan_celliax project at www.celliax.org The AMI interface to CELLIAXsendsms and CELLIAXincomingsms can be all you need.
Ciao for now,
Giovanni
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Jai Vora jaivora.in@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
Im a comp sci student from Mumbai . I need some help with regards to a project im planning to do . The project involves an application on the server side which records orders made by a user . A user can send his order details by sending an sms to a particular number . When the order is received, the system sends a confirmation sms back to the user. I indend to develop the backend system on Linux platform using PHP . But i have no idea as to how the sms communication part would work . I have heard of some open source sms gateway packages like Kannel, but dont have exact idea of how it can be applied in the above scenario . Will this involve purchasing a service from some wireless operator ? .
Any helps or tips as to how the above system can be implemented would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot.
On Tue, October 14, 2008 9:31 pm, Jai Vora wrote:
Hello,
Im a comp sci student from Mumbai . I need some help with regards to a project im planning to do . The project involves an application on the server side which records orders made by a user . A user can send his order details by sending an sms to a particular number . When the order is received, the system sends a confirmation sms back to the user. I indend to develop the backend system on Linux platform using PHP . But i have no idea as to how the sms communication part would work . I have heard of some open source sms gateway packages like Kannel, but dont have exact idea of how it can be applied in the above scenario .
Basically, once you setup Kannel, you can send received SMSes as a POST / GET request to a page of your choice, and also be able to send SMSes as POST / GET requests to Kannel running on a port on your machine. In this scenario, it should not be a problem to be running PHP to do this.
Will this involve purchasing a service from some wireless operator ? .
The hardware setup we are using for a similar setup uses a GSM modem that is connected to the computer (via Serial or USB) and then configuring Kannel from there on. You dont need to purchase a separate service from a wireless operator, you can stick a regular Sim card in the GSM modem, and possibly shop around for cheap SMS plans. The above solution is not cheap, however, as a GSM modem costs about Rs. 10k and you would have to foot the cost of the SMSes. I have heard that it is possible to make it work with some higher end Nokia phones, but have not tested this myself. The other option is to use a free web API for sending SMSes (ad supported) like http://api.smsgupshup.com/ .
Any helps or tips as to how the above system can be implemented would be greatly appreciated.
Hope that helps. -Sanjay
Thanks a lot.
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Jai Vora jaivora.in@gmail.com wrote:
Im a comp sci student from Mumbai . I need some help with regards to a
hehe...what college in Mumbai, for that matter Maharashtra, offers Computer Science as a subject? ;-)
Will this involve purchasing a service from some wireless operator ? .
Ofcourse it will. but heres a secret, dont tell anybody okay? ;-) You can hook up kannel such that the cell phones that you use can be used as an sms modem. Dont ask me how. Find out for yourself. When I was in the *second* year of engineering I had made project similar to what you want. We had used Nokia 6210 ( or maybe 6210i ) and hooked it up using CA42 cable.
Now please do understand ONE thing. You cant use this setup to send commercial messages. You can get into trouble for that. But for demo purposes you can surely use it. Oh yes Kannel also informs you once you get an incoming message.
Any helps or tips as to how the above system can be implemented would be greatly appreciated.
Its straight forward. Dont be under the impression that you'll be spoon fed. Its a jungle out there. If theres a will theres a way... do your homework before you ask questions.
Cheers!
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