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Mike Rowell wrote:
Jason,
We run a similar setup to Richards, we have a hobbit server that sends emails to an sms provider who then forwards them via sms to our phones, ...8<... As to how often you get alerted that would be down to how your alerts are setup in the hobbit-alerts.cfg file, in our case we wait 5minutes
I'm taking the lowest-rent approach, simply having a line that SMSes the phone(s) directly, which raises a question i've been meaning to ask:
MAIL <number>@<provider>.net FORMAT=sms COLOR=red DURATION<60 REPEAT=30 RECOVERED
MAIL <number>@<provider>.net FORMAT=sms COLOR=red DURATION>5 REPEAT=30 RECOVERED
In the first, a maximum of 2 pages will be sent, as only the first 60 minutes of redness count and they're 30 minutes apart. In the second, a page is still sent every 30 minutes, but not until the status has been red for 5 minutes. In both cases the target phone determines the cost; if you have company phones with a messaging plan, this is easy. If you're sending to people's own phones, you might want to have an agreement to get reimbursement in case of disaster.
My question is, can i combine DURATION directives? AFAIK, you cannot combine both minimum and maximum... can you? In the first example, there's an absolute limit to how long pages get sent - but it starts the instant you go red. In the second, it waits until the problem persists for 5 minutes - but could send pages until the end of time. It'd be great to be able to specify both <X and >Y.
-----Original Message----- From: Jones, Jason (Altrincham) [mailto:JasonAS_Jones at mentor.com] Sent: 22 September 2006 15:08 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] SMS alerts
Hi Richard,
So does that mean we would need to pay for the ability? If so whom do you represent/support/something else and I will see if we can get an account open? As far as the script goes why didn't you put it as a script option in hobbit-alerts.cfg? but would be interested in that too (if I can persuade boss to get the account :) ). We're in the UK too, with offices everywhere else but all the hobbit monitoring stuff is based in the UK and Ireland (mostly UK) and we take care of the rest of the world :)
There are only two other concerns after opening the account etc. would the text messages be reverse charge to our phones? And would we be getting texts every 30 minutes or just one once the error occurs?
Thanks, Jason.
-----Original Message----- From: Richard Leyton [mailto:richard at leyton.org] Sent: 22 September 2006 14:09 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] SMS alerts
Yes - a lot of success. We're actually using a few companies to
deliver SMS's and other content (it's a core service for the client I
support). The hobbit SMS alerts we send are just utilising the same
service - I've written a simple wrapper script which takes the
various environment variables, and sends out an SMS to either a
group of folk (eg 'ADMINS'), or an individual (eg. 'MGMT' for combo
alerts).The actual mechanism is an HTTP GET (so wget does the job nicely),
with our reference information, to our SMS provider. I understand the
API also results in a confirmation in some situations, but I've not
incorporated that as it currently is tied into the customers systems.I don't know off the top of my head who the SMS companies are, but
could perhaps find out for you if you're interested. I'm in the UK,
but I think they have an international presence.In years gone by (when I was using BB) I found some 'free' SMS
companies, but that was about as good as a chocolate fire guard.I might be able to tidy up the script and push it out for others to
use in due course. Let me know if there's any interest, although it's
nothing particular fancy.r.
-- Richard Leyton - richard at leyton.org http://www.leyton.org
On 22 Sep 2006, at 12:30, Jones, Jason ((Altrincham)) wrote:
Hi all,
Anyone had any success with sending out SMS alerts from hobbit? If so could you let me know what methods you used and whether we need to purchase any software to do this? Reverse charge is acceptable
Thanks, Jason.
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