Hello all I have read the section that describes "If e-mail is not enough" that talks about sending an SMS message or something else but there is no explanation of what generates the actual connection. There is a reference to "/usr/local/bin/smsalert" but this does not exist. Do I have to first find, install, and configure some sort of SMS alert program? If so, can someone suggest one? Also, can Hobbit send a page to a traditional paging carrier? If so, how is that done?
Thanks
kevin
On 1/7/07, Kevin <khanrahan at charter.net> wrote:
Hello all I have read the section that describes "If e-mail is not enough" that talks about sending an SMS message or something else but there is no explanation of what generates the actual connection. There is a reference to "/usr/local/bin/smsalert" but this does not exist. Do I have to first find, install, and configure some sort of SMS alert program? If so, can someone suggest one?
Not without knowing your carrier. There are a number of programs out there, I quite like MercurySMS but YMMV.
Also, can Hobbit send a page to a traditional paging carrier? If so, how is that done?
You'll just need the appropriate software for your carrier. I've been using the Net::SNPP perl module as my pager supplier has an SNPP interface.
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On 1/7/07, Rob MacGregor <rob.macgregor at gmail.com> wrote:
On 1/7/07, Kevin <khanrahan at charter.net> wrote:
[snip] Also, can Hobbit send a page to a traditional paging carrier? If so, how is that done?
You'll just need the appropriate software for your carrier. I've been using the Net::SNPP perl module as my pager supplier has an SNPP interface.
If all else fails, and if your pager company has a web form for sending pages, it's not that hard to post a form from a script... I've done it with AT&T, Arch and Skytel. It's generally easier than scripting logging in to a web page to test functionality.
I think one company even embedded instructions in the web page saying what would need to be posted to send a page.
Ralph Mitchell
In our set-up we just opened an account with textanywhere changed hobbit-alerts.cfg to:
MAIL <number>@<textanywhere>.co.uk FORMAT=SMS
The path of least resistance :) Jason.
-----Original Message----- From: Ralph Mitchell [mailto:ralphmitchell at gmail.com] Sent: 08 January 2007 03:20 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Alternate alerting
On 1/7/07, Rob MacGregor <rob.macgregor at gmail.com> wrote:
On 1/7/07, Kevin <khanrahan at charter.net> wrote:
[snip] Also, can Hobbit send a page to a traditional paging carrier? If so, how is that done?
You'll just need the appropriate software for your carrier. I've been using the Net::SNPP perl module as my pager supplier has an SNPP interface.
If all else fails, and if your pager company has a web form for sending pages, it's not that hard to post a form from a script... I've done it with AT&T, Arch and Skytel. It's generally easier than scripting logging in to a web page to test functionality.
I think one company even embedded instructions in the web page saying what would need to be posted to send a page.
Ralph Mitchell
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