Hi Guys,
Just wanna find out how I can get Xymon to send SMS.
Which tool I should run?
Which GSM modem(if that's the correct device) I should use?
Regards,
Oliver Zhang
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Have you thought about using ipages? Have it just send an email to 123456789 at txt.att.net or whatever your provider is.
Jamison Maxwell p. 770.605.6653 Jamison at newasterisk.com
-----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Oliver.Zhang at weirminerals.com Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 11:27 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?
Hi Guys,
Just wanna find out how I can get Xymon to send SMS.
Which tool I should run?
Which GSM modem(if that's the correct device) I should use?
Regards,
Oliver Zhang
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This is something that's always amused me - if I've got an email2SMS service set up, how do I get the SMS to tell me that my mail server or mail provider or connectivity's gone down?
Personally I use SMS_Client to send SMS directly via the POTS for critical alerts.
Regards,
Carl
Carl Inglis
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Have you thought about using ipages? Have it just send an email to 123456789 at txt.att.net or whatever your provider is.
Jamison Maxwell p. 770.605.6653 Jamison at newasterisk.com
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Hi Guys,
Just wanna find out how I can get Xymon to send SMS.
Which tool I should run?
Which GSM modem(if that's the correct device) I should use?
Regards,
Oliver Zhang
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It isn't SMS, but I use a freeware package called "qpage" to send text alerts. You just have to get the providers for your cell phones/pagers to give you their "TAP" number. Fortunately, all of mine are Verizon. Don't know if this thing is still out there on the 'net, though. I've had it for years.
Jim Smith
-----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Carl Inglis Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 3:35 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?
This is something that's always amused me - if I've got an email2SMS service set up, how do I get the SMS to tell me that my mail server or mail provider or connectivity's gone down?
Personally I use SMS_Client to send SMS directly via the POTS for critical alerts.
Regards,
Carl
Carl Inglis
Systems Administrator
Rakon UK Limited Dowsett House, Sadler Road, Lincoln LN6 3RS, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1522 812630 | Fax:+44 (0) 1522 812664 | Mob: +44 (0) 7786 552915 Carl.Inglis at rakon.com | www.rakon.com Winner of the 2010 Lincolnshire Business of the Year Award
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Have you thought about using ipages? Have it just send an email to 123456789 at txt.att.net or whatever your provider is.
Jamison Maxwell p. 770.605.6653 Jamison at newasterisk.com
-----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Oliver.Zhang at weirminerals.com Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 11:27 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?
Hi Guys,
Just wanna find out how I can get Xymon to send SMS.
Which tool I should run?
Which GSM modem(if that's the correct device) I should use?
Regards,
Oliver Zhang
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I integrate SMS with Kannel, very good choice See more http://www.kannel.org/
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Smith, Jim <JMSmith at stvincenthealth.com>wrote:
It isn't SMS, but I use a freeware package called "qpage" to send text alerts. You just have to get the providers for your cell phones/pagers to give you their "TAP" number. Fortunately, all of mine are Verizon. Don't know if this thing is still out there on the 'net, though. I've had it for years.
Jim Smith
-----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Carl Inglis Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 3:35 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?
This is something that's always amused me - if I've got an email2SMS service set up, how do I get the SMS to tell me that my mail server or mail provider or connectivity's gone down?
Personally I use SMS_Client to send SMS directly via the POTS for critical alerts.
Regards,
Carl
Carl Inglis Systems Administrator
Rakon UK Limited Dowsett House, Sadler Road, Lincoln LN6 3RS, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1522 812630 | Fax:+44 (0) 1522 812664 | Mob: +44 (0) 7786 552915 Carl.Inglis at rakon.com | www.rakon.com Winner of the 2010 Lincolnshire Business of the Year Award
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Have you thought about using ipages? Have it just send an email to 123456789 at txt.att.net or whatever your provider is.
Jamison Maxwell p. 770.605.6653 Jamison at newasterisk.com
-----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Oliver.Zhang at weirminerals.com Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 11:27 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?
Hi Guys,
Just wanna find out how I can get Xymon to send SMS.
Which tool I should run?
Which GSM modem(if that's the correct device) I should use?
Regards,
Oliver Zhang
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On 10-10-2011 10:35, Carl Inglis wrote:
This is something that's always amused me - if I've got an email2SMS service set up, how do I get the SMS to tell me that my mail server or mail provider or connectivity's gone down?
Indeed ...
Personally I use SMS_Client to send SMS directly via the POTS for critical alerts.
GSM modems in the form of USB sticks are extremely common around here (don't know about the US, but I'd suspect you have them also). Stick one or two of those on your Xymon server, and add a bit of software to interface it via Xymon's "script" alert mechanism - voila, alerting that doesn't rely on your Internet-connection or the availability of a mailserver.
I use the "smstools" package from Debian Linux to manage the GSM modem. Works fine, only problem is that the modems have a bad habit of going into a "sleep" mode that requires reloading the driver before they wake up. Probably a specific hardware issue with these modems, but since I have a work-around it isn't much of a problem.
For bonus points I interfaced with Postscript for a home-made mail->sms gateway.
Regards, Henrik
I've heard of people doing that using gnokii to talk over serial port to an old Nokia phone.
Ralph Mitchell
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Henrik Størner <henrik at hswn.dk> wrote:
On 10-10-2011 10:35, Carl Inglis wrote:
This is something that's always amused me - if I've got an email2SMS service set up, how do I get the SMS to tell me that my mail server or mail provider or connectivity's gone down?
Indeed ...
Personally I use SMS_Client to send SMS directly via the POTS for critical alerts.
GSM modems in the form of USB sticks are extremely common around here (don't know about the US, but I'd suspect you have them also). Stick one or two of those on your Xymon server, and add a bit of software to interface it via Xymon's "script" alert mechanism - voila, alerting that doesn't rely on your Internet-connection or the availability of a mailserver.
I use the "smstools" package from Debian Linux to manage the GSM modem. Works fine, only problem is that the modems have a bad habit of going into a "sleep" mode that requires reloading the driver before they wake up. Probably a specific hardware issue with these modems, but since I have a work-around it isn't much of a problem.
For bonus points I interfaced with Postscript for a home-made mail->sms gateway.
Regards, Henrik
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On 10-10-2011 22:47, Ralph Mitchell wrote:
I've heard of people doing that using gnokii to talk over serial port to an old Nokia phone.
Yep, did try that here at home. But our datacenter guys didn't like the idea of a cell phone lying around in the bottom of my server rack.
Regards, Henrik
Why not just try to integrate it with something like Twilio.com<http://Twilio.com>? It's $.01 per message, but you could also do things like automated voice alerts too. A simple PHP POST is all it takes. It's what we use.
Robert
On Oct 10, 2011, at 4:49 PM, Henrik Størner wrote:
On 10-10-2011 22:47, Ralph Mitchell wrote: I've heard of people doing that using gnokii to talk over serial port to an old Nokia phone.
Yep, did try that here at home. But our datacenter guys didn't like the idea of a cell phone lying around in the bottom of my server rack.
Regards, Henrik
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On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Henrik Størner <henrik at hswn.dk> wrote:
On 10-10-2011 22:47, Ralph Mitchell wrote:
I've heard of people doing that using gnokii to talk over serial port to an old Nokia phone.
Yep, did try that here at home. But our datacenter guys didn't like the idea of a cell phone lying around in the bottom of my server rack.
I have the opposite problem - we're not allowed to plug in USB sticks, but I might get away with a phone on a serial port. :-)
Ralph
What?!? "qpage" not complicated enough? Sheesh! It is easy-cheesy if your providers will give you their "TAP" phone number. I've never had a problem with getting that info...just a few phone calls. And all you need is a regular modem.
Jim Smith
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Mitchell Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 3:54 PM To: Henrik Størner Cc: Xymon mailinglist Subject: Re: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Henrik Størner <henrik at hswn.dk<mailto:henrik at hswn.dk>> wrote: On 10-10-2011 22:47, Ralph Mitchell wrote: I've heard of people doing that using gnokii to talk over serial port to an old Nokia phone.
Yep, did try that here at home. But our datacenter guys didn't like the idea of a cell phone lying around in the bottom of my server rack.
I have the opposite problem - we're not allowed to plug in USB sticks, but I might get away with a phone on a serial port. :-)
Ralph
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Thanks Henrik, that helps a lot.
Regards,
Oliver Zhang
From: Henrik Størner <henrik at hswn.dk> To: xymon at xymon.com Date: 11/10/2011 07:07 AM Subject: Re: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service? Sent by: xymon-bounces at xymon.com
On 10-10-2011 10:35, Carl Inglis wrote:
This is something that's always amused me - if I've got an email2SMS service set up, how do I get the SMS to tell me that my mail server or mail provider or connectivity's gone down?
Indeed ...
Personally I use SMS_Client to send SMS directly via the POTS for critical alerts.
GSM modems in the form of USB sticks are extremely common around here (don't know about the US, but I'd suspect you have them also). Stick one or two of those on your Xymon server, and add a bit of software to interface it via Xymon's "script" alert mechanism - voila, alerting that doesn't rely on your Internet-connection or the availability of a mailserver.
I use the "smstools" package from Debian Linux to manage the GSM modem. Works fine, only problem is that the modems have a bad habit of going into a "sleep" mode that requires reloading the driver before they wake up. Probably a specific hardware issue with these modems, but since I have a work-around it isn't much of a problem.
For bonus points I interfaced with Postscript for a home-made mail->sms gateway.
Regards, Henrik
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If you don't have hardware to send SMS yourself, look around at your local Telcos and ISPs. Many of these companies, for a small fee, offer an email to SMS service. Here, we have a facility where we can use the unix mail system to send an SMS via a local telco. I then use something like echo "$Message" | mailx ${myMobileNumber}@mytelco.com
Hope that helps.
Regards Vernon
On 10 October 2011 11:27, <Oliver.Zhang at weirminerals.com> wrote:
Hi Guys,
Just wanna find out how I can get Xymon to send SMS.
Which tool I should run?
Which GSM modem(if that's the correct device) I should use?
Regards,
Oliver Zhang
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Hi Vernon,
Thanks for the reply.
I dont want to use 3rd party email to sms service.
If the link goes down, xymon will loose the ability to send alert.
I want to use a mobile or gms modem.
Anyone knows which tool is the best for this purpose?
I'm trying gnokii at the moment.
Regards,
Oliver Zhang Helpdesk - IT Infrastructure Weir Minerals Australia Ltd
1 Marden St Artarmon, NSW 2064 Australia
T: +61 (0) 2 9934 5135 F: +61 (0) 2 9934 5199 M: +61 (0) 4 3303 3092 E: Oliver.Zhang at weirminerals.com W: http://www.weirminerals.com
From: Vernon Everett <everett.vernon at gmail.com> To: Oliver.Zhang at weirminerals.com Cc: xymon at xymon.com Date: 10/10/2011 03:04 PM Subject: Re: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?
If you don't have hardware to send SMS yourself, look around at your local Telcos and ISPs. Many of these companies, for a small fee, offer an email to SMS service. Here, we have a facility where we can use the unix mail system to send an SMS via a local telco. I then use something like echo "$Message" | mailx ${myMobileNumber}@mytelco.com
Hope that helps.
Regards Vernon
On 10 October 2011 11:27, <Oliver.Zhang at weirminerals.com> wrote:
Hi Guys,
Just wanna find out how I can get Xymon to send SMS.
Which tool I should run?
Which GSM modem(if that's the correct device) I should use?
Regards,
Oliver Zhang
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On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:47 AM, <Oliver.Zhang at weirminerals.com> wrote:
I'm trying gnokii at the moment.
I've used gnokii in the past to great success. The only thing it doesn't do is handle queuing of messages - a temporary drop in signal means the alert is lost. So I interfaced Xymon with an postfix-to-gnokii gateway, and of course postfix handles queueing very well. Info here:
http://tools.rebel-it.com.au/sms-transport/
Cheers Jeremy
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