Re: {bb} patch to use sms_client for SMS paging

[Jesse Reynolds <lizst@va.com.au>]

>At 9:28 PM +1000 06/09/1999, Andrew Dalgleish wrote:
>>I highly recommend using SMS client from http://www.styx.demon.co.uk/.
>>It supports a large number of providers/protocols.
>>(Saves re-inventing the wheel. :-)
>>
>>Here how I did it:
>>* download/configure/make/install SMS client (the only problem I had was
>>a flakey modem)
>>* add the relevent user name, provider name, and phone number to
>>/etc/sms/sms_addressbook
>>* apply the patch below (small patch to bb-page1.sh and creates sendsms)
>>* change the rules in bbwarnrules.cfg to something like
>>"*;;*;;*;*;smsclient-yourname".
>>(You could probably add "smsclient-provider:number", but why not use the
>>address book?)
>>
>>Caveat - this patch doesn't have the random sleeps if the device is not
>>free (I have a dedicated line).

Okay. I've got sms_client working nicely, except that Telstra's modem seems
a bit dogdy and half the time the transmission fails (Vodafone's works 100%
no problems). Will Big Brother know when a message has failed and then
command sms_client to try again?

The problem with Telstra's modem, by the way, is the connection. When I
call the number, 018018767, with a normal phone, it doesn't ring at all,
instead it makes a bad crackling sound and then the modem answers.... I'll
try calling telstra about it but I think i've got bukleys of speaking to
the right person!!!

cheers

jesse


--
      Jesse Reynolds - Virtual Artists Pty Ltd - http://www.va.com.au
            Email: jesse (at) va.com.au        - http://virtual.artists


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
To unsubscribe from this list, or to subscribe to the bb-digest list
send e-mail to mailto:majordomo@bb4.com with unsubscribe bb -and/or-
subscribe bb-digest in the BODY of the message.