3G Modem with SMS support

[geoffrey mendelson]

On 10/8/2013 1:06 PM, Rabin Yasharzadehe wrote:
> I am interested in buying a 3G modem to connect to some for our 
> servers, in order to get alerts by SMS, the idea is not to depend on 
> the infrastructure of the DC.
>
> I am looking for a modem supported under Linux (RH6), If someone has 
> already made his survey on this matter, or have proven experience on 
> the subject, I'd love to hear it.
>
> A nice feature but not required, is to be able to restart/initialize 
> the modem remotely if it get stuck.
>

Asterisk has both a Nokia (USB or Bluetooth) channel driver and a Huawei 
USB channel driver.

The Huawei driver, chan_dongle, allows you to make and receive calls and 
make and receive SMS messages.

You can send SMS messages from anything that can issue Asterisk 
commands, which is basically any task that can execute a command on the 
that computer.

If you buy a Huawei dongle look for one that allows you to connect an 
outside antenna. For example, my RSSI is 8 next to my computer, but with 
an external antenna 10 meter cable outside on a railing, it peaks at 24,.

Geoff.

-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ
Jerusalem Israel.



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