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This notebook was
specifically developed in order to provide information and
education about cell phone text messaging.
The information within is
intended to provide useful circuits and theory to
non-technical individuals.
The content of this publication is not intended to be a
complete works of circuits and techniques.
The KB8WOW Text Message
Gateway program has been designed to fulfill a variety of
needs by providing the following functionality.
- Send preconfigured and
ad-hoc text messages
- Send the text messages
to any email capable account and device, primarily cell
phones
- Send text messages to
individuals and groups of individuals
- Send text messages to
individuals and groups regardless of cell phone
providers
- Send text messages
triggered by radio control or on a preconfigured
schedule
- Report the status of the
radio interface and the system on a daily and real-time
basis
- Use the program as a
text message gateway or as a stand-alone
application
- Provide detailed logs of
system activity and system configuration changes
Before we get started, here
are some basic Q&A's about cell phone text messaging and
text message gateways.
Q. What is a text message gateway?
A. A text message gateway is
a device that can be remotely activated via radio (simplex
or repeater {repeated or call up macro}) or by other remote
or local means, that will send text messages to one or more
cell phones, alpha-numeric pagers or regular Email accounts.
Q. Why would you want to send text messages to groups of
people?
A. There are many reasons.
- To remind club members
about a net or a club meeting.
- To alert the activation
of an A.R.E.S. or Skywarn net.
- To notify emergency
response team members of an event.
Q. I already have a radio, why use other devices?
A. Many individuals use cell
phones, pagers, and computers for personal and/or
professional communication. Individuals that are serious
about emergency response use these devices for the times
that they can't listen to a radio, yet have the need for
notification of potential or immediate activation.
You don't need the radio interface to use the software on a
personal computer and get powerful features like:
- Send a cell phone text
message to anyone - right now!
- Configure up to 8 Groups
of cell phone text message recipients - and the
recipients don't have to be on the same network!
- Any Recipient or Group
message can be pre-configured or ad-hoc!
- Group messages can be
scheduled on by:
- Every Day at a
predetermined time
- Every Weekday at a
predetermined time
- Every Week on a
predetermined day of the week and at a predetermined
time
- Every Month on a
predetermined week of the month and a predetermined
day of the week and at a predetermined time
The specifics of cell
phone texting are not covered in this notebook, however, the
page explaining Cell
Phone Text Message Basics will provide some insight to the
subject.
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