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SMS Gateway

Take a look at 

https://learn.adafruit.com/network-interface-failover-using-fona

If you want to see what Alan is talking about.  I?ve not used the Adafruit card, yet.  But it?s on my hacking list of to-do.  

johno



> On Sep 14, 2015, at 11:08 AM, A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>> Today we use a product from MultiTech Systems call MultiModem iSMS to send SMS text messages from our monitoring system to our on call staff.  This is a 2G product and we need to replace it soon. I know there are more generic cellular modems that can do texting if you are willing to put in the effort, the product we use currently though has a simple HTTP based API specifically to send SMS. Is anybody out there using something similar that can work on 3G or 4G networks?
> 
> we have a Linux box with a 3G device attached via serial port. some
> local scripts and a lookup table - sends SMS alerts for monitoring to
> the required people. very basic, very simple. RaspberryPI territory.
> 
> alan