SMS to PC software.
March 11, 2011 1:40 AM Subscribe
I need some software that reads SMS messages from a SIM Dongle and pushes the result to a webpage. Any recommendations?
At the moment I've got a piece of hastily written VB reading messages from a SIM card in PCMCIA card on a knackered laptop which throws SMS messages at a webpage on a computer in my study.
The problem is that the VB is old and rubbish (and I've lost the source code), the PCMCIA card is damaged and the laptop is dying from old age. It's time to move on.
So - can anyone recommend some software (preferably cheap or free) that takes SMS messages (and possibly MMS ones) from a USB dongle? At the minimum it would need to put the content in a text file, but if it could throw the data at a web page or interface to MySQL then all the better.
There are lots of results on Google - I'm specifically looking for solutions people have used or solutions from developers you know and trust.
At the moment I've got a piece of hastily written VB reading messages from a SIM card in PCMCIA card on a knackered laptop which throws SMS messages at a webpage on a computer in my study.
The problem is that the VB is old and rubbish (and I've lost the source code), the PCMCIA card is damaged and the laptop is dying from old age. It's time to move on.
So - can anyone recommend some software (preferably cheap or free) that takes SMS messages (and possibly MMS ones) from a USB dongle? At the minimum it would need to put the content in a text file, but if it could throw the data at a web page or interface to MySQL then all the better.
There are lots of results on Google - I'm specifically looking for solutions people have used or solutions from developers you know and trust.
Seconding that you're likely better off using a specialist provider rather than your own SIM. If you can't use Google Voice, a couple of UK companies worth a look are AQL and Intellisoftware. Both of these sell outgoing SMS, but also provide a number of methods of receiving SMS or MMS and delivering them appropriately. HTH.
posted by dirm at 4:15 PM on March 11, 2011
posted by dirm at 4:15 PM on March 11, 2011
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I used google a voice number to receive text messages and publish results to a website. I did this in a fairly stupid way by forwarding the messages via email and using a perl script to parse the email messages and dump to MySQL from there. But I suspect there might be some API or google gears way to do it.
I also learned that the google voice numbers have an (unpublished) limit of 300 sent messages per day. So this might not work out for you depending on the volume of messages you're dealing with.
posted by j03 at 2:19 AM on March 11, 2011