SMS and domotic software (homeseer)

[TANE]

I'm just sending e-mails..from my pocketpc
e-mail can do the same..and don't cost any thing..

[drmacchi]

Hi Chak, yes you're right about emails. In fact i receive emails from HS to my job-workstation. The problem i that i don't have UMTS or similar phone and receiving emails on GSM (italian) phone are more expensive than a voipbuster solution.
So i agree with Stevexyz asking you domotica-Boss , what about gsm-phone -> Homeseer? Is there a light, a way ?
Cheers, lorenzo

[Snelvuur]

i have a phone hooked to my linux pc using smsd, i can use homeseer to talk to a url and send out the sms. I use it mostly to get a sms when there is a speeding camera on my route to work. All automated under linux, but i ques you dont want a linux box if you have windows.

Dont forget there are tons of tools for windows that you can take a old nokia phone and hook it up. Which also give you email/web option to send it.

// Erik (binkey.nl)

[Noel]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Digit</i>
<br />@Lorenzo:

Chak already answered[:)]

I don't use Homeseer, i'm not able to SMS yet, but it should be very easy to do from my own software. I was just in the process of looking at the possibilities of web-based SMS when your topic popped up[:)]

All i have to do is pass a URL like

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http://myaccount.voipbuster.com/clx/sendsms.php?username=xx&password=xx&from=xx&to=xx&text=Blabla

to a HTTPClient class.

I'm going to make the SMS-client this evening, so give me your number and i'll send you SMS when it's finished...[:D]

[drmacchi]

Hi Chak, i did all, it works perfectly! A question: should it be free? Because i sent 3 sms totally free, but on voipbuster.com there are sms /rates! i don't understand, is there a free/sms bonus as startup?
Then a technical question, after HS has sms sent , there's an open window of Eplorer, which is the code to close that window?
thanks a lot again!
lorenzo

[Digit]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by wifi</i>
<br />
It's

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http<b>s</b>://myaccount.voipbuster.com/clx/sendsms.php?username=xx&password=xx&from=xx&to=xx&text=Blabla

(note the http<b>S</b>).
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Forgot the s, but it knew it. Thanks anyway!

[b_weijenberg]

Lorenzo,

in chapter 9.9 you will find a script example how send an SMS without having an open Explorer screen afterwards:
http://www.rfxcom.com/documents/hspi_RFXCOM.pdf

Bert

[drmacchi]

Hi Bert, you're not on holiday, are you? I have to purchase "my " rfxcom tx+rec . was waiting the end of the month to be sure to receive all (because of damn "fuc.." italian post services)

[Digit]

With voipbuster SMS service and 50 lines of code:

[drmacchi]

Great job! can someone explain me why i can send sms with voipbuster from HS , totally free! I'm not sad about that , but i don't want receive nightmare invoices in the future.... Thanks!

[Digit]

Lorenzo,

I can see my Voipbuster credits decrease 0,05 with every SMS sent.
Testing costed me 0,45
Login to your Voipbuster account and have a look at your credits.
You DID create an account, did you?[:)]

[drmacchi]

Robert, yes i did! I have user and password, created the script in Homeseer to send sms , in voipbuster user account i have:

Remaining credit:
0.00 (buy more)
I DID NOT BUY ANY CREDIT.

and this is ctrlC/ctrlV of my sms sent by HSRecent Calls Go to all calls

Date Time Number called Duration Amount
2008-08-22 20:21:38 UrlSMS to +3932xxxxxxxx 00:00:00 FREE!
2008-08-22 19:52:17 UrlSMS to +3932xxxxxxxx 00:00:00 FREE!
2008-08-22 19:49:57 UrlSMS to +3932xxxxxxxx 00:00:00 FREE!

You see, they're free, i don't understand!

:

[Noel]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by drmacchi</i>
<br />Robert, yes i did! I have user and password, created the script in Homeseer to send sms , in voipbuster user account i have:

Remaining credit:
0.00 (buy more)
I DID NOT BUY ANY CREDIT.

and this is ctrlC/ctrlV of my sms sent by HSRecent Calls Go to all calls

Date Time Number called Duration Amount
2008-08-22 20:21:38 UrlSMS to +3932xxxxxxxx 00:00:00 FREE!
2008-08-22 19:52:17 UrlSMS to +3932xxxxxxxx 00:00:00 FREE!
2008-08-22 19:49:57 UrlSMS to +3932xxxxxxxx 00:00:00 FREE!

You see, they're free, i don't understand!
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I think with Voipbuster you get 15 free SMS'ses per 7 days
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[Noel]

This is what I found on the VB forum:<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Limitations:

* Maximum 15 free sms per seven days, measured per username and unique IP address. Unused free sms cannot be taken to the following week(s).
* After three months you have to buy credit again to send free SMS<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">--
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[TANE]

Viopbuster is sometimes free in some country's...other days your credits will shrink..sometime 25 euro cent per sms.
I did use it for about 2 months.
Not all the sms messages will arrive all the time.

Did not found any logic in there sms rates


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