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| dbennett9283 |
 Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:59 am Post subject: How to send text messages to mobile devices using WMB v6.1 |
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Hi,
I would like to know the easiest way to use Message Broker (v6.1) to send text messages to a mobile device. I've imported the Pager sample and used the debugger to analyze the message flow, but the output message simply writes the xml message to an MQOutput node. There is not a whole lot of documentation on the subject. In designing my application, I would probably start with a HTTPInput Node to expose a web service for handling the text message request. How would I route the message on the outbound, however? Any ideas? Is this the purpose of the SCADAOutput node? Are there any Redbooks or support pacs that address this need? |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:03 am Post subject: |
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What software / hardware are you using to actually transmit SMS?
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| dbennett9283 |
| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:12 am Post subject: |
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| Jeez - you're giving me an acronym right from the start. OK - SMS - some sort of messaging protocol, right? I can only speak to my Broker domain environment: AIX v5.3 w/MQ v6.0. Please enlighten me -- hypothetically, not knowing the specifics of my SMS protocol (because I don't know) how would I get the text messages out of the Broker message flow? |
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| WMBDEV1 |
| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:58 am Post subject: |
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SMS is Short Message Service and is used to send Text Messages (a quick search would have told you this).
Previously when I have implemented text messages we had an SMS gateway provided by a phone company (eg Orange / Vodafone). This gateway then has an interface specification that tells you how to invoke it to send the SMS message.
Previously we had to send an XML message over MQ but it depends on the suppliers interface. |
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| zpat |
| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:00 am Post subject: |
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| Quite often an Email gateway is provided to SMS and/or FAX so WMB 6.1 can generate an Email in the correct format and this will then arrive at the gateway and trigger the SMS. |
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| dbennett9283 |
| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:42 am Post subject: |
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| OK, so MQ is one possible connectivity protocol between Broker and SMS - which would be consistent with how the Pager sample is set up. It sounds very doable, with the non-persistent message flow following the basic model: HTTPInput Node => Mapping Node => MQOutput Node. Your feedback is much appreciated. |
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| vmcgloin |
| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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It is doable, but not until you know the specifics of who or what is going to actually send SMS message for you. You have been given one example already. But your message flow requirements will be determined by this provider.
In a flow I have been modifying this morning we update a database with data for sending messages from a message flow, then ETL software transforms that into a flat file at regular intervals, which is automatically FTP'ed to an SMS provider in the format they require.Naturally you could write a file and FTP from message broker if required too.
(I am not familiar with the Pager example you refer to though) |
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