NAME¶
gsmsendsms - SMS message sender utility
SYNOPSIS¶
gsmsendsms [
-b baudrate ] [
--baudrate
baudrate ] [
-c concatenatedID ] [
--concatenate
concatenatedID ] [
-C service centre address ] [
--sca service centre address ] [
-d device ] [
--device device ] [
-h ] [
--help ] [
-I
init string ] [
--init init string ] [
-r ] [
--requeststat ] [
-t ] [
--test ] [
-v ] [
--version ] [
-X ] [
--xonxoff ]
phonenumber [
text ]
DESCRIPTION¶
gsmsendsms sends SMS short messages using an GSM mobile phone.
gsmsendsms attaches itself to the
device given on the command line
(usually an GSM modem) using the specified
baudrate. If no
device is given, the device
/dev/mobilephone is used. If no
baudrate is given, a default baud rate of 38400 is used.
gsmsendsms accepts a phone number (recipient address) and the short
message text as parameters. The text may have a maximum length of 160
characters which is the maximum SMS message length. The GSM default alphabet
is used for encoding. ASCII and Latin-1 characters that can not be encoded
using the GSM default alphabet are converted to the GSM delta character (GSM
code 16).
Error messages are printed to the standard error output. If the program
terminates on error the error code 1 is returned.
OPTIONS¶
- -b baudrate, --baudrate baudrate
- The baud rate to use.
- -c concatenatedID, --concatenate
concatenatedID
- If an ID is given, large SMSs are split into several, concatenated SMSs.
All SMSs have the same ID and are numbered consecutively so that the
receiving phone can assemble them in the correct order. IDs must be in the
range 0..255. Not all receiving phones will support concatenated SMSs (and
display them as separate SMSs), since all the numbering and ID information
is carried in the user data header element at the beginning of the SMS
user data. This information may show up as garbage in such phones.
- -C service centre address, --sca service centre
address
- Sets the service centre address to use for all SUBMIT SMSs (may not work
with some phones).
- -d device, --device device
- The device to which the GSM modem is connected. The default is
/dev/mobilephone.
- -h, --help
- Prints an option summary.
- -I init string, --init init string
- Initialization string to send to the TA (default: "E0"). Note
that the sequence "ATZ" is sent first.
- -r, --requeststat
- Request status reports for sent SMS.
- -t, --test
- If this option is given the text is converted to the GSM default alphabet
and back to Latin-1. This option can be used to find out how ASCII or
Latin-1 texts are converted to the GSM default alphabet. Characters that
can not be converted to the GSM default alphabet are reported as ASCII
code 172 (Latin-1 boolean "not") after this double conversion.
No SMS messages are sent, a connection to a mobile phone is not
established.
- -v, --version
- Prints the program version.
- -X, --xonxoff
- Uses software handshaking (XON/XOFF) for accessing the device.
EXAMPLES¶
The following two invocations of
gsmsendsms each send the same SMS
message to the number "1234":
gsmsendsms -d /dev/ttyS2 -b 19200 1234 "This is a test."
echo "This is a test." | gsmsendsms -d /dev/ttyS2 -b 19200 1234
FILES¶
- /dev/mobilephone
- Default mobile phone device.
AUTHOR¶
Peter Hofmann <software@pxh.de>
BUGS¶
Report bugs to software@pxh.de. Include a complete, self-contained example that
will allow the bug to be reproduced, and say which version of
gsmsendsms you are using.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 1999 Peter Hofmann
gsmsendsms is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
version.
gsmsendsms is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more
details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License along
with
gsmsendsms; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
SEE ALSO¶
gsminfo(7), gsmpb(1), gsmctl(1), gsmsmsd(8),
gsmsmsstore(1).