The eG Installation Guide - eG Innovations

Configuring the eG Manager to Send SMS Alerts
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The other requirements pertaining to GSM modems include:
o A GSM modem can be a dedicated modem device with a serial or USB
connection.
o The GSM modem has to be placed in a location where the signal
strength is good. Measure the signal strength by connecting to the
modem using HyperTerminal utility available in Windows and issue the
below command:
AT+CSQ
The output format of the command will be in the below format
+CSQ ,
In the output, represents the received signal strength indicator
and denotes the channel bit error rate.
While the value of 15 and above indicates strong signal strength,
a value below 10 will not guarantee SMS delivery.
The output +CSQ 99,99 indicates the modem is not registered with the
mobile network.
Mobile SIM card with valid subscription for outgoing SMS;
The eG license should enable the SMS Alerting capability.
7.1.2 Verifying the Proper Setup of the NowSMS Lite Software
Once the NowSMS Lite is installed and setup, check whether SMS can be sent using its web interface.
For this purpose, open the browser from the eG manager host, and launch the following URL:
http://:/?PhoneNumber=
&Text=
A sample URL will be:
Note:
http://192.168.1.25:8800/?PhoneNumber=9840098011&Text=eGAlarms
The Windows 2008 server does not come with the Hyperterminal
utility. The utility can be copied from any of the existing Windows
2003 servers and executed on the Windows 2008 server. Files
related to this utility are hpertrm.exe and hypertrm.dll.
If the PhoneNumber configured in the URL receives the SMS alert with the configured Text, it is a clear
indicator that the web interface of the NowSMS Lite software is functioning without a glitch.
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