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The eG Installation Guide - eG Innovations

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Configuring the <strong>eG</strong> Manager to Send SMS Alerts<br />

7.1.3 Configuring the <strong>eG</strong> Manager to Work with NowSMS Lite<br />

Once the NowSMS lite is setup, <strong>eG</strong> manager can be configured to send out SMS alerts using the web<br />

interface of NowSMS lite.<br />

To achieve this, do the following:<br />

Edit the eg_services.ini file in the \manager\config directory.<br />

Define a URL against the NowSmsUrl parameter in the [SMS_SERVER] section of the file in the<br />

format shown below.<br />

NowSmsUrl=http://:/?PhoneNumber=&Text=<br />

A sample configuration is shown below:-<br />

[SMS_SETTINGS]<br />

NowSmsUrl=http://192.168.1.25:8800/?PhoneNumber=&Text=<br />

Once the NowSmsUrl is set, save the file.<br />

7.2 Integrating the <strong>eG</strong> Manager with the <strong>eG</strong> SMS Manager<br />

7.2.1 Architecture of the <strong>eG</strong> SMS Manager<br />

As and when problems occur in the environment, the <strong>eG</strong> manager generates alarms to monitor users.<br />

If a monitor user has been configured to receive the alarm information via SMS, then the <strong>eG</strong> manager<br />

forwards the alarms to the <strong>eG</strong> SMS manager. <strong>The</strong> <strong>eG</strong> SMS manager then transmits the alarm<br />

information to the monitor user’s mobile phone, using a GSM (Global System for Mobile<br />

communication) 7.07 compliant modem. Figure 7.2 depicts how the <strong>eG</strong> SMS manager works.<br />

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