Device Settings for SMSgee Software

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Perform Searching Supported UMTS/GSM Device

Often is quite tricky to know whether which UMTS/GSM Device is supported. Starting from PC SMS Gateway Server version 4.2.5 and SMS Bulk Sender 2.0.1, the searching supported UMTS/GSM Device is done by the software to scan the all available COM Ports.

To perform searching supported GSM Device.

 

PC SMS Gateway Server:

  1. Select "Settings" on the Main Menu TaskBar.
  2. Select "SMS Server" tab. On the "Device" Section, "Add" device or "Edit" device to open "Device Settings".
  3. On the "Device Settings" select "Device Connection" tab. On "COM Port Settings" section click "Search Device..." to perform searching supported GSM Device. The message box will shown, click yes. The picture below is illustration of the result the searching supported UMTS/GSM device
  4. Select the device that you want to use, then click select.
  5. Click OK to save Device Settings.

PC SMS Bulk Sender:

  1. Click "Settings"on Taskbar Main Menu
  2. On "Device and Database Settings" Tab, click "Search Device". The confirmation for perform "Searching Supported Device" will shows up, click yes to perform "Searching Supported Device".
  3. Searching process takes time about 120 second.
  4. The Supported Device list will shows up after the Searching process finished.
  5. The All ComPort Scan result list shows all the connected device on COM port.

 

 

In some cases the supported device is undetected using "Search Device" function although it has been properly connected to PC, this happen because the "Search Device" function is not trying all available combinations of "Port Speed" and "Flow Control", then the device should be set manually.

Searching Supported Device

Picture 1. Searching Supprted Device Result

 

Settings Device Manually

PC SMS Gateway Server:

  1. Select "Settings" on the Main Menu TaskBar.
  2. Select "SMS Server" tab. On the "Device" Section, "Add" device or "Edit" device to open "Device Settings".
  3. On the "Device Settings" select "Device Connection" tab.
    • On "COM Port Settings" section, set the "PortName" from list or type the "Port Name" (e.g: COM1).
    • On "COM Port Settings" section, click "Advanced settings"  to set "Port Speed" and "Flow Control".
  4. Click OK to save Device Settings.

PC SMS Bulk Sender:

  1. Click "Settings"on Taskbar Main Menu.
  2. On Device and Database Settings Tab select "Port Name" from list or type the "Port Name" (e.g: COM1).
  3. Click "Detailed Settings" to set another parameter. The "Device Settings" window will shows up, click "Advanced settings"  to set "Port Speed" and "Flow Control".

 

To connecting the Device , the "Device Settings" COM Port, Port Speed and Flow Control should be set correctly, these settings are :

Advance Port Settings

Picture 2. Device Settings

 

  1. COM Port. Set "Port Name" , set the COM ports to the device attached to. To see which port the device attached to , could be found on Windows Control Panel "Phone and Modem Options" , or Control Panel Device Manager "Ports (COM & LPT)", the picture are shown on Picture 3 and Picture 4 respectively.
  2. Port Speed and Flow Control. On "Device Settings", Click "Advanced Settings" to set "Advanced Port Settings", Port Speed and Flow Control. (this settings usually found on UMTS/GSM Device Manual).

 

Phone and Modem Options

Picture 3 . Modems on Phone and Modem Options

 

Device Manager Ports COM & LPT

Picture 4 . Ports (COM & LPT) on Device Manager.

 

Error Message When Connecting To The Device

 

Error Message Number Message Description
4000 Device is not found Could not be connecting the device on specified COM port
4001 Device is not responding The device has been connected but now is not responding.
4050 Device is not support Send SMS in PDU Mode Connected device not support Send SMS in PDU mode (The SMSgee software only support device which has Send SMS in PDU mode capability)
4051 Device is not support Read SMS in PDU Mode Connected device not support Read SMS in PDU mode (The SMSgee software only support device which has Read SMS in PDU mode capability)
4052 Device SMS Memory is not Detected Connected device doesn't have any SMS Memory (The SMSgee software only support device which has at least one SMS memory)

 

 

Receive SMS Options

Device Settings Receive SMS

  • Enable load Inbox SMS from device.

Enabled this option to load SMS from device.

  • Load unread only.

Enabled this option to load only unread SMS from device.

  • Save to database.

Enabled this option to save loaded SMS from device to SMS database.

  • Check Inbox on device intervally.

Perform checking received SMS on device periodecally whether new received SMS on device.

  • Override SMS memory type detection (AT+CPMS).

Override SMS memory type used for loading SMS from device.
       

  • Override Phonebook memory type detection (AT+CPBS).

Override phonebook memory type for loading contact from device.

 

 

Send SMS Options

Device Settings Send SMS Options

  • Enable send SMS

Set this option to enable send SMS.
      

  • Ratio between send and receive.

Ratio between send SMS and load SMS from the device.

 

  • Message signature.

Appended text on end of the SMS message.