Operating system name and version: Linux, Debian Squeeze
Version of smsd: 3.1.14
Smsd installed from: sources
Name and model of a modem / phone: Siemens Cinerion MC55i
Interface: rs232 serial connection over a usb<->serial dongle

Hi... I apologize in advance if I am asking a question that has aldready had an answer. If so, my google-fu is not strong enough.

Is there a way to configure smstools3 (via Voicecall parameter) to time out, and hang up after X many seconds, regardless if someone answers or not?

The idea being: We are running monitoring system at work, Nagios. And we have people on call 24/7. There are certain events that we want to notify, not only with sms, but also with a phone call. And in order to reach as many people as we can in as short a span of time as possible, I have the idea of: send sms out, then phone the person in question - letting the phone ring for 10-15 seconds, hang up, and move to the next recipient. (For our settings, this would be sufficient.)

I have been playing a bit around with the Voicecall parameters, currently with:
voicecall_cpas = yes
voicecall_ignore_modem_response = yes
voicecall_hangup_ath = yes

(using the defaults, with no explicit settings made no changes.)

The "spool-file" I created looks like:
To: +XXXXXXXXX
Voicecall: yes

TONE: TIME: 5 2 #

But no go. I haven't found out yet, how I can get my modem to hangup while dialing, after a timeout.

Am I missing something obvious?

Cheers, and thanks in advance.

With default settings, TIME: n should hang up the call properly. However, if voicecall_cpas or voicecall_clcc is used, timeout is not handled in the current version. Right now I'm unable to check and test this issue, but will do it as soon as I can.

After changing any settings in smsd.conf, you surely have restarted the smsd, right?

Yes, I run the smsd with the -t switch, and I press CTRL-C in between, so yes.

When I had no explicit settings for "voicecall*" (voicecall_cpas / voicecall_clcc), the timeout didn't work either.

I tried the following in minicom (when smsd was not running)
ATDTxxxxxxxxxx;

and the phone rang. I then pressed <enter> and I got a hangup, in minicom. If this helps?

Thanks for a speedy answer for a smstool newbie :-)

Cheers, and thanks,
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EinarI

Ok... I found out a solution. Not quite clear, and it seems I just missed trying that one.

I changed the "spoolfile" to have contents like:

To: +XXXXXXXX
Voicecall: yes

TIME: 10


That is, I changed the content from: "TONE: TIME: 5 2 #" to simply: "TIME: 10"
and that seems to have worked :-)

Thanks again :-)

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EinarI

You have increased the timeout, and with the new content smsd will play default tones, if a call is answered. The content "TONE: TIME: 10 2 #" should also work as expected. I think that you could re-run tests, with loglevel = 7, and very carefully check from the log what is happening.

With default settings, 3.1.14 does the following:



In this case the result is empty in the log, and "Result: OK" is written to the sent file. This will be changed in the next version, in this case the result will be "Timeout". Also the timeout will work with voicecall_cpas and voicecall_clcc too.

If you want to apply the patch, here it is. Save the following as /tmp/patch, then cd smstools3/src and run patch < /tmp/patch. Then recompile and test...

Is this issue still active?

Hi, and sorry for a late reply.

No, this issue has been resolved successfully :-)

What was confusing me was the docs... when I read them, they seemed to imply that the use of the 'voicecall' parameter should have a body like:

TONE: TIME: 15 2

Where in fact, it was sufficient for me to use:

TIME: 20

to get my results.

But, I'm a happy camper now, and next step for me is to write a bit around the event handler, and work a bit with the statistics provided :-)

So, I'm a happy camper, and thank you very much for your assistance in this matter.
And thanks for following through as well.

Cheers,
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EinarI