Operating system name and version: Windows XP
Version of smsd: 3.1.11.
Smsd installed from: sources
Name and model of a modem / phone:sony ericsson gc79
Interface: serial

I am using this GSM modem. I have successfully installed cygwin and smstools. I have also extracted and install it by make command. Now i couldn't get the right way to configure smsd.conf file. I just want to send and receive bulk sms, using a single above mentioned modem, which is attached at comport8. I have successfully communicate with this modem using hyper terminal. Now, Please help me to configure "smsd.conf" file properly. I will be really grateful to you.
I have little knowledge about programming so please help me in simple words.

If you installed smstools using make install, there is a simple configuration file existing. Just edit the file /etc/smsd.conf and replace device = /dev/ttyS0 with device = /dev/com8.

Because in the cygwin there is no /etc/init.d directory, the installation said: "I do not know where to copy scripts/sms3. Please find out yourself." You could copy the smstools3/scripts/sms3 to /usr/local/bin directory. Then use a command sms3 start to start the daemon, and sms3 stop to stop it.

After smsd is started, use a command tail -100f /var/log/smsd.log to see how it works. You should not see any error messages.

Thanx alot for your quick response......!
I have successfully performed the suggested steps and now it working well...... would u please do me a one more favor please......please guide me to use it for sending and receiving more sms containing more than 160 characters (using pdu mode)
Thnx in advance........!

Margit wrote

......please guide me to use it for sending and receiving more sms containing more than 160 characters (using pdu mode)

Probably I did not understand you now...

There is autosplit setting for outgoing messages, and it defaults to "concatenated format". Just create a message with more than 160 characters, and multipart message is sent. In the receiving side, there is a setting internal_combine, which defaults to yes. Messages longer than 160 characters are combined internally, you will just get a single file into the incoming directory.

Actually wanna know the xact directories from which i can send and receive sms. how should i design an sms and where to place it and then from where shud i get the incoming sms.....Couldn't understand from the manual given in left
Please define in a bit simple manner.....Thanx ......!

I have done this by myself nd xtremly sorry for disturbing u for such an easy task.....!

If using ur application is such an easy task then y there are so many complex details mentioned in this configuration page???
i have plan to purchase this GSM Modem and start a bulk sms service so,
1) Please guide me is it preferable to use this GSM Modem with sms server tools???
2) What settings should I know from this configuration page, in order to run 8 sims simultaneously???

Margit wrote

If using ur application is such an easy task then y there are so many complex details mentioned in this configuration page???

I do not see any complex details in the configuration page...

There are differences between devices, and some devices need some extra settings. Also, lots of features have been added to this software and this has caused more options. There is version 2.x of smstools still available (www.meinemullemaus.de), if you need a software with less options...

Margit wrote

i have plan to purchase this GSM Modem and start a bulk sms service so,
1) Please guide me is it preferable to use this GSM Modem with sms server tools???

I have not used this device by myself. However, it looks like this device should work very well, at least when running on Linux. It has Multiport Serial PCI card, which surely provides independent serial port for each chip. This is required for smstools.

Margit wrote

2) What settings should I know from this configuration page, in order to run 8 sims simultaneously???

First you should know about your device, and then check every setting and decide if it's required or not .

Okay, as told, very simple configuration will work as a starting configuration, and you have already tested it. If there is something more required later, just apply the new setting.

You are running Windows XP (with Cygwin?) and you are talking about "bulk sms". This does not sound very good. I assume that you are going to give some 10000 - 100000, or even more SMS files to smstools, right? This will not work properly, because in WIndows (and Cygwin) the file system is very slow. Most of the time is spent in the file system delays. Your front-end application should give a reasonable number of files to smstools, for example not more than couple of hundred files at a time. Also, you should define independent queue for each modem (manual page).

The next version 3.1.12 will work better on Cygwin with lots of files (not many thousands), but still the delay of filesystem is remarkable. With eight modems and "bulk sms" you should first move to the Linux.

keke wrote

The next version 3.1.12 will work better on Cygwin with lots of files (not many thousands), but still the delay of filesystem is remarkable. With eight modems and "bulk sms" you should first move to the Linux.

That 3.1.12 is now released. You can test it on Cygwin, even without real modems connected (using a setting modem_disabled = yes).