Paul Hartland
paul.hartland at googlemail.com
Sat Feb 15 05:18:46 CST 2014
Stuart, Sounds pretty good will look into that thank you. Paul On 14 February 2014 11:41, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote: > Ok, if you want to go with SMS from the device, your best bet is to instal > an SMS server on > your machine. I did a lot of work on premium rate SMS services a few > years using this: > > http://www.activexperts.com/mmserver/ > > but it is over kill in your situation. A quick google turned up this one: > > http://www.diafaan.com/ which looks as though it will do everything your > want and much > more. (Primarily, automatically log your incoming SMSs into SQL > Server/Access/MySQL etc > database) > > $195 for the Light version plus a GSM modem and SIM card and you are in > business. (and > you get a 30 day freee trial) > > GSM modems for $30-40 : http://www.ebay.com/bhp/usb-gsm-modem > > SIM card from your choice of carrier in your location: $???? > > > -- > Stuart > > On 14 Feb 2014 at 8:00, Paul Hartland wrote: > > > Stuart, > > > > I have looked at no 3 but don't want to mess with web servers at > > present as I just have a single PC that I use at home at present and > > not too clever on the security aspects etc as I know very little about > > networks, for a little test last year I installed apache on my machine > > and wrote a simple web page that people could see, but a network > > friend of mine said if I hadn't got an external firewall box then I am > > open to security risks. Anyway the reason I am looking at SMS to > > email or directly into database is because email will require a > > connection to wi-fi or mobile data where an SMS just requires a phone > > signal, but I have thought about a mobile app which will accept the > > code and message then when the user presses send, turns the mobile > > data on, sends the email and turns the mobile data off, but again this > > could result in cost to the phone user where I imagine the majority of > > people have unlimited texts nowadays plus you mention basic4android > > when I could not guarantee the phone would be android and could be > > blackberry, IOS, Windows phone or android, unless of course an > > application developed on basic4android would work on all those. Which > > brings me back to SMS which will convert into an email or some gateway > > where my application at the client site would scan every x seconds for > > new email and strip the contents out to a database, I did use a third > > party tool called SMS2Email at my last place of work for sending out > > SMS via email, but was hoping to avoid a third party for turning an > > SMS into an email. > > > > I am just stuck on the getting the data from any mobile device to the > > client site as the software for the client side I can develop in a > > couple of hours max. > > > > Paul > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Paul Hartland paul.hartland at googlemail.com