Need help in programming automatic instant messages in a 3320

[jessica]

Hi everyone!
I work for a power transmission company and I'm developing an application in VB which must send a text message to several Nokia 3320's whenever there is an event in a substation. I started using Telcel's site (which is the provider in Mexico) but Telcel changed its site and therefore the link I was using does not work anymore. I hate the idea of depending on their site to send the messages and having to look for the well hidden link that sends messages thru the web, so I was wondering if there is a way to program a cell phone which works along with the computer where I'm running this program, so that the program sends the message to the phone through infrared or whatever is possible and make this phone forward the message automatically.

I would really appreciate any kind of help

Regards,
Jessica

[ameixoeiro]

why don't you try using smartsms? if i'm not mistaken, it can send messages to several numbers..
reagards
ameixoeiro..

[wumpus]

Why not use a phone as SMS modem? it would make you entirely independent of the internet or any site for sending them.

[jessica]

That's exactly what I'm looking for. I need to do something similar to the application that comes with the MA-620 USB Infrared Adapter, except that my messages are generated automatically depending on the data that comes from the substation. In other words I neet to:

1. Read the phone numbers and message from the SQL Server DB (this is no problem)
2. Send these messages to the phone (my problem starts here)
3. Make the phone send them automatically.

Is this possible??? How can I do this? Is there a tutorial or something like that where I can find this information? I have no experience on these issues, so please excuse me if I'm asking dumb questions

Jessica

[slikmik]

of course its possible

incorporating vb6 and mbus commands is fair simple

search for vb6 or mbus especially in software section

All ok material

im sure you'll figure it out

failing that check gnokii

Mike

[wumpus]

gammu can be called from the command line to send an SMS, quite easily, and it's open source too

[jessica]

Thanx a lot guys!

I had no idea there was so much information about this, and neither that there were open source tools and apps in linux. I'm sure I'll find something here, and surely have a lot of material to study.

Regards,
Jessica