is it possible to send sms via labview?

[WeberM]

hello,

is it possible to send sms via labview?

[tst]

Obviously, LV itself can't send an SMS message. You need a device connected to the cellular network to do this. So, you need to talk to that device. There are several ways - use LV to connect to a web site offering this and send the message through that site, use a cellular modem which accepts serial AT commands and connect it to the computer or use a cellular modem with a DLL interface. Which path do you want to take? If you have no hardware for this, try searching google for GSM toolbox. It's supposed to be a collection of VIs which let you do this.

[MarkusW]

Hello,

her are some links in the forum for this question:

Nokia
http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=80631

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=73366

AT
http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=3933



You can remote control your handy with AT-commands. The manufacturer of your handy gives you a list of all commands. You can search on the homepage of the manufacturer for your model.

[Tom_Gloor]

Like already mentioned the easiest way is to use a mail to SMS gateway service. Most companies offer such a service to convert traditional EMails to send SMS to mobile phones. In LabView you then can use the EMail vi's to send the mail to the mail to sms gateway service. Usually the most tricky thing is to find out the correct server names to specify. The best si to try using the service first without LabView. In many cases you get a confirmation sent to your mail account. From this confirmation you can see the server name from where it comes. This the will become part of your destination mail address. In my case this is sms.switch.ch and the the destination address is CellPhoneNumber@sms.switch.ch . The mail to sms gateway service sms.switch.ch only works with Universities in Switzerland connected to this service. But I am sure that similar services are aviable all over the world.