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From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of user-72aa743f3dff@xymon.invalid
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 11:27 PM
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Subject: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?


Hi Guys,

Just wanna find out how I can get Xymon to send SMS.

Which tool I should run?

Which GSM modem(if that's the correct device) I should use?


Regards,

Oliver Zhang


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On 10 October 2011 11:27, <user-72aa743f3dff@xymon.invalid> wrote:

Hi Guys,

Just wanna find out how I can get Xymon to send SMS.

Which tool I should run?

Which GSM modem(if that's the correct device) I should use?


Regards,

Oliver Zhang


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Have you thought about using ipages?  Have it just send an email to
user-ba7f0c99312f@xymon.invalid or whatever your provider is.


Jamison Maxwell
p. XXX.XXX.XXXX
user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid


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Behalf Of user-72aa743f3dff@xymon.invalid
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To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?


Hi Guys,

Just wanna find out how I can get Xymon to send SMS.

Which tool I should run?

Which GSM modem(if that's the correct device) I should use?


Regards,

Oliver Zhang


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From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Carl Inglis
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 3:35 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?

This is something that's always amused me - if I've got an email2SMS
service set up, how do I get the SMS to tell me that my mail server or
mail provider or connectivity's gone down?

Personally I use SMS_Client to send SMS directly via the POTS for
critical alerts.

Regards,

Carl

  Carl Inglis  Systems Administrator

Rakon UK Limited
Dowsett House, Sadler Road, Lincoln LN6 3RS, United Kingdom
Tel: +XX (X)XXXX XXXXXX | Fax:+XX (X) XXXX XXXXXX | Mob: +44 (0) 7786 552915
user-96685bdc864b@xymon.invalid | www.rakon.com
Winner of the 2010 Lincolnshire Business of the Year Award

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From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On
Behalf Of Jamison Maxwell
Sent: 10 October 2011 05:04
To: user-72aa743f3dff@xymon.invalid; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?

Have you thought about using ipages?  Have it just send an email to
user-ba7f0c99312f@xymon.invalid or whatever your provider is.


Jamison Maxwell
p. XXX.XXX.XXXX
user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid


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Behalf Of user-72aa743f3dff@xymon.invalid
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 11:27 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?


Hi Guys,

Just wanna find out how I can get Xymon to send SMS.

Which tool I should run?

Which GSM modem(if that's the correct device) I should use?


Regards,

Oliver Zhang


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On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Smith, Jim <user-dc30f243a817@xymon.invalid>wrote:

It isn't SMS, but I use a freeware package called "qpage" to send text
alerts.  You just have to get the providers for your cell phones/pagers to
give you their "TAP" number.  Fortunately, all of mine are Verizon.
Don't know if this thing is still out there on the 'net, though.  I've had
it for years.

Jim Smith

-----Original Message-----
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf
Of Carl Inglis
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 3:35 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?

This is something that's always amused me - if I've got an email2SMS
service set up, how do I get the SMS to tell me that my mail server or
mail provider or connectivity's gone down?

Personally I use SMS_Client to send SMS directly via the POTS for
critical alerts.

Regards,

Carl

 Carl Inglis
Systems Administrator

Rakon UK Limited
Dowsett House, Sadler Road, Lincoln LN6 3RS, United Kingdom
Tel: +XX (X)XXXX XXXXXX | Fax:+XX (X) XXXX XXXXXX | Mob: +44 (0) 7786
552915
user-96685bdc864b@xymon.invalid | www.rakon.com
Winner of the 2010 Lincolnshire Business of the Year Award

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-----Original Message-----

From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On
Behalf Of Jamison Maxwell
Sent: 10 October 2011 05:04
To: user-72aa743f3dff@xymon.invalid; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?

Have you thought about using ipages?  Have it just send an email to
user-ba7f0c99312f@xymon.invalid or whatever your provider is.


Jamison Maxwell
p. XXX.XXX.XXXX
user-87d336c3dce6@xymon.invalid


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From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On
Behalf Of user-72aa743f3dff@xymon.invalid
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 11:27 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?


Hi Guys,

Just wanna find out how I can get Xymon to send SMS.

Which tool I should run?

Which GSM modem(if that's the correct device) I should use?


Regards,

Oliver Zhang


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Rakon UK Ltd is a limited company registered in England and Wales.
Registered Office: Dowsett House, Sadler Road, Lincoln LN6 3RS
Company Registration Number: 5128090.

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On 10-10-2011 10:35, Carl Inglis wrote:

This is something that's always amused me - if I've got an email2SMS
service set up, how do I get the SMS to tell me that my mail server or
mail provider or connectivity's gone down?

Personally I use SMS_Client to send SMS directly via the POTS for
critical alerts.

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Henrik Størner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:

On 10-10-2011 10:35, Carl Inglis wrote:

This is something that's always amused me - if I've got an email2SMS
service set up, how do I get the SMS to tell me that my mail server or
mail provider or connectivity's gone down?

Indeed ...

Personally I use SMS_Client to send SMS directly via the POTS for
critical alerts.

GSM modems in the form of USB sticks are extremely common around here
(don't know about the US, but I'd suspect you have them also). Stick one or
two of those on your Xymon server, and add a bit of software to interface it
via Xymon's "script" alert mechanism - voila, alerting that doesn't rely on
your Internet-connection or the availability of a mailserver.

I use the "smstools" package from Debian Linux to manage the GSM modem.
Works fine, only problem is that the modems have a bad habit of going into a
"sleep" mode that requires reloading the driver before they wake up.
Probably a specific hardware issue with these modems, but since I have a
work-around it isn't much of a problem.

For bonus points I interfaced with Postscript for a home-made mail->sms
gateway.


Regards,
Henrik

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On 10-10-2011 22:47, Ralph Mitchell wrote:

I've heard of people doing that using gnokii to talk over serial port to
an old Nokia phone.

On Oct 10, 2011, at 4:49 PM, Henrik Størner wrote:

On 10-10-2011 22:47, Ralph Mitchell wrote:
I've heard of people doing that using gnokii to talk over serial port to
an old Nokia phone.

Yep, did try that here at home. But our datacenter guys didn't like the
idea of a cell phone lying around in the bottom of my server rack.


Regards,
Henrik

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Henrik Størner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:

On 10-10-2011 22:47, Ralph Mitchell wrote:

I've heard of people doing that using gnokii to talk over serial port to
an old Nokia phone.

Yep, did try that here at home. But our datacenter guys didn't like the
idea of a cell phone lying around in the bottom of my server rack.

From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Mitchell
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 3:54 PM
To: Henrik Størner
Cc: Xymon mailinglist
Subject: Re: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Henrik Størner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
On 10-10-2011 22:47, Ralph Mitchell wrote:
I've heard of people doing that using gnokii to talk over serial port to
an old Nokia phone.

Yep, did try that here at home. But our datacenter guys didn't like the idea of a cell phone lying around in the bottom of my server rack.

I have the opposite problem - we're not allowed to plug in USB sticks, but I might get away with a phone on a serial port.  :-)

Ralph


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From:	Vernon Everett <user-b3f8dacb72c8@xymon.invalid>
To:	user-72aa743f3dff@xymon.invalid
Cc:	xymon at xymon.com
Date:	10/10/2011 03:04 PM
Subject:	Re: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?


If you don't have hardware to send SMS yourself, look around at your local
Telcos and ISPs.
Many of these companies, for a small fee, offer an email to SMS service.
Here, we have a facility where we can use the unix mail system to send an
SMS via a local telco.
I then use something like
echo "$Message" | mailx ${myMobileNumber}@mytelco.com

Hope that helps.

Regards
      Vernon


On 10 October 2011 11:27, <user-72aa743f3dff@xymon.invalid> wrote:

  Hi Guys,

  Just wanna find out how I can get Xymon to send SMS.

  Which tool I should run?

  Which GSM modem(if that's the correct device) I should use?


  Regards,

  Oliver Zhang


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  confidential, subject to copyright and for the use of the intended
  recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient please delete this
  message after notifying the sender. Unauthorised retention, alteration or
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  guarantee that any communication is virus-free and accept no
  responsibility for virus contamination or other system loss or damage of
  any kind.
  

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On 10-10-2011 10:35, Carl Inglis wrote:

This is something that's always amused me - if I've got an email2SMS
service set up, how do I get the SMS to tell me that my mail server or
mail provider or connectivity's gone down?

Indeed ...

Personally I use SMS_Client to send SMS directly via the POTS for
critical alerts.

GSM modems in the form of USB sticks are extremely common around here
(don't know about the US, but I'd suspect you have them also). Stick one
or two of those on your Xymon server, and add a bit of software to
interface it via Xymon's "script" alert mechanism - voila, alerting that
doesn't rely on your Internet-connection or the availability of a
mailserver.

I use the "smstools" package from Debian Linux to manage the GSM modem.
Works fine, only problem is that the modems have a bad habit of going
into a "sleep" mode that requires reloading the driver before they wake
up. Probably a specific hardware issue with these modems, but since I
have a work-around it isn't much of a problem.

For bonus points I interfaced with Postscript for a home-made mail->sms
gateway.


Regards,
Henrik


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On Oct 10, 2011, at 17:00, "Smith, Jim" <user-dc30f243a817@xymon.invalid> wrote:

What?!?  “qpage” not complicated enough?  Sheesh!  It is easy-cheesy if your providers will give you their “TAP” phone number.  I’ve never had a problem with getting that info…just a few phone calls.  And all you need is a regular modem.

 
Jim Smith

 
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Mitchell
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 3:54 PM
To: Henrik Størner
Cc: Xymon mailinglist
Subject: Re: [Xymon] How to setup SMS service?

 
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Henrik Størner <user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid> wrote:

On 10-10-2011 22:47, Ralph Mitchell wrote:

I've heard of people doing that using gnokii to talk over serial port to
an old Nokia phone.

 
Yep, did try that here at home. But our datacenter guys didn't like the idea of a cell phone lying around in the bottom of my server rack.


I have the opposite problem - we're not allowed to plug in USB sticks, but I might get away with a phone on a serial port.  :-)

Ralph
 

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