gsmsmsd reads new incoming SMS from the mobile phone and
dispatches them to a user-defined action. Additionally it can send SMS
message that it reads from a spooldir.
gsmsmsd attaches itself to the device given on the command
line (usually an GSM modem) using the specified baudrate and
waits for incoming SMS messages. If no device is given, the
device /dev/mobilephone is used. If no baudrate is given, a
default baud rate of 38400 is used.
If no action is given, the SMS message is printed to the standard
output. If an action is specified the action is excecuted using the
shell and the SMS message is written to the standard input of the action.
gsmsmsd needs one empty storage slot for SMS messages in the
mobile phone, otherwise SMS reception will not work. The SMS store to
use for temporary storage of incoming SMS can be selected using the
--store option, otherwise the ME default store is used.
To terminate gsmsmsd cleanly (without losing SMS messages) one
should send either SIGINT (CTRL-C on the command line) or SIGTERM to
the process.
Error messages are printed to the standard error output. If the program
terminates on error the error code 1 is returned.
sms_type may be any combination of:
sms, no_sms
Controls reception of normal SMS messages.
cb, no_cb
Controls reception of cell broadcast messages.
stat, no_stat
Controls reception of status reports.
The default is sms, cb, and stat.
OPTIONS
-aaction, --actionaction
The action to execute for each incoming SMS message. If no action
is given the SMS is written to the standard output.
-bbaudrate, --baudratebaudrate
The baud rate to use.
-cconcatenatedID, --concatenateconcatenatedID
If an ID is given, large SMSs are split into several, concatenated
SMSs. All SMSs have the same ID and are numbered consecutively so that
the receiving phone can assemble them in the correct order. IDs must
be in the range 0..255. This number is increased by one for every
outgoing concatenated SMS and wraps around after 255.
Not all receiving phones will support
concatenated SMSs (and display them as separate SMSs),
since all the numbering and ID information is
carried in the user data header element at the beginning of the SMS
user data. This information may show up as garbage in such phones.
-Cservice centre address, --scaservice centre address
Sets the service centre address to use for all SUBMIT SMSs (may not
work with some phones).
-ddevice, --devicedevice
The device to which the GSM modem is connected. The default is
/dev/mobilephone.
-D, --direct
Enables direct routing of incoming SMS messages to the TE. This is not
supported by many mobile phone/GSM modem combinations. Therefore, the
default is to store incoming SMS temporarily before processing them in
the indicated store.
-f, --flush
This option causes gsmsmsd to flush (ie. read and erase)
existing SMS messages from
the SMS store selected by the --store option. The action given
by the --action option is executed on each of the flushed
SMS. This option should be used to ensure that enough space is
available in the SMS store for temporary storage of incoming SMS,
otherwise incoming SMS might be ignored silently by the ME.
-h, --help
Prints an option summary.
-Iinit string, --initinit string
Initialization string to send to the TA (default: "E0"). Note that the
sequence "ATZ" is sent first.
-r, --requeststat
Request status reports for sent SMS. Note: This option only makes
sense if the phone supports routing of status reports to the
TE. Otherwise the status reports might show on the phone's display or
get lost.
-sspool directory, --spoolspool directory
This option sets the spool directory where gsmsmsd expects SMS
messages to send. The format of SMS files is very simple: The first
line contains the phone number of the recipient. Everything else after
the first line is interpreted as the SMS text. Please refer to
gsmsendsms(1)
for details on the SMS text character set and maximum length.
gsmsmsd polls the spool directory every 5 seconds. Sent
SMS message files are removed.
-tSMS store name, --storeSMS store name
The name of the SMS store to read from (for the --flush option)
or write to (for temporary SMS storage). This option must
be must be used in conjunction with the --flush option. If this
option is omitted the ME uses it's default SMS store for temporary
storage of incoming SMS. A commonly available message
store is "SM" (SIM card).
-v, --version
Prints the program version.
-X, --xonxoff
Uses software handshaking (XON/XOFF) for accessing the device.
EXAMPLES
The following invocation of gsmsmsd sends each incoming SMS message
as a mail to the user "smsadmin":
gsmsmsd -d /dev/ttyS2 -b 19200 -a "mail smsadmin"
This is the format of SMS deliver messages as output from gsmsmsd:
----------------------------------------------------------------
Message type: SMS-DELIVER
SC address: '491710762100'
More messages to send: 1
Reply path: 0
User data header indicator: 0
Status report indication: 0
Originating address: '01805000102'
Protocol identifier: 0x39
Data coding scheme: default alphabet
SC timestamp: 17.12.98 14:10:55(+0100)
User data length: 159
User data header: 0x
User data: 'Nicht vergessen! Die XtraWeihnachtsverlosung lauft
noch bis zum 24.12. Nutzen Sie jetzt Ihre Gewinnchance und faxen
Sie Ihren Teiln.-Gutschein an 0180/5000 056'
----------------------------------------------------------------
This is the format of SMS status report messages as output from gsmsmsd:
----------------------------------------------------------------
Message type: SMS-STATUS-REPORT
SC address: ''
More messages to send: 0
Status report qualifier: 0
Message reference: 0
Recipient address: ''
SC timestamp: 00.00.00 00:00:00(+0000)
Discharge time: 00.00.00 00:00:00(+0000)
Status: 0x0 'Short message received by the SME'
----------------------------------------------------------------
The following invocation of gsmsmsd flushes all existing
messages from the "SM" SMS store and looks in the "/tmp/spooldir"
directory for SMS to send:
Cell broadcast SMS message reception has not been tested, but it has
been enabled in the gsmsmsd daemon.
The mobile phone device is blocked when the gsmsmsd daemon is
running, ie. it cannot be used for data transfer or from the other
programs of this suite (gsmpb, gsmsms).
Report bugs to software@pxh.de. Include a complete, self-contained
example that will allow the bug to be reproduced, and say which
version of gsmsmsd you are using.
gsmsmsd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
version.
gsmsmsd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Library General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License along
with gsmsmsd; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.