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8. SMS mode
8.1 Sending SMSs
Every sensor and output can be configured to send an SMS when its status changes.
The sensors and outputs can be configured via the Telnet menu (“Sensor Units >
Unit xyz > Sensor abc > Send SMS”) or your web browser. Every sensor / output
must be assigned a specially formatted string, e.g. 1&2&4 means that the SMS is
sent to the target call numbers 1, 2, and 4.
The sent SMS has the following structure:
Date/time
System ID and name
Unit name and number
Sensor/output name
Status report (e.g. “Alarm too high/low”, etc.)
Example:
28/02/2002 14:33 ‘CMC-TC Development Enclosure 1 (01): Temperature sensor: too high’
This SMS is sent to one or more target call numbers. These can be for mobile
phones or any fixed network subscribers. When no SMS terminal has been
registered at the fixed network socket, a special service (D1-Service) provides a
digital voice to read out the SMS by telephone.
Please bear in mind that the processing unit can store max sixteen unsent SMS
messages. SMS messages are sent in the order they are received. Bear in mind
that each SMS takes about fifteen seconds to send. When more than sixteen SMS
messages are pending, all further outgoing SMS messages will be deleted.
