FW: Setting up test environment with SMS and SMPP capabilities?

[Chris S. Sterling]

We have a set an existing application server which is incredibly complex (13 different programming languages involved) and inflexible (elaborate coupling of sub-systems).  Anyways, we were looking to remove our dependency during development from external SMSC user accounts and phone-driven testing of the device client to application server communication.

 

During today, I have configured Kannel on a local server to be a WAP and SMS gateway.  While trying to setup the SMPP gateway to the fake SMSC I found that I am not able to create the binding.  Here are my configurations of the SMPP gateway and fake SMSC:

 

# Fake SMSC running on port 13600
group = smsc
smsc = fake
port = 13600
connect-allow-ip = 127.0.0.1

 

# SMPP Gateway with Fake SMSC
group = smsc
smsc = smpp
host = localhost
port = 13600
receive-port = 13700
smsc-username = "me"
smsc-password = me
system-type = "VMA"
address-range = ""

 

I think that I am either doing something entirely backwards or there is no ability to hook up the SMPP gateway without providing a real SMSC implementation (or both?).  The latter would kind of defeat the purpose of this exercise and we need to find another solution.

 

Does anybody know how to setup a local environment using device emulators, SMSC, SMS GW, and SMPP GW?  Thanks.

 

Chris Sterling

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