one more thing. in order for kannel to read messages that are stored in the modem's memory, you need to enable sim-buffering. this is nice if you get messages and kannel is not running for some reason. when it comes back up, it will process all the messages.
group = smsc smsc = at modemtype = siemens_mc75 device = /dev/ttyACM0 sim-buffering = true On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 18:35, Yaw Anokwa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i've been struggling to get kannel to work with a fairly popular sms > modem. i've finally figured it out and i'm sending this out in case > others have this problem. > > i am using kannel v1.4.1 in ubuntu 8.01 (hardy heron). i have a falcom > samba 75 usb gsm gprs edge modem. i got it from expansys at > http://www.expansys-usa.com/p.aspx?i=136849/. the modem identifies > itself in kannel and gammu as a siemens mc75 device. below is the > working modem definition with which i can receive and send smses. the > messages, once processed are discarded. > > group = smsc > smsc = at > modemtype = siemens_mc75 > device = /dev/ttyACM0 > > group = modems > id = siemens_mc75 > name = "Siemens MC75" > detect-string = "SIEMENS" > detect-string2 = "MC75" > speed = 115200 > init-string = "AT+CNMI=2,2,0,1,1" > message-storage = "ME" > > if you want more information about how i figured this out, read the following. > http://www.activexperts.com/activcomport/at/hayes/ > http://www.activexperts.com/activcomport/tutorials/sms/ > http://www.activexperts.com/xmstoolkit/sms/ > > if all fails, switch to gammu at http://www.gammu.org/. manually > configuring things as connection=at115200 and model=at worked pretty > well. > > i really hope the kannel community starts posting lists of currently > available devices that works with their code and the configs for those > devices. right now, it's way too hard to get things up and running. >
