Hi, Don't use "NULL" in your configuration. "NULL" is a string with value "NULL", whereas configuration expects legitimate value or nothing at all, in which case it takes it as NULL.
Just comment out all "NULL"s and you should be OK. BR, Nikos ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony To: eduardo.r...@metromovil.com ; Tharanga ; users-boun...@vm1.kannel.org Cc: us...@vm1.kannel.org Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 2:12 PM Subject: Re: Kannel not connecting to smsc Thanks all for the advice. I'll start making some changes as suggested and see what I come up with. Thanks Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: Eduardo Raad To: Tharanga ; users-boun...@vm1.kannel.org ; Tony Cc: us...@vm1.kannel.org Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 12:09 PM Subject: Re: Kannel not connecting to smsc Oops sorry guys I did not see the question had been already replied :) Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tharanga Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:27:02 +0530 To: Tony<t...@eurisp.co.uk> Subject: Re: Kannel not connecting to smsc How u start kannel ? can u send ur startup script Tony wrote: Hi Kannel is running as the kannel user. I changed the log level to 0 and restarted kannel but still don't see any mention of it trying to connect to the smsc. Here is the contents of kannel.log: 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] INFO: Added logfile `/var/log/kannel/kannel.log' with level `0'. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] INFO: Started access logfile `/var/log/kannel/access'. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] WARNING: 'store-file' option deprecated, please use 'store-location' and 'store-type' instead. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] INFO: HTTP: Opening server at port 13000. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] DEBUG: Started thread 1 (gwlib/fdset.c:poller) 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] DEBUG: Started thread 2 (gwlib/http.c:server_thread) 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] DEBUG: Started thread 3 (gw/bb_http.c:httpadmin_run) 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] DEBUG: starting smsbox connection module 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] INFO: BOXC: 'smsbox-max-pending' not set, using default (100). 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] DEBUG: Started thread 4 (gw/bb_boxc.c:sms_to_smsboxes) 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] DEBUG: Started thread 5 (gw/bb_boxc.c:smsboxc_run) 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] INFO: Set SMS resend frequency to 60 seconds. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] INFO: SMS resend retry set to unlimited. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] DEBUG: smsbox MO concatenated message handling enabled 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] INFO: DLR rerouting for smsc id <link0> disabled. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] INFO: Added logfile `/var/log/kannel/o2.log' with level `0'. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [2] DEBUG: Thread 2 (gwlib/http.c:server_thread) maps to pid 14654. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [3] DEBUG: Thread 3 (gw/bb_http.c:httpadmin_run) maps to pid 14654. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [1] DEBUG: Thread 1 (gwlib/fdset.c:poller) maps to pid 14654. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [4] DEBUG: Thread 4 (gw/bb_boxc.c:sms_to_smsboxes) maps to pid 14654. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [5] DEBUG: Thread 5 (gw/bb_boxc.c:smsboxc_run) maps to pid 14654. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [6] DEBUG: Thread 6 (gw/smsc/smsc_smpp.c:io_thread) maps to pid 14654. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] DEBUG: Started thread 6 (gw/smsc/smsc_smpp.c:io_thread) 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [6] INFO: Logging thread `6' to logfile `/var/log/kannel/o2.log' with level `0'. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] DEBUG: Started thread 7 (gw/bb_smscconn.c:sms_router) 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] INFO: ---------------------------------------- 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] INFO: Kannel bearerbox II version 1.4.3 starting 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] INFO: Loading store file `/var/log/kannel/kannel.store' 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] INFO: Store-file size 206, starting to unpack 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] INFO: Retrieved 1 messages, non-acknowledged messages: 1 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] DEBUG: Started thread 8 (gw/bb_store_file.c:store_dumper) 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [0] INFO: MAIN: Start-up done, entering mainloop 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: Thread 7 (gw/bb_smscconn.c:sms_router) maps to pid 14654. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: handling message (0x9153a40 vs 0x9153a40) 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: Routing failed, re-queued. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: handling message (0x9153a40 vs 0x9153a40) 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [8] DEBUG: Thread 8 (gw/bb_store_file.c:store_dumper) maps to pid 14654. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: Routing failed, re-queued. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: time to sleep 30.00 secs. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: gwlist_len = 1 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: handling message (0x9153a40 vs 0x9153a40) 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: Routing failed, re-queued. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: handling message (0x9153a40 vs 0x9153a40) 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: Routing failed, re-queued. 2009-04-17 10:54:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: time to sleep 30.00 secs. 2009-04-17 10:54:11 [14654] [5] INFO: Client connected from <127.0.0.1> 2009-04-17 10:54:11 [14654] [5] DEBUG: Started thread 9 (gw/bb_boxc.c:function) 2009-04-17 10:54:11 [14654] [9] DEBUG: Thread 9 (gw/bb_boxc.c:function) maps to pid 14654. 2009-04-17 10:54:11 [14654] [9] DEBUG: Started thread 10 (gw/bb_boxc.c:boxc_sender) 2009-04-17 10:54:11 [14654] [10] DEBUG: Thread 10 (gw/bb_boxc.c:boxc_sender) maps to pid 14654. 2009-04-17 10:54:28 [14654] [8] DEBUG: Dumping 1 messages to store 2009-04-17 10:54:38 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: gwlist_len = 1 2009-04-17 10:54:38 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: handling message (0x9153a40 vs 0x9153a40) 2009-04-17 10:54:38 [14654] [7] DEBUG: Routing failed, re-queued. 2009-04-17 10:54:38 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: handling message (0x9153a40 vs 0x9153a40) 2009-04-17 10:54:38 [14654] [7] DEBUG: Routing failed, re-queued. 2009-04-17 10:54:38 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: time to sleep 30.00 secs. 2009-04-17 10:55:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: gwlist_len = 1 2009-04-17 10:55:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: handling message (0x9153a40 vs 0x9153a40) 2009-04-17 10:55:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: Routing failed, re-queued. 2009-04-17 10:55:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: handling message (0x9153a40 vs 0x9153a40) 2009-04-17 10:55:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: Routing failed, re-queued. 2009-04-17 10:55:08 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: time to sleep 30.00 secs. 2009-04-17 10:55:38 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: gwlist_len = 1 2009-04-17 10:55:38 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: handling message (0x9153a40 vs 0x9153a40) 2009-04-17 10:55:38 [14654] [7] DEBUG: Routing failed, re-queued. 2009-04-17 10:55:38 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: handling message (0x9153a40 vs 0x9153a40) 2009-04-17 10:55:38 [14654] [7] DEBUG: Routing failed, re-queued. 2009-04-17 10:55:38 [14654] [7] DEBUG: sms_router: time to sleep 30.00 secs. Thanks Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: Tharanga To: Tharanga Cc: Tony ; us...@vm1.kannel.org Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:39 AM Subject: Re: Kannel not connecting to smsc change the log level to 0 and try....sorry i didnt see that. Tharanga Abeyseela Tharanga wrote: Are u running kannel under root permission ? may be a permission problem ? Tharanga Abeyseela Tony wrote: I have kannel installed and running fine and I’m able to submit messages to the server using HTTP. However I can’t see any activity in the log files suggesting kannel is trying to connect to my smsc and send the messages. Even on startup I can’t find any mention in the log files of it trying to bind to my smsc. Am I doing something wrong? Here is my kannel.conf file below. Thanks In Advance. Tony # CORE group = core admin-port = 13000 smsbox-port = 13001 admin-password = k...@nn3l status-password = k...@nn3l log-file = "/var/log/kannel/kannel.log" log-level = 4 box-allow-ip = "*.*.*.*" access-log = "/var/log/kannel/access" store-file = "/var/log/kannel/kannel.store" #--------------------------------------------- # SMSC CONNECTIONS group = smsc smsc = smpp host = <ip address removed> port = 8100 smsc-username = username smsc-password = password smsc-id = link0 source-addr-ton= "NULL" source-addr-npi= "NULL" dest-addr-ton= "NULL" dest-addr-npi= "NULL" #preferred-smsc-id = link0 #allowed-smsc-id = link0;link1 keepalive = 25 interface-version=34 system-type= "NULL" address-range = "NULL" group = smsbox bearerbox-host = localhost sendsms-port = 13131 sendsms-chars = "0123456789" global-sender = 123456 access-log = "/var/log/kannel/access" log-file = "/var/log/kannel/smsbox.log" log-level = 4