Nagios notification via SMS

[Stanley Hopcroft]

Dear Sir,

I am writing to thank you for your letter and say,

On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 02:13:37PM -0700, nagios-users-request at lists.sourceforge.net wrote:

> From: Frederik Vanhee <frederik.vanhee at perso.be>
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Nagios notification via SMS
> 
> Hello,
>

(firstly, thanks a bunch for not posting in HTML _and__ Base 64 __and__ 
quoted printable)
 
> I wondered what hardware / software you are using to send text-messages 
> (SMS) to cell phones.

Wavecom WM02 or equivalent

(gsm modem ie modem + aerial + SIM in small package useful for
installations doing telemetry etc. These modems support the standard text
message enhanced AT command set)

+ 

that marvellous Open Source Product from France, smslink.

> I think this could be done with an ordinary modem, but aren't there some 
> cellphone-modems where you can put the SIM-card ?
>

Using a GSM modem means that you bypass the providers interface to their text
mesages service (for which you need to write an Expect/chat script to interact
with anyway).

smslink + GSM modems is a superior solution because

1 email interface

2 daemon/server instance

3 multiple modems

4 smslink has good debugging in the unlikely event of your troubleshooting
delivery problems

5 mesage delivery logging

6 years of flawless operation here

(but of course you may have to compile it yourself since I don't know if there
are packages)

If you 

 
> Thanks,
> 
> Frederik
> 
> 
> 

Also for local delivery to non contact 9-5 interested parties (eg developers,
PHBs) jabber is a nice complement. I suppose one could also use it __instead__
of SMS but I haven't tried that.


Yours sincerely

-- 
Stanley Hopcroft

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