On 08/19/2010 08:21 AM, Tiago Geada wrote: > I would rather use .call files. So easy to produce a text file... > > On 18 August 2010 21:02, Steve Edwards <asterisk.org > <http://asterisk.org>@sedwards.com <http://sedwards.com>> wrote: > > Un-top-posting... > > On 08/17/2010 09:00 AM, Tino wrote: > > I would like to send sms to some external phone numbers from > my asterisk server. Is it possible to send sms via softphones > like X-Lite ? . Any tips regarding this will be helpful > > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Johann Hoehn > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > This is easy to do by using email to SMS gateways. A list of > them is on wikipedia > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SMS_gateways). For the > Asterisk side, you have an extension that sends the email. I > personally use an AGI script for this part, but you could use > a System() call as well. > > > Using system() is almost always a hack -- and not the good kind :) > > > On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, Tino wrote: > > Thanks for your advice in this matter. But i am not sure how > to pass the numbers to be sent sms in the dialplan. > > > You have a choice: you can pass them as channel variables or as > command line options. I use both, frequently in the same program. > Unfortunately, I can't clearly articulate why I use one over the > other. If the variable is something that exists for the life of > the call like ${CLIENT-ID} I tend to access it as a channel > variable. If it's something that modifies the behavior of the AGI > (--debug or --verbose) I always pass it as a command line option > and use getopt_long() > > First, you need to pick a language. If this is a SOHOish hobby > project, it doesn't matter -- pick a language you are comfortable > with. > > If this is a high volume, performance critical project -- I'd vote > for c. > > Once you've decided on a language, search out an established AGI > library and learn a bit about the protocol. It's very simple but > not always obvious. The 3 biggest stumbling blocks that trip up > programmers are: > > 1) You have to read the AGI environment before anything else. > > 2) It's a request followed by a response. If you don't read the > response, bad things will happen. > > 3) It's STDIN/STDOUT based. If you try to "debug" by writing > variables or messages using echo/printf/puts/etc, bad things will > happen. > > Check out voip-info.org <http://voip-info.org> for more > information on AGI. >
Hi, how do you get the "text" to send? text that is sent from X-Lite for example. thx, anton
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