RE: GSM card for _desktop_ PC

["Brown, Andy [Infrastructure]" <andyb@xxxxxxx>]

If you have a dedicated phone line for the PC, why not just get it to
detect
the phone ringing (wait for the RING string on the COM port) and get it to
instigate the dial up.  You just have to give it a quick phone call then.
It obviously has its limitations (e.g spam phone calls), but it's quick and
easy.

I've done this to turn my stereo down if the phone rings (although,
obviously not on a dedicate phone line!).

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 11 October 2000 14:29
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] GSM card for _desktop_ PC


Thanks for the pointer:

The Home PC needs to be able to receive SMS messages - the message is
basically "oy - wake up and connect to the Internet, then go and get
data
from this predetermined point." The stuff it does is already written -
it
just needs me to be at the PC and to press a button in a VB app. I want to
be able to remotely trigger it, and SMS felt like a cool way of doing this!

As such, I need a solution that a VB programmer can use. I'll look at the
5100's.

Regards,

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Calum Morrell [mailto:calum@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 11 October 2000 14:19
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] GSM card for _desktop_ PC


Mark, the solution I use is a couple of Nokia 5100's and the Nokia
Datasuite. No pcmcia or pci card necessary. The supplied serial cable to
handset works with the software to provide a software modem as well as
downloading/uploading phone book and sending/receiving SMS. SMS are
opened in basic text boxes so copying and pasting in or out is easy.

Bear in mind though that if you have free internet [or at least don't
pay for time on-line] then there are many web services offering free sms
sending. I've only used the Totalise version so far [sms.totalise.net]
and if you can put up with the shortened message length due to an advert
they place at the end for their service, then it can be very handy. I
can't remember how many characters you loose but it tells you how many
characters are available as you type.

Hope this helps


Calum

Mark Harrison wrote:
>
> Hiya,
>
> I'd like to be able to send (and maybe receive?) SMS messages to my
home
PC...
>
> What I want is something I could already acheive with:
>
>         - Laptop
>         - PCMCIA modem with GSM kit
>         - Mobile Phone handset
>
> What I want is a single PCI card, so I can use a desktop PC.
>
> In an ideal world, this PC card would have a SIM socket on-board and
act
as the handset.
> Failing that, it would act as a modem, but with a GSM connector for,
say,
a Nokia 2110 handset (ie cheap, nasty, can be stuck in behind the PC.)
>
> I could then get a cheapo SIM-only deal on a mobile phone contract,
and
lo, a PC which I could send messages to FOC with the various email->SMS
services out there...
>
> M.
>







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