Datasheet

Advanced View: Configuring Appliances
134 Using Your Appliance
The SMS Configuration task consists of Basic, Advanced, and Status panes. The following controls and
data appear in the Basic pane:
The following controls and data appear in the Advanced pane:
Field Description
SIM PIN / Confirm SIM PIN For modems that use a SIM (subscriber identification
module), specify the PIN that is used to unlock the SIM.
Note: A SIM may or may not require a PIN in order to
function. For modems that do not have a SIM this field must
be blank. For information about your SIM PIN please
contact your GSM/GPRS service provider.
Service Center (SMSC) The address of the “Short Message Service Center” used by
your SMS service. The SMSC is essentially an SMS
“server” that is used to send the messages. The address for
the SMSC is typically programmed into the SIM and
therefore you can typically leave this field blank. Entering a
value in this field will override automatic SMSC selection.
Note: For information about your SMSC please contact
your GSM/GPRS service provider.
Destination The destination “address” used to send an SMS to an e-mail
destination. The default value for this field is
“0000000000,” which is the value that works with AT&T
Wireless. When an SMS message needs to be sent to an e-
mail destination address, the appliance puts the e-mail
address at the beginning of the message and sends it to the
Destination address. The SMSC receives the message, pulls
out the e-mail address, and sends the remainder of the
message to the e-mail address.
Note: For information about your SMS Destination please
contact your GSM/GPRS service provider.
Interrupt PPP when an SMS alert
occurs check box
If your modem supports both SMS and PPP
communications, enabling this setting will allow SMS
communications to override PPP communications when
necessary. If PPP dial-out is active when the appliance needs
to send an SMS alert, PPP will be interrupted while the SMS
message is sent. Once the SMS message has been sent, the
PPP connection will be reestablished.
Field Description
Send debug messages to syslog
When checked, debug messages will be forwarded to
the syslog host specified in the Log task (for more
information see “Log” on page 116).
Use default SMS settings
Check this check box to use the default SMS values for
your SMS-capable modem. If you need to use custom
settings, uncheck this check box and then use the Use
protocol descriptor unit check box and the
Character set and Initialization commands fields to
specify customs settings.