SMS and MMS Toolkit is designed for Windows developers (VB, VB .NET, VC++, VC#.NET, ASP, ASP .NET, Delphi, etc.). It's an ActiveX COM component, without user interface. By integrating the control in a development project, a developer can send/receive SMS messages without any knowledge of SMS. SMS and MMS Toolkit has no integrated database support ActiveXperts SMS Messaging Server is a complete suite to send, receive and process SMS messages. It is database oriented, and has a VBScript engine to process i...
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Q8000015: Which communication protocols are supported?
ActiveXperts SMS Messaging Server supports the following protocols:
SMPP - TCP/IP based Internet Protocol to allow high speed SMS communications (send and receive);
Serial Port communications - GSM Modems are connected to a serial port (or Bluetooth/Infrared);
HTTP - SMS messages are posted to the provider using HTTP POST;
POP3 - Receive e-mails from different e-mail accounts using the POP3 internet standard;
SMTP - Send e-mails to any SMTP compatible mail server using the SMTP internet standard.
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Q8000020: What recipient number format should I use to send an SMS message?
Use a + character and country prefix followed by the number, stripping a leading 0. This applies to any SMS messages, no matter what type of channel is used (SMPP or GSM Modem) :
+ : Default number format. For instance, to send to 01234567 in the UK, use +441234567
To send messages to special services etc., you can use the following prefixes:
S : Use a shortcut number (most often a short number provider by the operator), use the S prefix. For instance: S5511
N : Fo...
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Q8000025: How many characters can an SMS message contain?
A standard SMS message is can contain up to 160 7-bit characters. Some characters count as two (7-bit) characters instead of one character. Example: the EURO character;
To send messages longer than 160 characters, you must enable set the 'Large Messages' option in the Channel properties to: 'Send as Multi-part'. By default, large messages are NOT send as multi-part but are truncated to 160 characters maximum.
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Q8000030: Why is multi-part not enabled by default?
Because multi-part messages cost more than standard (160 characters) messages.
Multi-part implies that messages are split-up in pieces of 160 characters maximum, and sent as single SMS messages.
To enable multi-part, you must enable set the 'Large Messages' option in the Channel properties to: 'Send as Multi-part'.
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Q8000035: I want to send SMS message in Chinese (Unicode characters). Does ActiveXperts SMS Messaging Server support Unicode?
Yes, Unicode is supported.
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Q8000040: Does ActiveXperts SMS Messaging Server support EMS or MMS?
No, the messaging server only supports SMS and Email. However, you can send advanced messages like flash, Unicode and WAP Push messages. To build applications that support MMS, please have a look at the SMS and MMS toolkit.
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Q8000045: Does ActiveXperts SMS Messaging Server support ringtones and logo's?
No, it does not, to send these kind of messages, you have to use MMS which is not part of the SMS Messaging Server.
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Q8000050: Does ActiveXperts SMS Messaging Server simultaneously handle incoming and outgoing messages on different Channels?
Yes it does. ActiveXperts SMS Messaging Server has a multi-threaded architecture; each communication Channel runs as a separate thread (i.e. sub-process). This allows messages to go come in and go out simultaneously.
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Q8000055: Does ActiveXperts SMS Messaging Server support dial-up SMSC providers?
No, it doesn't. Dial-up providers are too slow; an SMS message takes up to 1 minute, or even more, because it uses a normal modem to dial-up to a provider, and deliver the message. Therefore, it is not integrated in SMS Messaging Server.
If you want to use a dial-up anyway, you can use ActiveXperts SMS and MMS Toolkit.
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Q8000060: Is SMS Class 0 supported?
Yes, SMS Class 0 is supported. SMS Class 0 is also known as 'Immediate Display' or 'Flash messages'. When creating a new Message using the manager application, select 'Text- Flash' in the 'Message Format' selection box.
When using the API to send SMS messages, set the MessageFormat flag to MESSAGEBODYFORMAT_TEXTFLASH.
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Q8000070: I want to send SMS messages to my recipients, but I don't want the GSM telephone number be displayed on their mobile phones. Instead, the name of our company should be displayed. Is this possible?
Yes this is possible, but ONLY by the use of an SMPP or HTTP channel. Gsm modems/providers simple don't support this feature.
For more information, see also Q8300100
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Q8000080: Is it possible to setup a SMS to email gateway using your product?
Sure, in fact a sample project to setup this is already included in the product, just go to Projects and select the 'SmsToEmail' project for more information.
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Q8000085: Is is possible to send SMS messages from the command line using SMS Messaging Server?
Yes, that's possible. However, by design of SMS messaging Server, you cannot communicate directly through a modem or SMPP/HTTP interface from the command line. Instead, you insert new messages in the Message Database from the command line. The service (running in the background) will pick-up the message and send it out.
Receiving from the command line is similar; you cannot receive directly but only fetch received messages from the message database.
There are samples included with the product, written i...
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