Now it’s possible for you to send an SMS to your router, tell it to run a script (parameters supported) and the router can even respond, as it also supports SMS sending! More here:
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And it works like a charm!
does anyone know were i can buy a gsm modem in south africa?
as i cant seem to find anything
does anyone know if it works with usb gsm modem?
It works great with USB modems… i use a Huawei E180…
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how can i tell if mikrotik installes my modem?
if it is picked up and how can i test it?
Just insert it in your USB port and wait a bit then look under /ports if there is something new.
Mine looks like this and usb3 is my modem.
And remember the settings for it (9600/8/n/1/n).
[admin@dev] /port> print
Flags: I - inactive
# NAME CHANNELS USED-BY BAUD-RATE
0 serial0 1 9600
1 serial1 1 9600
2 usb3 2 9600
And under /system resource usb
[admin@dev] /system resource usb> print
# DEVICE VENDOR NAME SPEED
0 1:1 OHCI Host Controller 12 Mbps
1 1:2 HUAWEI Technology HUAWEI Mobile 12 Mbps
After this run: /tool sms send usb3 1234567890 message=“This is a test!!!”
Change usb3 this to your port and 1234567890 to your cell number.
Hi,
Once i enable read-running=yes… to enable sms receiving, i cannot disable it to no anymore. How to disable it ?
Is this a bug ? i am using x86 pkg.
Just use:
/tool sms set reader-running=no
I have tried before posting this. It runs for a while and It gave me this error …action timeout - try again. if error continues, please contact Mikrotik Support and a supout file (13)
I suspect its a rights issue. I configure this as a admin user. But the ports configuration is all under *sys user. Which i presume is the root user.
Please verify if this is an oversight by mikrotik on the port rights.
i have no problem on x86.
Ok i have found the a workaround way.
Apparently, when i enable reader-running to yes the first time, the configuration has sort of change. And i cannot reset it back to no. So i do a /system reset-configuration.
Then i import my backup.rsc back and NOW everything is working fine. I can set and reset reader-running config. Thanks a lot.
Anyway info i can learn on the command syntax for the script ?
The wiki :cmd var etc is too simple.
can you maybe post a script as anexample and what message you sent to the server to run it as i cant get that right
modemworks100%
Here is something simple…
Make a script called “smsbackup”
/export file=sms-backup
/tool sms send usb3 004512345678 message="SMS Backup is done..."
Change usb3 and 004512345678 to your cell-phone number.
Then send a SMS with this
:cmd 1234 script smsbackup
Change 1234 to the pin set on RouterOS to receive.
You will get a sms back when the backup command is done (and not if it is successful!).
Can anyone recomend some usb gsm device?
I don’t need anys 3g or even gprs connectivity. I want to use it only for dude sms alerts, and i want it cheap, because i don’t want to waste money on 3g. but i down know shich one can go with ROS.
It can be vie usb or serial cable.
I have tried to connect my old siemens via db9 serial cable, which works with my windows pc, but doesn’t worked with dude.
I’ve tried some Siemens modems all work fine on PC but on ROS some don’t!
But the USB 3G modems are some time cheap and a great SMS modem.
A Huawei E180 costs about €100,00 and some of the new Siemens modems costs from €125,00.
Anything for < 50 €? <30€?
Maybe anyone used old cellphone and it worked fine?
Did just try with my SonyEricsson T310 via serial cable, did not work 
Also siemens mc60 doesn’t work.