SMS receiving now supported, can run scripts

Fri May 08, 2009 4:32 pm

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:

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Sms

dormador · Fri May 22, 2009 1:50 am

go a head mikrotik

you are the best if you continuous ....

QpoX · Sun May 24, 2009 2:26 am

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:

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Sms

And it works like a charm!

xezen · Sun May 24, 2009 9:31 pm

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?

QpoX · Sun May 24, 2009 9:37 pm

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...
http://www.pricecheck.co.za/search/?search=huawei

xezen · Sun May 24, 2009 9:39 pm

how can i tell if mikrotik installes my modem?

if it is picked up and how can i test it?

QpoX · Sun May 24, 2009 10:28 pm

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.

melwong · Mon May 25, 2009 4:37 am

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.

QpoX · Mon May 25, 2009 5:01 am

Just use:

/tool sms set reader-running=no

melwong · Mon May 25, 2009 5:25 am

Just use:
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/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)

melwong · Mon May 25, 2009 5:27 am

Just use:
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/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.

QpoX · Mon May 25, 2009 6:01 am

i have no problem on x86.

melwong · Mon May 25, 2009 8:25 am

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.

xezen · Tue May 26, 2009 11:53 pm

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%

QpoX · Wed May 27, 2009 12:07 am

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!).

conjurer · Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:48 pm

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.

QpoX · Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:29 pm

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.

conjurer · Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:49 am

Anything for < 50 €? <30€?
Maybe anyone used old cellphone and it worked fine?

QpoX · Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:22 am

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

conjurer · Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:39 am

Also siemens mc60 doesn't work.

fly · Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:37 pm

I'm trying to pass variables but with no success.

sms text:
:cmd password 1234567890 smsScript var="test"

script:
:log info $var

What is wrong?

asus · Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:54 pm

can we set warning sms for those whose account is going to expire within 2 days & remind him to pay I'm using usermanager

Antixx · Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:28 pm

Thanks to MT team for this great feature.
btw it would be great idea if it works with http sms gateways.

Chupaka · Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:38 pm

it would be great idea if it works with http sms gateways.

examples?..

Muqatil · Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:26 pm

I gave it a try:
My goal was to reiceve a sms with a user, dig into userman, retrieve a password and send back a sms with the username and the pass..
I failed, mostly because i don't have a clue about ROS scripting and it gave me more problems than expected.
Then i placed my huawei usb modem into an Ubuntu machine (recognized automatically [as ROS did]), installed gnokii, and i made a php script that parse the received sms, dig into usermanager via php api, get the password and insert the phone number into the phone field of the user requested, and finally send back an sms using a sms gateway provider that accepts phonenumber@smsgateway as mail destination.
It works like a charm. It's a shame i wasn't unable to make it all inside ROS. (I admit it, it's mostly my fault)
Tell me if i should make a wiki of it and ofc get a L6 license

dencow · Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:17 am

very nice new feature

Antixx · Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:02 pm

it's cool, you can do more with MK.

Joshiii · Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:38 pm

Hi Normis
I am looking for someway of connecting a cell our cell router to mikrotik to enable friends on the farm to send and receive sms. There is no telephone and cell reception is 10 kilometers away, and cell repeaters are way to costly. Any help will be appreciated and can be extended to a few farms here in Namibia

Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:45 am

routeros can't receive and send SMS messages if there is no cell tower nearby, it is not a cell "AP" (or what do you call them?) just another station, like your phone. if it's not connected to the GSM provider, it can't receive sms messages, so you can't use RouterOS to extend cell coverage.

hilton · Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:50 am

Joshiii, you need to attach a 3G modem to the router which in turn needs a cell tower nearby.

You could host a server somewhere and set-up a jabber server and let the farmers use that for comms?

Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:54 am

if they can use internet, why bother with the 3G modems? just send your SMS messages from some website

hilton · Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:04 pm

Normis, sms in this country (South Africa/Nambia) is not free.

They would need to use something like this;

http://www.winsms.co.za/

And then route the replies back to their email which is available via the Mikrotik router.

Joshiii · Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:35 pm

Hi Hilton

My aim is to have a mikrotik with solar power on the mountain, connect a cell to the mikrotik and beam the mikrotik to the farm house. Our cell towers in the country side does not cater for 3G, just normal phoning and sms'ing. I need to have the people send a sms via the mikrotik to the nearest cell tower, the signal about 10km from the house on a mountain top is very good. Currently the farmer needs to drive very far to get to the point where he receives a signal. And on farm roads that consist of nothing more than 2 tracks can take up to 45 min to drive.

hilton · Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:41 pm

Joshiii, this is not possible. The Mikrotik router is an IP based device and NOT a GSM device.

Joshiii · Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:50 pm

Hilton

I fully understand the workings of the mikrotik, I want the user using a laptop to send via the wireless network through the cell a sms.

Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:53 pm

if the laptop user has internet from the MikroTik AP, he could FTP a text file with the SMS contents to the router, the router could use the contents in a script which then could send an SMS .. you could even write a small program that FTPs files to the MT router

Joshiii · Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:01 pm

Thanks, will do it this way, consider my request closed.

xezen · Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:47 pm

where do i put the gps sim pin in?

i put it in secret: "xxxx"

but still asks for a pin

Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:48 pm

Turn off PIN request for your SIM card, it makes the life much easier. Do it in a phone if you do not know the correct AT command.

from http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Option_Gl ... _USB_Modem

xezen · Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:48 am

i got it right to send a sma byt when i reply to the sms i gey nothing

iv set my password
xxxx
and number with area code

+27xxxxxxxx

and i have a script called

sms

so if i reply to the sms sent from the server

:cmd xxxx script sms
it should run the script but nothing comes in the indox

can anyone help me with this?

CyberT · Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:10 pm

is your receive-enabled: yes
secret is only for if you want to run scripts with the sms to device "cmd: <<pass>> script $nameofscript <aka reboot>

[admin@cybert] > tool sms pr
receive-enabled: yes
port: usb2
channel: 3
secret: ""
allowed-number: ""
keep-max-sms: 20

be sure to check that your receiving is on aka used by also always states (sms tool && PPP) ::=>
[admin@cybert] > /port pr
Flags: I - inactive
# NAME CHANNELS USED-BY BAUD-RATE
0 serial0 1 Serial Console auto
1 usb2 7 sms tool, PPP <ppp-out1> 9600

then u can find your sms's in /tool sms inb pr

after that im not to sure what to do with the sms :-/

[admin@cybert] > /tool sms inbox pr
# SRC TIMESTAMP TEXT
0 27820099892 Feb/15/2011 09:31:25 GMT -0 MYGIG 2.3 bundle purchased. 2355.00MB is available in the NEXT S
20110331. Your account has been debited with R389.00. Loyalty Po

tombee79 · Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:56 am

Hi

I don't want to sound funny but why do you need the GSM modem to send and receive SMSs?

You MT router is connected to Internet ISP ex. Bell Canada, do you still need to GSM modem to send and receive SMS/

Thanks for in-lighting me.

Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:06 am

Internet and the mobile phone network are two different things. Yes, you need a GSM modem to send GSM SMS messages. If you have internet, you can send emails.

QpoX · Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:51 pm

Some CellPhone providers allow Email->SMS
ex. 1234567890@sms.myprovider.tld
Then when sending a mail to an email address, the user will get an sms.

el berto · Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:12 pm

[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

In "resource" menu I can see USB modem (device 1:2, vendor, name, and so on....).
But, how can I detect which port (usb1, usb2, usb3, ....) is associated to USB modem?

Then, if I'm using USB modem for internet connection (let's suppose I use modem set as Data Channel=0, Info Channel=1), which channel should I use to receive SMS?
Or SMS receiving is disabled while ppp-client (USB modem internet connection) is running?
Thanks.

vipe · Thu Oct 29, 2015 4:18 pm

use in ros 6.32.2

[m@s] /tool sms> /system serial-terminal serial0 channel=0

[Ctrl-A is the prefix key]

at+cpin?
+CPIN: READY

at+cfun=0
OK
at+cfun=1
OK
at+cpin=1234
OK
at+cpin?
+CPIN: READY

at+gmi
WAVECOM MODEM

OK
at+gmm
MULTIBAND 900E 1800

OK
ati
WAVECOM MODEM

MULTIBAND 900E 1800

OK
at+gmr
532a09gg.2C2 1828120 040802 18:22

at+cmgs="2222222***"
> test
>
+CMGS: 1

OK

[m@s] /tool sms> send serial0 channel=0 phone-number=2222**** message=go
failure: timeout

I'm just like you, I don't know what you are.
What is the solution.

AlexRodac · Mon Nov 30, 2020 8:40 pm

Hello, I have an LtAP LTE device, it is configured with two sims of three sims, it only sends sms through slot one, that is, sim one, however I still cannot receive an SMS response from the device with the execution of a created script. How can I tell the device that when you received a text message, it responds to that text?

I have this now until, but i feel lack a thing

:global messageStore [/tool sms inbox print as-value]
:global lastMessageIdx ([:len $messageStore] - 1)
:put ([:pick $messageStore $lastMessageIdx]->"phone")
/system gps monitor once do={
:set $lat $("latitude")
:set $lon $("longitude")
}

/tool sms send lte1 message="ANSWER 1 - Your location is $lat $lon - PRUEBA ONE" phone-number=([:pick $messageStore $lastMessageIdx]->"phone")

If you may help me, thanks.

I want know how send sms to the device to answer me .

SiB · Mon Nov 30, 2020 10:26 pm

How can I tell the device that when you received a text message, it responds to that text?

How to run Script base on new SMS and give feedback:
I enable incomming SMS with right to execute internal scripts for me and end-user with password like 1234 by:

/tool sms set allowed-number=+48*********,+48********* auto-erase=yes port=lte1 receive-enabled=yes secret=1234

We both can send SMS, we see DELIVERY STATUS if SMS was send to number, who have ACTIVE sim slot now.
SMS with text : ":cmd 1234 script LOGme"
run script who have name LOGme

and that System > Script body have syntax like:

# Get latest ID of latest SMS
local LatestID ([tool sms inbox print count-only ]-1)

# Get phone number from latest SMS
local LatestPhoneNo ([tool sms inbox get $LatestID ]->"phone")

# Send message back
tool sms send phone-number=$LatestPhoneNo message="Script was run thanks by $LatestPhoneNo ."

#Remove that latest SMS
tool sms inbox remove $LatestID

In reality:

Dangs · Wed Jan 27, 2021 12:18 am

Has anybody setup a script to forward incoming sms on a sxt/lhg lte6 to another cell phone number so user can receive sms from carrier

SiB · Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:26 pm

Dangs

Has anybody setup a script to forward incoming sms on a sxt/lhg lte6 to another cell phone number so user can receive sms from carrier

Anyone can.
It's just read SMS, Send SMS in loop.

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