RE: GSM card for _desktop_ PC

["Mark Harrison" <Mark@xxxxxxx>]

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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