Re: GSM card for _desktop_ PC

["steve" <steve@xxxxxxx>]

See my other reply.

Once the adapter is fitted to the pc. It looks like a modem on a com port
to
a programmer.

Can be programmed using VB and sending what is an extended set of AT
commands as you would to any ordinary modem.


I did this way back with an orange 2140.

Steve.


>
> 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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