simple network pager protocol

[voiceburg]

Does anyone know if Labview supports any type of protocol so we can directly send messages to cell phones without using the SMTP. A simple paging protocol is what I think I need. Send any info you can directly to me.

bill.brandenburg@jhuapl.edu

Thanks for all your inputs

[tst]

We have done this before with SMS (not pagers) by using a cellular modem which accepts AT commands. In that case, the connection to the modem was serial (using the LV serial functions) and the protocol was that of the modem.

If you have a device you can talk to which can send messages to pagers, you need to find the protocol for that device. If you already have a DLL which you can use to talk to the device, you can try calling that DLL from LV. If you don't, you will need to get such a device and probably write VIs which will handle the protocol for it (these are usually fairly simple).

[Andy F.]

Currently there is no available protocol in LabVIEW that will allow SMS messages to be sent without using a method similar to what tst suggested.  One option might be to email the phone (the email address format differs from carrier to carrier) and the phone will receive it as a text message.  Hope this information helps! 

Andy F.