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I recently used gammu[1] to receive SMS messages on OSX using a Huawei modem, then forward them into iMessage[2]. Gammu's written in python and works great on L
by amatix 11y ago
I recently used gammu[1] to receive SMS messages on OSX using a Huawei modem, then forward them into iMessage[2]. Gammu's written in python and works great on Linux.
Goal was to have my old foreign number still able to receive SMS (receiving messages while roaming is free in most countries), and have them appear in iMessage on my current phone.
1: https://github.com/gammu/gammu https://github.com/gammu/gammu
2: https://gist.github.com/rcoup/93460ea39b05e957e884 https://gist.github.com/rcoup/93460ea39b05e957e884
Edit: gammu is cross-platform
- INTPenis 11y agoI also use Gammu, smstools was new to me. We've been using Gammu for over 5 years now for on-call alerts or other small services. It has worked very well with an ordinary 3G dongle you can buy to get mobile internet on your laptop. The SIM card is provided by the company since we're a large telco we get pretty much free unlimited SMS from them. This has been used in two different data centres without any reception issues, even though they're properly shileded data centres and we have no external antennae. Only issues have been forced re-seats of the USB dongle a few times a year, most likely due to oxidation on the connector.
- amatix 11y agoThe only thing I've had trouble with is suspend/resume/etc on OSX which seems to hang gammu occasionally. I used the cheapest E170 I got from Ebay, the hardest part was messing with all the unlock tools to get it to play with the SIM in the first place :)