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Send SMS thro Datastage...
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 1:19 am
by rasi
Hi Guys,
Does anyone tried to sms using datastage. Or is it possible to sms from Datastage.
Regards
Siva
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:03 am
by chulett
Pardon my ignorance, but is it really any different from sending an email? Quite a number of the messages we send out via 'email' are targeted to pagers and cell phones...
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:30 am
by roy
Hi,
Craig is right in case your cell provider has this capability,
if not you need some 3rd party software/hardware that you can invoke from DS jobs.
Good Luck
,
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:07 pm
by ray.wurlod
I think Siva's seeking examples and/or names of the "third party software". FWIW he is running on AIX.
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 12:47 am
by rasi
Yes Ray
you are correct. Any info would be helpful
Regards
Rasi
Sending SMS from DataStage
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:04 am
by ray.wurlod
chulett wrote:Pardon my ignorance, but is it really any different from sending an email? Quite a number of the messages we send out via 'email' are targeted to pagers and cell phones...
My current client would like to know how you implement this. Please?
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:14 am
by mleroux
If you have an e-mail-to-SMS gateway server running, you can do this (with mutt on Unix, for example):
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Message = "Job " : JobName : " is not in a runnable state!"
Code = "echo " : Message : " | mutt <cellphone no>@<ip address>"
Call DSExecute("UNIX", Code, Output, SystemReturnCode)
Where <cellphone no> is the destination cellphone/mobile number such and <ip address> is the e-mail-to-SMS gateway server's IP address.
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:28 am
by mleroux
In my previous post I didn't explain what happens from there. The gateway server receives the e-mail, and sends the message via a connected GSM hardware link such as a GPRS modem to a network operator's SMSC (Short Message Service Centre) and voila! the mobile device receives the SMS/MMS, whatever you want to make it.
Of course there are tons of guys out there that can give you this capability via a buy/ASP business model.
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:42 am
by datastage
this is an interesting thread...thanks for the info. I do, however, need to ask when will it stop? What's next? Is it possible to make wireless alarm clocks that can receive a code via SMS that would set the alarm clock off and wake us up in the middle of the night so we can go back into work?
Data conversion is turning into a 24/7 responsibiltiy
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:50 am
by mleroux
Take the red pill and enter The Matrix!
Either way we'll plug all of you in sooner or later. HA HA HA!
Re: Sending SMS from DataStage
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:37 am
by chulett
ray.wurlod wrote:My current client would like to know how you implement this. Please?
Really? Morney has posted quite a bit of the gory detail, but it really just boils down to sending a short email to a text message enabled pager or cell phone.
For example, here I would simply send an email to my 10 digit phone number at my service provider, usually specifying a specific sub-domain. Something like:
3038675309@mobile.att.net for example. (um... not a real number - I hope!)