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Introduction
SMS Info is application for simple sending SMS to groups of recipients and it is controlled through WWW
interface (using internet browser). It consists of two parts:
- administration of recipients, groups and texts
- SMS messages sending
Access to application is protected by username and password same as username/password to Windows domain
(integrated authentication).
Access rights to both parts are independent - some people can only administer recipients, some only send SMS,
some can do both and others can do nothing.
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Installation
For installation of application you need MobilChange Enterprise version, MS Internet Information Server running
on the same machine as MobilChange and MS SQL server (MSDE can be used also).
Installation is started using _sms_info.cmd script in Mobilchange\setup folder of installation CD.
Installer checks if correct version of ADO and WSH is installed and upgrade them, if necessary. Then asks for these information:
- path to web root folder of the web server
- SQL server name (it doesn't have to be local server)
- login and password to SQL server (login must have right to create databases)
Application is installed and started using these information. Database smsinfo is created in SQL server; if it exist before
installation, it will be dropped and recreated, so data loss occurs ! In such case you should backup database first.
If you want to uninstall application correctly, use Control Panel - Add/Remove programs - Datasys Mobilchange SMS Info.
Description
Administration of recipients, groups and texts
It contains these basic views:
- List of recipients with possibility to add/delete/change recipient. Users can be also imported from CSV file. Every line contains name,
phone number and description of the user separated by semicolon.
- When recipient detail is shown (after you click it), list of group which recipient is member of is displayed and you can add
him to another group or delete him from any group
- List of groups with possibility to add/delete/change group
- When group detail is shown (after you click it), list of recipient
assigned to the group is displayed and you can delete recipients from the group
- List of predefined texts with possibility to add/delete/change text
| Recipient properties |
Group properties |
- name
- mobile number
- comment
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Texts can be defined as templates for direct use, with option to edit them before sending specific SMS message.
SMS sending
There are two basic form:
- form for SMS sending
- form for discovering status of sent SMS
Form for SMS sending contains:
- window for text od message (with character counting and possibility to enter more than 160 chars
- in this case text will be divided to more SMS)
- combobox for recipient group selection
- combobox for predefined text selection
- button for deleting entered text
- sending button
After sending button pressing is text of message transferred to MobilChange
for delivery to all recipients from selected group;
application confirms sending request and shows again the same page with
the same message text you just sent.
When you select in combo any predefined text, it is written into window
with text to be sent; operator can change this text according needs.
Application doesn't wait for physical SMS delivery to all recipients
- it passes SMS to SMS server for delivery and immediately allows to create new SMS.
Form for discovering status of sent SMS shows
list of sent SMS sorted from the newest to older. For every SMS it contains
date and time of sending, begining of text, total number of recipients
and number of recipients to which SMS wasn't delivered yet.
When you click to specific message, detail is displayed:
- date and time of sending
- IP address of computer, from which SMS was sent
- user name, which sent SMS
- complete message text
- list of all recipients; for every of them status (passed for delivery, sent,
delivered...) and time of last change
Form with list of messages shows all messages sent by all
users through MobilChange SMS Info application.
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User administration
From MobilChange view SMS are billed to special user $Asmsinfo_dbconn - not to user, which used application for SMS
sending. User $Asmsinfo_dbconn must have SMS sending enabled.
Users log on to the application using standard domain username and password (integrated authentication).
Users allowed to change recipients, groups and predefined texts must have on filesystem level set access rights
"Read & Execute" and "List Folder Contents" - or higher - to c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\smsinfo\admin\ folder
and its subfolders.
Users allowed to send SMS and browse sent SMS archive must have on filesystem level set access rights
"Read & Execute" and "List Folder Contents" - or higher - to c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\smsinfo\user\ folder
and its subfolders.
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