Prerequisites for Ozeki NG SMS Gateway softwareThis page provides detailed information about the hardware and software requirements for your computer to be able to send and receive SMS messages using the Ozeki NG - SMS Gateway software. To run the Ozeki NG - SMS Gateway software on your computer, you have to meet some essential hardware and software requirements.Minimum hardware requirements CPU: Intel Pentium III, 450 Mhz RAM: 512 Mb Hard disk space: 50 Mb Ports: RS232 and/or USB (if you use a GSM modem) Network: Internet connection (if you use IP SMS connection) Virtual hardware Ozeki NG SMS Gateway is also optimized to run in virtualized environments. Microsoft, VmWare, KVM, Oracle and many other virtualization platforms are supported. Recommended hardware requirements CPU: Intel P4D 3Ghz RAM: 2 GB Hard disk space: 500 Mb (SATA or SCSI) Ports: RS232 and/or USB (if you use a GSM modem) Phone-to-PC data cable (USB or RS232) or Network: Internet connection (if you use IP SMS connection) If you wish to use a GSM modem attached to the PC with a phone-to-PC data cable for SMS messaging, you need a suitable device. For more information about suitable telephones for SMS messaging, check out the Recommended SMS Hardware guide. Software requirements Ozeki NG - SMS Gateway runs on one of the following operating systems: Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows Vista Windows 2008 Windows 7 The following updates should be installed: .NET Framework 3.5 Windows Installer 3.0 Windows XP Service Pack 2.0 (if you use Windows XP) You can download Ozeki NG - SMS Gateway and the programs listed in the software requirements on the Download page. You should always download and use the latest version of Ozeki NG. PrerequisitesIn order to setup this solution you need to find a way
to connect your system to the mobile network. You can do this
by using an Internet connection or you can
setup a wireless connection by attaching a GSM phone/GSM modem to your computer. To help you make a
decision, we have prepared a webpage for you:
Internet based SMS connections vs. GSM modem based (wireless) SMS connections.
Depending
on what you select, you need the following prerequisites.
If you wish to connect your system to an SMS service provider over the Internet you need the following components:
Figure 1/a - Prerequisites for Ozeki NG SMS Gateway IP SMS connection In this case you need to find an SMS service
provider who can reach the mobile phones in your area. This SMS
service provider should be able to provide SMS service through
the Internet. To find such a provider, you can check our
website where we list some of them:
SMPP SMS Service providers.
Once you have found such a provider, you need to sign up for
their service to get the connection parameters. You can use these parameters
to configure your Ozeki NG SMS Gateway software.
If you wish to connect your system to the mobile network wirelessly, you need a GSM modem or GSM phone, that you can attach to your computer with a data cable. In this case your Ozeki NG SMS Gateway software will operate this phone and will send and receive SMS messages wirelessly. To setup this connection method, you need the following components:
Figure 1/b - Prerequisites for Ozeki NG SMS Gateway GSM modem connection Your checklist (for GSM modem connection):
*The SIM card will come with a plan, that will determine how much money you will spend on each SMS.
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