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Setup alert SMS in Lotus Notes email system

This guide enlists the detailed configuration steps for integrating SMS technology into the email application of Lotus Notes.

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Send SMS from Lotus Notes (part 1/1, configure your modem)

Send SMS from Lotus Notes (part 1/1, configure your modem)

Templates of Lotus Notes help organize your business. By adding SMS functionality to the email application you will gain an effective tool for organizing.

With this solution you can forward information received or sent via email in SMS text messages. The body of these received and sent emails will be forwarded as SMS messages to one or more recipients. Ozeki NG SMS Gateway provides the SMS functionality for Lotus Notes.

Solution prerequisites

When you decide to setup this solution, in order to send/receive SMS messages you will need to connect your system to the mobile network. For this purpose you have the following connection options: Internet connection or you can use a GSM modem/GSM phone to setup a wireless connection. If you need more information for making decision about the suitable connection type, please visit the following webpage: Internet based SMS connections vs. GSM modem based (wireless) SMS connections. Depending on what you select, you need the following prerequisites:

Internet based connection to the Mobile network

If you wish to connect your system to an SMS service provider over the Internet you need the following components:

Figure 1/a - Required parts for Internet based connection

For setting up Internet based connection (IP SMS connection) you need to find an SMS service provider that is able to 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.

Wireless (GSM modem) connection to the Mobile network

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 - Required parts for GSM modem connection

	SIM Card - You can get this from your local mobile network operator.*
	Modem - Use a Wavecom, Siemens or Multitech modem.
	Data cable - Comes with the modem
	Computer - Recommended: Intel P4 3Ghz, 2GB RAM, 500MB HDD, Windows OS
	Ozeki NG SMS Gateway - Download it from http://www.sms-integration.com
	Lotus Notes
	Lotus Domino

Ozeki NG SMS Gateway can be obtained by opening the download page: Download Ozeki NG SMS Gateway!

How the SMS system works

After setting up this solution, SMS messages will travel from Lotus Notes to the mobile phones via Ozeki NG SMS Gateway. You can compose a message in Lotus Notes or you can send your received email as an SMS message to even more recipients. Ozeki NG SMS Gateway reads it, processes it and forwards it to the mobile phones of the given recipients. The SMS gateway uses a HTTP request for this process. You can examine this process in Figure 2.

Figure 2 - SMS travels from Lotus Notes to cellphones via Ozeki NG SMS Gateway

Configuration guide for Lotus Notes SMS

To send SMS from the email application of Lotus Notes you just need to follow these instructions.

First you need to install OzMail.ntf:

If you finish the installation, you need to refresh the old email template. You need to do this in a way that data should remain unchanged:

1. To do so copy this Ozeki mail template into C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Domino\data folder.

2. The template needs to be signed by the Administrator. To sign it, go to Files pane of Administrator, right click on the template and click on Sign.

3. Next go to Properties of the template and select the Design pane. Here check Database file is a master template box and type OzMail in Template Name line.

4. After this, open the properties of the older database. Select Design pane and check the Inherit design from master template field. Type OzMail in the Template Name line.

5. Finally, go to File/Application/Refresh and click on Design option in the menu.

Before you send SMS you need to make some settings. You need to provide the address of Ozeki NG SMS Gateway and the user data also.

Thank you for reading this guide!

• If you wish to read about how to send SMS from the calendar of Lotus Notes please go to its installation guide >>>
• You download Ozeki NG SMS Gateway on the download page >>>

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