Ozeki 10 SMS Gateway

Drupal SMS | SMS sender block in Drupal 6

SMS sender page in Drupal 6 provided by Ozeki SMS Module

Video:		Send SMS from Drupal (part 1/2, configure your modem)
Video:		Send SMS from Drupal (part 2/2, configure your system)

Send SMS from Drupal (part 1/2, configure your modem)

Send SMS from Drupal (part 2/2, configure your system)

Before you switch to the next step, please read how you can connect your system to the mobile network when you use Ozeki NG SMS Gateway for sending SMS: Internet based SMS connections vs. GSM modem based (wireless) SMS connections.

How SMS sender page works

Once you downloaded the OzekiSMS module, you can select the "SMS sender page" module in it to install. A form will appear after the installation in the content field of your web site that will be available with a link in the menu or with an URL. Then users only need to enter the recipient and the message text, and click on "Send message" button. Ozeki NG SMS Gateway will forward the message to the recipient (Figure 1). It connects to the mobile network either with GSM modem connection or IP SMS connection.

Figure 1 - SMS sender page

Configuration steps for Drupal SMS (with SMS sender page)

First, download and extract ozekisms.zip to your computer. In our example I extracted it to the desktop (Figure 2).

Figure 2 - Ozeki SMS module

You need to copy this module so right click on it and select "Copy" option (Figure 3).

Figure 3 - Copy Ozeki SMS module

Paste the module into the modules folder of Drupal. The relative path to Drupal should be \sites\default\modules (Figure 4).

Figure 4 - Full path of Ozeki SMS module

Start your browser and open your Drupal web site (Figure 5).

Figure 5 - Open Drupal homepage

Log into your Drupal web site with your username and password (Figure 6).

Figure 6 - Log into Drupal

Click on "Administer" in the menu and click on "Modules" under "Site building" pane (Figure 7).

Figure 7 - Drupal administer menu

In Ozeki SMS part enable "Ozeki SMS module" and click on "Save configuration" (Figure 8).

Figure 8 - Check Ozeki SMS module

You can configure this module by clicking on "Site configuration" menu item. Select "Ozeki SMS module settings" (Figure 9).

Figure 9 - Select Ozeki SMS module settings menu item

On the form provide the following values:
IP address: this is the IP address of the computer where Ozeki NG SMS Gateway has been installed
HTTP Port number: the port number of the built-in HTTP server of the gateway
Username and password: the username and password you use to log into Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
HTTP GET string: the module will use this string to send out SMS messages.

(If you leave the default settings unchanged (even you leave the default username: "admin" and password: "abc123") and Ozeki NG SMS Gateway has been installed to the same computer as Drupal, then this module also will work properly.)

This HTTP GET string can be used with any other SMS gateway that has a built-in HTTP server.

Finally save the settings by clicking on "Save configuration"

Figure 10 - Settings

To test the system I click on "Send an SMS" link in the menu (the SMS sending page is available via this link). I provide the recipient phone number and compose the message. Finally, I click on "Send message" button. These are the steps of SMS sending with this module (Figure 11).

Figure 11 - Send SMS message

If you take a look at Ozeki NG SMS Gateway you can see the message has been sent to the recipient (Figure 12).

Figure 12 - Sent SMS message in Ozeki NG SMS Gateway

Thank you for reading this guide. If you still have further questions please contact us at info@ozekisms.com

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