(duh, how to accidentally send email #73: wipe dust off the laptop trackpad) As I was about to say, usb can only be used by one process at a time so you need to disable your ppp or lte interface while sending or receiving sms. Also, make sure that you have a valid channel defined when enabling receive - 8705 has chjannels 0 thru 7, and typically channel 4 is used for info and channel 3 for data. (channel 3 in this case would be your choice for SMS receive) Have you tested using different channels, and are you doing this with the lte or ppp interface disabled? Cheers, Mike.
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Everest [mailto:mike@duxtel.com] Sent: Wednesday, 26 November 2014 9:40 AM To: 'MikroTik Australia Public List' Subject: RE: [MT-AU Public] SMS on a Sierra Wireless MC8705
Hi Russel,
Usb port can only be used by one routerOS process so you will need to
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Russell Hurren Sent: Wednesday, 26 November 2014 4:11 AM To: MikroTik Australia Public List Subject: [MT-AU Public] SMS on a Sierra Wireless MC8705
Hi everyone
I have a couple of RB411U's with Sierra Wireless MC8705
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's (3G cards) at remote sites acting as out-of-band console servers for the onsite routers. The client is paying for the 3G service, and they've gone with the cheapest service they could find, which gives them 100MB/month and no public IP. I'm having to keep a tunnel permanently open to reach them, which is causing it to go over the download limit each month.
I had the idea of using SMS to wake them up, but I couldn't figure out how to configure them to handle SMSs. When I try to enable Receive, the port (usb2) briefly shows "Used By - SMS Tool" and then I get the message "Couldn't change SMS Settings - timeout (6)".
They're connected to the Internet using an LTE interface in 3G mode, not PPP. Do I need to drop the LTE connection for the SMS to work? (This wouldn't be a problem, but I'd have to recall one to test it, as they're 450km away and I don't have any other way to access them.)
Anyone have any ideas?
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