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GAMMU: Send SMS with Raspberry Pi
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Raspberry and Gammu.md

Send SMS messages using Raspberry Pi.

Using gammu and Huawei E220

Prepare SD card with wheezy.

Login / complete rasp-config / reboot / login

Set vimrc to prevent annoying ADBC arrow keys

cp /etc/vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc

Set network (can be skipped)

vi /etc/network/interfaces

auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.198 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.254

Set nameservers (can be skipped)

vi /etc/resolv.conf

domain lan search lan nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4

Restart network

/etc/init.d/networking restart

# Install Gammu (python-gammu and gammu-smsd can be skipped - depending on requirements) apt-get install gammu apt-get install python-gammu apt-get install gammu-smsd

Find port USB device connected to

dmesg | grep tty

[ 7.578478] usb 1-1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0 [ 7.697942] usb 1-1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1

Config gammu

gammu-config

# Check connected gammu --identify

Device : /dev/ttyUSB0 Manufacturer : Huawei Model : E220 (E220) Firmware : 11.117.03.01.156 IMEI : 3XX19301XXXXXX3 SIM IMSI : 2XXXX923271XXX1

Test with a text message

echo "some message" | gammu --sendsms TEXT 07921XXXXXX

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