ActiveXperts SMSMessaging Server

Messaging Framework to send, receive and process SMS- and e-mail Send, receive and automate SMS text messages

ActiveXperts SMS Messaging Server is an SMS and e-mail messaging framework to allow companies to send, receive and process SMS and e-mail messages. The framework is designed support virtually any scenario where low-and high volume SMS and e-mail messaging is required.
 
SMS Messaging Server is an SMS messaging framework to enable sending, receiving and processing SMS- and e-mail messages. The framework is designed support virtually any scenario where low-and high volume SMS messaging is required.

Use SMS Messaging Server in any scenario where SMS
messaging is required:
 Radio/television stations can setup their own SMS based
voting system.
 Schools can send out SMS notifications to their students
when a teacher is sick. Mobile numbers can be fetched from
Active Directory, MS SQL or any other database.
 Sport clubs can setup their own SMS based reservation
system, for instance to reserve tennis courts.
 Let mobile users query databases for stock quantities, new
orders or customer information.
 Let remote workers update their time sheets.
 Emergency Response Centers can offer a service to locals to
report crime by a short message.
 IT staff can remotely restart services or reboot servers.

SMS Messaging Server Design

Messages are stored in the central Message Database. The
‘service’ – running in the background – queries the database for
outgoing and sends them out. Incoming messages are received
by the service and stored in the database. The service uses ‘channels’ to send and receive messages. Define a channel for each communication device/protocol. You
can define channels for each GSM modem, SMPP connection,
SMTP server and POP3 server.

Message Database
The Message database plays a central role. Client applications (like the SMS Messaging Server Manager, Web Interface, scripts, custom applications) store outgoing SMS/e-mail messages in the Message Database; the ‘service’ running on the background will take care of sending out those messages. On the other hand, incoming messages received by the ‘service’ are stored in the Message Database so the can be read by the client applications.

Manager

Use the ‘Manager’ application to view messages (based on queries), to manage the database and to manage to make changes to the configuration.
You can make ‘views’ to filter messages. You can launch a
wizard to setup new communication ‘channels’.

Monitor
Use the ‘Monitor’ to see what is happening under the hood. You can monitor all channels and all database activities.

API
The ActiveXperts SMS Messaging Server API defines an interface to its Messages Database, to make it a so called Open System. The API contains functions to filter, read, write, modify and delete messages in the Message Database. A few
scenario's where the API can be used:

To send SMS messages from a 3rd party application.
To implement triggers: as soon as a new message arrives in
the system, the SMS Messaging Server will trigger a
VBScript program. This trigger uses the API for instance to
create a reply message.
To create a custom ASP/ASP.NET based web interface.

Triggers
Incoming SMS- and E-mail messages are processed by so called ‘triggers’. You can define multiple triggers, to allow messages to be processed by multiple scripts.
Each individual trigger is a pair that consists of a condition and an associated VBScript. When the condition is matched, the associated VBScript program is invoked.

Features:  ActiveXperts SMS Mesaging Server features:
Features:SMS

    Send and Receive SMS messages on multiple communication lines simultaneously
    Support for GSM Modems and GSM phones (GSM 07.05 and GSM 07.07 specifications) for low-volume messaging
    Support for SMPP 3.x SMSC Centers. SMPP is the Industry Standard for high volume SMS
    Support for multiple SMPP/SMSC connections and multiple GSM modems/phones running simultaneously
    Support for multi-part messages, to allow messages longer than 160 characters
    Support for SMS delivery verification
    Support for Unicode, To support extended characters that are not supported by your native character set
    Support for WAP Push messages and Flash messages
    Support for traffic limitations and throttling
    Full TAPI (Windows Telephony) support
    Incoming SMS messages are stored in a central, vendor-independent message database
    Outgoing SMS messages are fetched from the message database and sent through an available GSM/SMPP communication channel
    All SMS communications can be viewed real-time using the SMS Messaging Monitor application

E-mail

    Send and Receive e-mail messages on multiple network connections simultaneously
    Native SMTP- and POP3 support
    Supports secure connections (SSL/TLS)
    Incoming e-mail messages are stored in a central message database
    Outgoing e-mail messages are fetched from the message database and sent through an available SMTP communication channel
    All E-mail communications can be viewed real-time using the SMS Messaging Monitor application

Database

    All configuration information is stored in a central, vendor independent database. An MS Access based configuration is installed by default. SQL scripts are provided to streamline migration to MS SQL or any other vendor-independent database
    All incoming and outgoing messages is stored in a central, vendor independent database. An MS Access based message database is installed by default. SQL scripts are provided to streamline migration to MS SQL or any other vendor-independent database
    The SMS Messaging Server Manager enables you to define different views of the database
    An API is provided to allow custom scripting. The API provides full access to the Configuration Database and the Message Database

Scripting low/medium volume

    Incoming messages can be processed by one or more VBScript based 'Trigger scripts'.
    Trigger scripts allow basically any kind of logic, creating new messages in reply, starting external applications, etc..
    The SMS Messaging Server API can be used in VBScript. A lot of sample code is included, showing how to use the API in VBScript

Message processing high volumes

    For high volume processing of incoming messages the SMS Messaging Server API can be used in a stand alone application.
    The SMS Messaging Server includes a C# based example for high volume processing of incoming messages.

Monitoring, Logging and Tracing

    The Monitor application shows the real-time activity of the channels. All modem operations and network operations (SMPP, POP3 and SMTP) can be viewed real-time
    Logging can be written to text files, an MS Access database, MS SQL server or any other OLE-DB/ADO compliant database. Product is shipped with an Access database file that works out-of-the-box
    Message tracing allows you to see exactly what happened with a message, at what time.


System Requirements:

Windows 2012     1.4GHz (x64)
single core     2GB     -     10GB
Windows 2008 R2     1.4GHz (x64)
single core     2GB     -     10GB
Windows 2008     1.4GHz (x64) / 1GHz (x86)
single core     2GB     -     10GB
Windows 2003 R2     733MHz (x64) / 550MHz (x86)
single core     1GB     SP1 or higher     10GB
Windows 2003     733MHz (x64) / 550MHz (x86)
single core     512MB     SP1 or higher     10GB
Windows 8     1GHz (x64/x86)
single core     2GB (x64/x86)     -     10GB
Windows 7     1GHz (x64/x86)
single core     1GB (x64/x86)     SP1 or higher     10GB
Windows Vista     1GHz (x64/x86)
single core     1GB (x64/x86)     SP1 or higher     10GB
Windows XP     233MHz (x86) / 733MHz (x64)
single core     512MB (x64/x86)     SP1 or higher     10GB