NotePage SMS, Texting and Messaging Blogs

05/31/2019 In certain scenarios, ipMonitor cannot communicate directly to the modem.

In certain scenarios, ipMonitor cannot communicate directly to the modem. Use the External Process Action with a third-party modem application instead of the built-in SMS-based actions.

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05/29/2019 PageGate I-NET Seven Programming Instructions

PageGate allows for network paging or network wide SMS messaging from any combination of the following modules: web, email, commandline/ascii, serial, TAP-in and (GUI) windows workstations. SMS or text messages can be sent to alphanumeric pagers, numeric pagers, cell phones, PIMs, billboards or pcmcia pager cards.

For capturing and paging I/NET Seven alarms and messages the “Get Serial” module from PageGate is used.

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05/27/2019 Mine and Slope Monitoring Software Text Message Flow Options

Infographic showing Mine and Slope Monitoring Software Text Message Flow Options

05/24/2019 How Can Text Messaging Change the Hospitality Industry?

While waiting at the airport for your rental car, you get a notification on your cell phone. It's a text from your hotel, asking if you would like a drink or food from room service upon your arrival. It may sound like a futuristic luxury, but the fact of the matter is that scenarios like this are not that far off. Text messaging offers a myriad of ways to boost the hospitality industry, and hotels are bound to take note sooner rather than later.

How Can Text Messaging Change the Hospitality Industry?

05/22/2019 Two Way SMS Reply Processing Options

Infographic showing the flow of messages, including two-way SMS reply processing

Two Way SMS Reply Processing Options

05/20/2019 Text Messages Improve Birth Control Compliance, Says Study

Study after study points to the power of text messaging to connect health care providers to their patients, improving patient compliance with medications and appointments and giving medical professionals better data. A 2015 Johns Hopkins University study on birth control compliance in young women is no exception, demonstrating the potential texting holds to impact the often underserved area of womens health.

Text Messages Improve Birth Control Compliance, Says Study

05/17/2019 Building Automation and Building Controls Text Messaging Flow

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05/15/2019 Basic Text Message Flow

Visual representations of SMS and text message flow options.

Basic Text Message Flow

05/13/2019 Send Text and SMS Messages from Zenoss Network Monitoring

PageGate can be easily integrated with Zenoss Network Monitoring by using PageGate's GetMail interface. GetMail gives PageGate the ability to receive an email and translate that in to an SMS, page, update to a web API, etc, and Zenoss has the ability to send an email when an alert needs to be sent.

Send Text and SMS Messages from Zenoss Network Monitoring

05/10/2019 SMS and Text Message Flow Options

Text and SMS message flow options, sample message flow options.

Text Message Flow Options

05/08/2019 Steps to Send Text and SMS Messages from 2Ring

Follow these steps to use 2Ring with PageGate.

PageGate can be easily integrated with 2Ring by writing directly to the PageGate Database.

Steps to Send Text and SMS Messages from 2Ring

05/06/2019 Integration with Xymon Monitor

PageGate can be integrated with Xymon Monitor by having Xymons alerting system use a script to pass messages to PageGate's GetASCII API.

Integration with Xymon Monitor

05/03/2019 Could Text Messaging Kill?

Text messaging, when applied right, has been known to be a powerful tool for physical health; SMS has been used in a myriad of creative tactics to tackle medical issues and improve public health. Is it possible, though, that our extensive texting habits could be damaging our own physical health? Believe it or not, several physical ailments have been associated with excessive text messaging

Surprisingly, our texting habits could be affecting our posture--and contributing to a surprising range of health afflictions associated with poor posture. A condition called text neck, or tech neck, occurs from frequently holding the head down to look at mobile devices.

Could Text Messaging Kill?

05/01/2019 Automated Alarm Monitoring Text Message Flow Options

SMS and text messaging flow options from an automated alarm system.

Automated Alarm Monitoring Text Message Flow Options