Build an SMS Forwarder with Raspberry Pi Zero W and Waveshare SIM7000E Hat
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Re: Build an SMS Forwarder with Raspberry Pi Zero W and Waveshare SIM7000E Hat
#2Nice I guess?
The hat itself is somewhat expensive (for only GSM), especially compares to LTE USB sticks which can do the same (and more). But of course not as compact and nice looking.
Re: Build an SMS Forwarder with Raspberry Pi Zero W and Waveshare SIM7000E Hat
#3I'm not sure I understand. Does this thing do a man in the middle. Do you have to configure your phone to use it?
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#4I'm not sure I understand. Does this thing do a man in the middle. Do you have to configure your phone to use it?
It has a separate SIM card.
Re: Build an SMS Forwarder with Raspberry Pi Zero W and Waveshare SIM7000E Hat
#5Back in the day we use to call such devices gateways.
Re: Build an SMS Forwarder with Raspberry Pi Zero W and Waveshare SIM7000E Hat
#6When would you use this SMS gateway versus something like Twilio, Plivo, or Bandwidth.com terminating a DID for SMS service?
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#7Does anyone know if you could you this combo to creat some kind of VoIP gateway that could forward calls to an app on an iPhone over the Internet?
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#8When would you use this SMS gateway versus something like Twilio, Plivo, or Bandwidth.com terminating a DID for SMS service?
When you want to have telemetry from somewhere without access to a wifi network.
The last I looked, SMS was also cheaper and lower power than mobile data.
Re: Build an SMS Forwarder with Raspberry Pi Zero W and Waveshare SIM7000E Hat
#9Back in the day we use to call such devices gateways.
They would be hooked up to a Nokia 6110 with a serial data cable and use Gammu :D
Edit: I just noticed that Gammu is still a thing and even used in this article.
Re: Build an SMS Forwarder with Raspberry Pi Zero W and Waveshare SIM7000E Hat
#10When would you use this SMS gateway versus something like Twilio, Plivo, or Bandwidth.com terminating a DID for SMS service?
When you want to have telemetry from somewhere without access to a wifi network. The last I looked, SMS was also cheaper and lower power than mobile data.
True, but that's using SMS for telemetry (totally valid for use cases where power or connectivity are challenges) or remote control, not brokering SMS between another medium; this use case is forwarding SMS messages to Telegram. Maybe if you had a SIM for a geography that wasn't supported by a VoIP provider for programmatic access?