UCP to SMPP protocol converter

On this page you will find a detailed step by step guide that shows you how to configure the Ozeki SMS Gateway to forward an SMS from a UCP connection over an SMPP connection.

Step 1 - Add new connection

The first step is to connect to the SMPP service provider. To do this, you need to create an SMPP client connection. Click on the "Add new connection ..." as you can see on the Figure 1.

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Figure 1 - Add new connection

Step 2 - SMPP Client connection

Select the SMPP Client connection from the list and click Install (Figure 2).

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Figure 2 - SMPP Client connection

Step 3 - SMPP client user data

Now enter the contact details like Host, port, username and password. And enter the phone number that the SMS Gateway uses to send the message. Finally click on the OK button (Figure 3).

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Figure 3 - SMPP client user data

Step 4 - Client Connected

Next step is to enable the connection. If the connection is established with the service provider you can see the green pipe icon (Figure 4).

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Figure 4 - Client Connected

Step 5 - Add new user

After it create a new user that the UCP client can connect to. Click "Add new user / application..." as you can see on the Figure 5.

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Figure 5 - Add new user

Step 6 - UCP user

Select the UCP user service from the list and click Install (Figure 6).

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Figure 6 - UCP user

Step 7 - Provide username and password

Provide the username and the password and then click on the OK button (Figure 7).

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Figure 7 - Provide username and password

Step 8 - UCP client connected

On the user events tab, you can see if a client is connected to the service (Figure 8).

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Figure 8 - UCP client connected

Step 9 - UCP message received

On the events tab, you can also see if an sms is coming from the client via the UCP connection (Figure 9).

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Figure 9 - UCP message received

Step 10 - SMPP message sent

The Ozeki SMS Gateway forwards the message to the SMPP Client connection which sends the SMS to the Service Provider. This can be seen on the events tab of the SMPP Client connection (Figure 10).

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Figure 10 - SMPP message sent

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