SMPP to UCP 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 SMPP connection over an UCP connection.

Step 1 - Add new connection

The first step is to connect to the UCP service provider. To do this, you need to create an UCP 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 - UCP Client connection

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

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Figure 2 - UCP Client connection

Step 3 - UCP 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 - UCP 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 SMPP 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 - SMPP user

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

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Figure 6 - SMPP 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 - SMPP 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 - SMPP client connected

Step 9 - SMPP message received

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

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Figure 9 - SMPP message received

Step 10 - UCP message sent

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

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Figure 10 - UCP message sent

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