Dummy phone for developers

Can I directly input messages from the server for display on the screen, without sending any SMS through the telephone- sort of having a virtual telephone.

Answer:

Ozeki SMS includes a virtual telephone. This virtual telephone is called "dummy phone for developers". If you install this device, you can input messages without sending any SMS througha normal telephone. To install the dummy phone, you need to select this driver from the list of GSM drivers on the configuration form.

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Figure 1 - GSM developer phone

gsm developer phone setup
Figure 2 - GSM developer phone setup

After the dummy phone is installed, you will have an option in the server menu to bring up the dummy phone screen, after you start the server.

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Figure 3 - SMS test phone for developers

Note: Since it is possible to install more then one devices to opperate simultaneously, you can install a dummy phone and a regular telephone on the same server to operate in parallel. This waz the software can provide a regular service, meanwhile you have an option to manually input SMS messages.

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