The questions says it all.  I would like to locate a library to help
me in talking to an SMSC via the SMPP 3.3 and 3.4 protocols.  Any
ideas?

/Lizardnation

Hi lizardnation-ga,

I found a module Net::SMPP that does SMPP 3.4.  It may require
tweaking to do SMPP 3.3.

http://search.cpan.org/~sampo/Net-SMPP-1.03/SMPP.pm

I looked for others, but couldn't find any.


Search Strategy

smpp perl


I hope this information is helpful.  If you need any further
information, please ask for a clarification.

--efn

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Request for Answer Clarification by lizardnation-ga on 27 Nov 2003 09:13 PST

Hi Efn,

Well done, then would you please locate a specs document which
explains SMPP 3.3 and 3.4 so I may cover my needs with the referenced
library and make the changes to cover both versions? :-)

Thank you.

/Lizardnation

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Request for Answer Clarification by lizardnation-ga on 27 Nov 2003 10:32 PST

I found the 3.4 specifications document, now I'm looking for the 3.3. :-)

/Lizardnation

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Clarification of Answer by efn-ga on 28 Nov 2003 15:46 PST

Hi Lizardnation,

I couldn't find anything that looked really authoritative.  The SMS
Forum, formerly known as the SMPP Developers Forum, claims ownership
and control of the SMPP protocol.

http://www.smsforum.net/org.html

They have v3.4 and v5.0 specifications available for download, but no v3.3.

The closest I could find was this document from Aldiscon:

http://www.csoft.co.uk/docs/SMPP-IF-SPEC.v3.3.pdf

If that doesn't look right to you, let me know and I can look some more.

--efn

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Request for Answer Clarification by lizardnation-ga on 28 Nov 2003 21:51 PST

Hello Efn,

That looks good enough.

Say, are you familiar with SMS technology?  What's your background in
general as I would be then encouraged to ask you a bit more in the
area?

Thank you.

/Lizardnation

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Clarification of Answer by efn-ga on 28 Nov 2003 22:59 PST

Hi Lizardnation,

Thanks for the rating and your interest.

I'm a senior software engineer.  I'm not particularly familiar with
SMS technology.  Several years ago, I had some involvement with an
interface where a voice messaging system would send message
notifications in short text messages, but I don't remember much about
it.  I have had a lot of experience with telecommunications
applications, including voice and fax messaging, interactive voice
response, and switching.  I know C++ pretty well--or at least I can
simulate such knowledge on-line with the aid of my library.

I'll be happy to help you with any further questions if I can.

--efn

Thanks!

/Lizardnation