Help for SMS-Maker Version 1.0 05/09/2003

4. Configuration [ back home ]

If you start SMS-Maker for the first time, you'll see the following question:

Main screen of SMS-Maker

Click OK to open the Port and Speed configuration dialog.


4.1 Port and Speed settings [ back to top ]

First of all, you'll have to set the communication parameters for your cellphone. Choose Settings and Port and Speed from the main menu (or press CTRL+P or F10) to open this dialog:

Port and Speed settings

Choose your serial port and set the baudrate supported by your cellphone, then test the connection. If SMS-Maker is able to connect to your phone, it'll display a green message at the bottom of this window. Red messages mean there's something wrong...

Port and Speed settings tested successfully

If you can't get a nice, friendly and green message, vary the port speed until your cellphone is happy...

Please remember, your cellphone must be connected to a hardware serial port or to a virtual serial port, installed by a driver. If you can't get it to work, maybe there's no serial port available. Consult your cellphone's documentation for more details or contact your local dealer...


4.2 Mobile Network settings [ back to top ]

In order to send SMS messages from your cellphone, you'll need a so-called Service Center. This is a phone number in your provider's network, to which all SMS have to be send to. Usually, this number is pre-set in your cellphone and you don't need to set it in SMS-Maker. However, if you want to use a different number than the default one from your phone, select Settings and Mobile Network from the main menu (or press CTRL+K) and enter it here:

enter the no. of your service center

Some providers need this number included in every SMS, even if you want to use the default one stored in your phone. If you experience problems sending SMS, check the box send empty Service Center number to mobile here, otherwise leave it unchecked.

You can also use SMS-Maker to check your cash card balance. This is usually done by dialling a center Servicenumber in your provider's network. If you want to check your cash card balance with SMS-Maker, enter this number here.
To load your cash card, there's also a certain number to dial. Enter this number here to increase your balance with a new cashcode. You'll be able to load your cash card by choosing Program and Recharge Prepaid Card (or press CTRL+H) from the main menu.


4.3 eMail settings [ back to top ]

If you want to set up a sendmail job (see 5.5.5. sendmail job) you need to provide a SMTP server to send your messages to.

Select settings and SMTP (or press Ctrl + S) to get the following dialog:

enter eMail settings

Please provide your name, your eMail address, mail server name or IP address and the port.

Some mailservers want you to authenticate before sending mails. You have two choices: (1) Do a POP3 login or (2) use SMTP authentication. The latter method is quite rare, and you should always try to send mail without any authentication. If this doesn't work, contact your internet provider to ask which method to use.

Please note: These settings don't affect collecting mail from a mailserver. They just tell SMS-Maker which SMTP server to use and from who the sent messages appear to come from.


4.4 Sending SMS settings [ back to top ]

In order to let SMS-Maker automatically send SMS messages, you'll need to configure a directory for outgoing messages on your computer. This folder is created by default in the program directory but you can change it any time.
SMS-Maker will check this folder periodically for new messages to be send. Select Settings and Sending SMS from the main menu or press CTRL+F11 to enter it.
Optionally you can choose if and in which folder sent messages will be stored in.

sending SMS settings

The check box sending SMS is active sets the status of SMS-Maker. If checked, SMS-Maker will poll for new messages and sends them. If not, it won't ;-)) You can also set this from the program menu or from the context menu of SMS-Maker's icon in the taskbar. To activate and deactivate sending of SMS automatically, just set up a schedule by clicking on the schedule button send schedule button (see image and description below).

If you purchased a Pro license of SMS-Maker, you can add a default signature to all messages you send. Please note: The total number of characters you can use for the message will be shortened by the length of this signature. This feature is disabled for Eval and Light version.

Selecting Ignore Errors when sending SMS causes SMS-Maker to skip error messages that are being returned from your mobile phone (e.g. when trying to set message format - some manufacturers like Ericsson don't support setting message format to PDU or text mode). SMS-Maker will ignore these messages and try to send messages anyway. Otherwise SMS-Maker will abort sending SMS as soon an error occurs.

Furthermore, you can set the timing interval for sending SMS messages. This interval tells SMS-Maker how often it should check the outgoing directory for new messages.

send schedule settings

In order to automatically activate or deactivate sending of SMS on certain days and times, you may want to set up a schedule. This schedule will -for example- allow you to collect SMS messages during daytime and automatically send them at night.


4.5 Recieving SMS settings [ back to top ]

SMS-Maker automatically checks your phone or GSM-modem for new incoming SMS, if the Receiving active-option is activated. In order to save messages on your computer, SMS-Maker needs an incoming directory. A default directory named In will be created under the program directory on first startup of SMS-Maker, but you can change it any time. Optionally you can choose if and where processed messages (messages that contain jobs and were processed by SMS-Maker) will be archived to.

Select Settings > Receiving SMS or press F12 to open the following dialog:

receiving SMS settings

SMS-Maker also allows you to choose, wether received SMS should be downloaded from your phone (from the internal or simcard memory) even if you've already read them and if messages should be deleted from the phone's memory once they've been copied. We recommend deleting SMS, since SMS-Maker doesn't check if a message was copied before and will overwrite existing messages without warning. Please note: If you have active jobs running and don't delete received messages, SMS-Maker will process your jobs over and over and again!

Additionally, you can set the interval SMS-Maker will check for new incoming messages. And corresponding to sending SMS, you can use the schedule button receive SMS schedule to set up a schedule for activating and deactivating recieving of messages, for example to execute jobs only during office hours.

receive SMS schedule


4.6 Logging [ back to top ]

SMS-Maker is able to log all SMS transactions to a log file (SMSMAKER.LOG in program directory). In this file, you can see when, what and to whom SMS-Maker sent SMS messages. To activate or deactivate logging, select Log SMS Transactions from the Settings menu or press CTRL+L. To view the logfile choose View Logfile from the settings menue or press CTRL+W.


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