This page explains how to connect Kannel SMS Gateway to Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
over SMPP protocol. In this guide you can see how to install and configure an SMPP user using
the graphical user interface of Ozeki NG SMS Gateway and the commands you need
to use in the configuration files of the Kannel SMS Gateway.
Step 1: Install an SMPP user
In order to connect Kannel SMS Gateway to Ozeki NG SMS Gateway, first you
need to install and configure a new SMPP User in the graphical user
interface of your Ozeki NG SMS Gateway.
To start installing and configuring an SMPP user, click on the Add button in the top
right-hand corner of the Users and Applications panel on the right of the Management
Console. You can also add a user by clicking the Add user item in the Users and
applications menu. (Figure 1).
Figure 1 - Adding a user
This will bring up an interface consisting of two panels.
The panel on the left side contains a list of users that have been installed, while
the panel on the right side contains a list of users that can be installed.
On the right panel find the SMPP user and click on Install button.
It allows you to connect SMPP clients to Ozeki NG - SMS Gateway to send and
receive SMS messages.
Figure 2 - Installing an SMPP user
After you have clicked on the Install button, you need to provide a unique username.
Clicking on the Ok button, the configuration form of the SMPP user appears.
Under the Authentication tab of the configuration panel, the Username
field contains the unique username you have provided in the previous panel. And
the Password field that you should change. Your password should be a
combination of letters and digits (at least one or two of the latter). From now on,
the username and password you have provided can be used to log in to the program (Figure 3).
Figure 3 - User authentication
Now you are ready with the basic settings you need to perform on your SMPP
user. The following data can be used in order to connect your Kannel SMS Gateway
to Ozeki NG SMS Gateway:
SMPP Connection Information for Kannel SMS Gateway:
| SMPP Host: | The IP address of Ozeki NG SMS Gateway (in this example: 192.168.113.176). |
| Port: | 9500 | (This is default SMPP port. If you wish to change, you can perform it unser Edit \Server preferences \ Client connectivity \ SMPP Server textbox).
| Username: | smpp |
| Password: | The password you have provided in the previous step. |
SMPP version: | 3.4 |
| SMPP bind: | transceiver |
| SMPP system type: | SMPP |
If you would like to read more about SMPP user or how to provide SMS
Service for SMPP clients, click on the following links:
Step 2: Configure Kannel SMS Gateway
After you have installed Kannel SMS Gateway to your Linux operating system,
you need to change its configuration file in order to connect it to
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway.
First stop your Kannel SMS Gateway using the following command:
service kannel stop
Figure 4 - service kannel stop
Now open the coniguration file of the gateway with your favourite text editor.
nano /etc/kannel/kannel.conf
Figure 5 - nano kannel.conf
You need to provide the following data:
- group: smsc
- smsc: smpp
- interface-version: 34
- host: 192.168.113.176 (the IP address of the computer on which Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway you is installed)
- port: 9500 (this is the port on which Ozeki NG SMS Gateway is listening incoming
SMPP packets)
- system-id: smpp (this is the unique username we gave in the previous step)
- smsc-password: smpp (this is the password belongs to the SMPP user in your
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway)
- system-type: default
- transceiver-mode: 1 (transceiver mode can be used to send or receive SMS
messages on the same connection)
group = smsc
smsc = smpp
interface-version = 34
host = 192.168.113.176
port = 9500
system-id = smpp
smsc-password = smpp
system-type = default
transceiver-mode = 1
Figure 6 - Edit kannel.conf
Now start the Gateway.
service kannel start
Figure 7 - Start your Gateway
Step 3: Check the connection between the two SMS gateways
Now return to Ozeki NG SMS Gateway to check the status of the connection.
The following figure shows that the Kannel SMS Gateway has connected to Ozeki
NG SMS Gateway successfully.
Figure 8 - Status of the connection
Step 4: Forward incoming messages to Kannel SMS Gateway
If a message comes into the Ozeki NG SMS Gateway on one of the service provider connection,
and you would like to forward it to Kannel SMS Gateway, you need to
install a new Inbound routing rule with the following settings:
- Source: Any
- Destination: smpp
Figure 9 - Inbound routing rule
The following picture shows the event log of the SMPP user that you can see
when an SMS message is forwarded to Kannel SMS Gateway.
Figure 10 - SMS to Kannel
Step 5: Receive SMS messages from Kannel SMS Gateway
If you would like to send out an SMS message coming from Kannel SMS Gateway
you need to setup a new Outbound routing rule
with the following settings:
- Source: smpp
- Destination: Any
Figure 11 - Outbound routing rule
The following picture shows the event log of the SMPP user that you can see
when an SMS message is coming from the Kannel SMS Gateway.
Figure 12 - Sms from Kannel
Conclusion
If you have followed these steps you can connect your Kannel with your Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
over SMPP protocol.
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