Re: [Expectperl-discuss] Using a modem from Perl

[Roland G. <RGi...@a1...>]

From=3A =22Andreas Lidberg=2C Halmstad Internet AB=22 =3Candreas=40hinet=2E=
nu=3E
=3E I am writing a system for controlling the status of our network =

=3E (usingamong other things Net=3A=3ASNMP)=2E When something doesn=B4t r=
eply =

=3E as expected I want the system to send us (admins) a SMS with
=3E an errormessage=2E=2E=2E
=3E =

=3E Now to the problem=3A
=3E =

=3E I am very new to Perl and actually to Unix/Linux in general and I =

=3E am in need of some help=2E
=3E I have NO idea of how to access the modem to do a dialup to a SMS =

=3E Server and
=3E to send the message=2E I do know how the message is supposed to look =

=3E when sent
=3E but I don=B4t know how to communicate with the modem=2E
=3E =

=3E I have gotten so far as to guess that IO=3A=3Aptty could be the right=
 =

=3E way to walk=2C so thats why I am posting here=2E

Well=2C actually you would want to use Expect to spawn an external modem =

terminal program (typically =27tip=27) and let it handle communications =

over the modem=2E  Unfortunately I don=27t have any experience with modem=
 =

dialup=2C so I cannot suggest something=2C you have to find out by yourse=
lf =

or continue asking around=2E

What you need to do is to do it once manually and then write an Expect =

script to repeat it=2E  You start the program and take note what possible=
 =

prompts you get=2E  You type a sequence of characters and watch for the =

systems answer=2C etc=2E  Then you put that into a script using spawn()=2C=
 =

send() and expect()=2E

Now if you wanted to send the SMS via a webpage=2C that=27s something I =

already have done and could give you a code example=2E=2E=2E

Hope this helps=2C

Roland
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