FoxBox G25 SMS2Mail

A tiny web server for SMS bidirectional forwarding via EMAIL

A Linux forwarding manager with advanced SMS management features, to easily merge SMS channel with EMAIL one. Operating as a bidirectional gateway (SMStoMAIL and MAILtoSMS) this device enables new and powerful communication possibilities (include custom developments, aided by our Support Team). It can also be used, after an easy integration, to empower existing applications (ex. Nagios external servers) with new alert methods.

Main hardware features

• 100% solid state hardware in just 105x110x45mm;
• ATMEL AT91SAM9G25 400MHz 32bit CPU;
• 256MB of RAM DDR2;
• MicroSD solid state memory (4GB);
• Quad band GSM Quectel modem;
• External antenna with 2.5mt cable;
• LCD display (resolution 16x2);
• SMS/MMS communications using a common SIM card;
• Incoming transmission rate up to 30 SMS/min;
• Outgoing transmission rate up to 20 SMS/min;
• Serial debug port embedded;
• Three USB 2.0 ports;
• Internal clock with backup battery and NTP support;
• High computational power with low energy consumes;
• Noisless (thanks to its passive cooling system).

Main software features

• Debian Linux embedded OS (ver. Squeeze);
• Lighttpd embedded web server;
• SQLite embedded database server;
• Postfix embedded mail server;
• Fully featured Web Interface for device management;
• All pages customizable with XSL and CSS;
• Fully integrated SMS management;
• EMAILtoSMS and SMStoEMAIL gateway;
• Fully customizable software using PHP, Perl, C, Bash, ecc.;
• Expandable set of gateway functions;
• MYSQL client for database submissions;
• ODBC compliant, to easily access internal database.

Sms2Mail FoxBox G25 is a compact and low cost Linux-based server to easily foward incoming SMS to email recipients and viceversa using a commercial SIM card. Moreover, it is able to send and receive SMS messages like every other FoxBox.

Once put in your IT infrastructure with a small effort, it acts both as a web server and a mail server with a fully featured web interface to manage its messaging capabilities.

Moreover, Sms2Mail FoxBox G25 can also:

• Provide advanced tools, like time-scheduled sendings and auto-replies;
• Operate as a gateway, to integrate all the messaging channels available with mail servers, FTP clients, Sql servers, other applications (desktop or network), and so on;
• More generally, this device is perfectly suitable for every application that requires a fast and safe message flow management, in both the directions (incoming or outgoing).

FoxBox GUI features

• Read and write SMS;
• Polls on incoming SMS texts (to perform contents analysis);
• Advanced phonebook management (groups, CSV imports; ecc.);
• Advanced multi-user management (with personal queues);
• SMS messages broadcasting;
• Easy system configuration;
• System logs and DBMS interface.

Gateway features

• SMS to/from email;
• SMS to/from MySQL;
• SMS to/from web script (PHP, ASP, JSP, ecc.);
• SMS to/from Microsoft Outlook;
• SMS to/from Microsft Access;
• SMS to/from Macromedia Flash animation;
• SMS to/from desktop Widgets (MAC X OS, Windows, Linux);
• SMS to/from Postfix.

Application fields

The ones specific for this version:

• Needing of deliver incoming SMS to mailboxes to read them, to store them, to make some processing, and so on;
• Needing of forward emails to a mobile phone via SMS to reach remote operators (maybe following some logic).

And some field common to other versions of this family:

• Mobile marketing campaigns;
• Crew or fleet management, fastly exchanging informations with travelling workers;
• Advanced SMS services, sending and receiving SMS from a web interface and/or mailbox;
• Massive SMS campaigns to a distribution list (SMS letters), with statistics and surveys through real time reports;
• News and feedback sendings;
• SMS as input for a web order-processing system;
• Corporate SMS, like requests of informations or reports receivable via SMS.