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[Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>]

This looks like a useful tool. Is it possible to use this as a means of
sending SMSes which are sent from the DHIS2 server via the local network
(to which the android device is connected)? It would seem you would need a
public IP to do this, but if the android is somehow connected to the DHIS2
server, I guess there is no means to "push" these messages directly to the
Android device. I do not think any device is going to have a public IP.

Regards,
Jason



On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Just to add, attached is a "manual" for the Android app:
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> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> just wanted to highlight a nifty Android app which you can set up as a
>> standalone SMS gateway for testing the SMS functionality in DHIS 2. Its
>> made by Lars Roland - you can get it from google play<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dhis2.androidsms>or from here:
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>> http://www.dhis2.org/appstore
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>> The app basically looks for incoming SMS arriving at the Android phone,
>> parses them to look for keywords and forwards these messages to your DHIS 2
>> server using HTTP. You can configure a list of SMS commands that should be
>> forwarded to DHIS 2.
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>> If you for example have created an SMS called 'Report' command within
>> DHIS 2 under Mobile Configuration -> SMS Commands, and you configure the
>> app to forward any SMS starting with 'Report' to DHIS 2, you can use this
>> to test data entry by sending for example 'Report A1 B2 C3' to your mobile
>> phone.
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>> If your Android phone has an IP address that is accessible to your DHIS 2
>> server you can also use this Android App to send SMS messages from DHIS 2
>> to users. The URL to configure into DHISv2 is shown on the bottom of the
>> app screen when running the app. This URL is configured in Mobile
>> Configuration -> SMS Service Configuration -> Add Gateway -> Generic HTTP
>> Gateway inside DHIS 2.
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>> regards,
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>> Lars
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