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#106844 1-Aug-2012 11:49
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Well done for the computer world coverage Nate

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  #665299 1-Aug-2012 11:58
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Good on you Nate... It's a great article :)



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#665334 1-Aug-2012 12:47
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Thanks guys!

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  #665400 1-Aug-2012 13:45
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Goes into the "why didn't I think of that" category. That's be dead easy to implement, seems like a neat idea.






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  #665420 1-Aug-2012 13:50
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Good job!




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  #665424 1-Aug-2012 13:57
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Awesome

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  #665427 1-Aug-2012 14:00
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well done Nate, I recall you putting the idea on here a while ago so good to see it coming to fuition.




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  #665433 1-Aug-2012 14:06
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Good job man, well done.

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  #665438 1-Aug-2012 14:15
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The hardest part of this whole system was working out a way to do the SMS part without breaking the bank.

From the article:

The technology used in that fit out cost several thousands of dollars. Dunn says for most hospitality business owners the profit margins are too small to invest in a system that costly.


I mentioned to Computerworld that the full fledged SMS gateways (with send and reply capabilities), coupled with a shortcode was in the region of $1k a month.

Trying to find a cheap component to handle SMS was also quite expensive, ended up rolling my own basic Windows app that does all the raw AT commands itself.  The modem is actually a 2N VoiceBlue Lite, which is based off a Siemens MC55 chip (bought off trademe for $200).  We used to use these as mobile gateways when we did VoIP phone systems, so I knew they were rock solid.

Was buggy as hell for the first few months while I ironed out the kinks but works like absolute champ now. I have to admit some issues were from customers who can't/don't read Smile


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  #665815 1-Aug-2012 23:57
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nicely done Nate :)




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  #665869 2-Aug-2012 08:32
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Congrats :) i might drop in sometime if i have some time later :)

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  #665880 2-Aug-2012 08:58
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Nice Nate ... great effort




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