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#106844 1-Aug-2012 11:49

Well done for the computer world coverage Nate

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#665299 1-Aug-2012 11:58

Good on you Nate... It's a great article :)

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#665334 1-Aug-2012 12:47

Thanks guys!

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#665400 1-Aug-2012 13:45

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

Good job!

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#665424 1-Aug-2012 13:57

Awesome

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#665427 1-Aug-2012 14:00

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

Good job man, well done.

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#665438 1-Aug-2012 14:15

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