Practical Use Note of Gammu

# Installing Gammu

apt-get install gammu

# Connecting The Modem

after the modem is plugged in,

find that the modem is detected with: dmesg | grep tty

ussually if the interface is USB, it'll shows ttyUSB0 and ttyS0 for serial, you'll need this for configuring gammu next..

# Configure Gammu

vi /etc/gammu-smsdrc

# Check It

please make sure that gammu service is not active.

root@pcsimv:~# gammu --identify

Device : /dev/ttyS0

Manufacturer : Wavecom

Model : unknown (MULTIBAND 900E 1800)

Firmware : 657e09gg.Q24PL002 1961548 103107 17:56

IMEI : 353044020053022

SIM IMSI : 510104242000009

# Starting the Service

root@pcsimv:~# /etc/init.d/gammu-smsd0 start

* Starting Gammu SMS Daemon gammu-smsd0 Log filename is "/var/log/smsdlog"

[ OK ]

# Checking log

vi /var/log/smsdlog

Installing Gammu from source on Linux

In this example, i use gammu-1.28.0.tar.gz on Ubuntu.

1. Install 3rd party services module. For mysql, install libmysqlclient15-dev.
2. extract gammu.tar.gz to /opt/src/gammu and goto this folder
3. mkdir build, and cd build
4. cmake .. -DWITH_NOKIA_SUPPORT=OFF -DWITH_BLUETOOTH=OFF -DWITH_IRDA=OFF 
5. make
6. make install

note:
gammu is here