[GreenKeys] GreenKeys Digest, Vol 83, Issue 47

[John Nagle]

On 12/31/2010 3:59 AM, greenkeys-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> On 12/30/2010 5:33 PM, Joe Giliberti wrote:
>> >  Hello Everyone,
>> >
>> >  My name is Joe Giliberti. I work/volunteer at the not-for-profit InfoAge
>> >  Science&   History Learning Center and Museum, located in Wall Township, NJ,
>> >  which is located on the site of a former Marconi Transatlantic Receiving
>> >  Station as well as the US Army Camp Evans Signal Laboratories. Due to those
>> >  associations, we try to have some exhibits related to our heritage.
>> >  We are working on an exhibit dedicated to World War II communications. We
>> >  currently have a Western Electric Model 20 teletype hooked up to an internet
>> >  connected computer running HeavyMetal 3. As it stands, we can pull in AP
>> >  feeds and email to be printed on the tty. We also have a device that acts as
>> >  a cell phone to receive cell calls and texts, which has an RS232 Serial port
>> >  for communication. The goal of this is for visiting kids and adults alike to
>> >  be able to send a text message to a special number, and have that message
>> >  print out to the teletype. The only stumbling point right now is getting
>> >  HeavyMetal to talk to the cell phone box through the serial report. Can
>> >  anyone offer insight? I will get more info on the box itself later on.
>> >
>> >  Thank you
>> >  Joe Giliberti

     I've been pulling in SMS messages and printing them on
a Model 15 with BaudotRSS:

	http://sourceforge.net/projects/baudotrss/

This receives SMS messages using Google Voice, over an Internet
connection.   It also follows any desired list of
RSS feeds.  The Reuters feed is the most useful; its stories
are complete sentences.

A later version also supports Twilio, a real SMS gateway,
but that costs $0.02 per received message and requires
additional support on a hosting server.  I haven't
uploaded that version yet.

     What device are you using to receive SMS messages?
A phone?  A pager?

				John Nagle