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SendingtextmessagesfromyourArduinocanbeabitofahassle.Inthistutorial,Illshowyoua
simplewaytosendtextmessageswithyourArduinoforaround$20.
IfyouwanttosendatextmessagefromyourArduino,youvegotbasicallythreeoptions:
UseaGSMshield
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http://murchlabs.com/sendsmsfromyourarduino/

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usinganoldMotorolacellphone
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PlugyourArduinointoacomputerviaUSBandhaveascriptrunningonyourcomputerthat

ATmega32u4withArduino

usestheaforementionedemailtoSMSgatewaymethod.

TinyLoadrShieldUpdated!

Unfortunately,thesemethodsareeitherexpensive,requiresomewhatcomplicatedcode

ArduinoISPDeluxeShield

(dependingonyourcodingabilities),orboth.Thelasttwooptionsalsorequireyoutobewithin
rangeofaninternetconnectionoracomputer,whichisntalwayspossible.

Archives

Fortunately,thereisanotheroptionthatischeap,requiresonlybasiccode,andallowsyoutouse
itanywhereyouvegotpowerandcellservice:useyourArduinotointerfacewithacellphone

October2014

overaserialconnection.InthistutorialwellbeusingtheMotorolac168i,whichcanbefoundon
CraigslistoreBayforlessthan$20.YoumayalsobeabletouseMotorolasC257,C261,V175,

August2013

V176,V177,C168,W220,andW375,astheysharethesameserialconnector.Youmightbeable
touseanotherkindofphoneprovidedithasaserialconnection(veryuncommoninnewer

July2013
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phones),butitwilllikelyhavedifferentserialpinoutsand/oradifferentsetofsupported
commands.

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Whatyoullneed
AnArduino(obviously)
MotorolaC168iwithworkingSIMcard
Smallbreadboard+jumperwires
3/32headsetplug(TRS)
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10Kohmresistor
Pushbutton

Steps
1.SetupyourC168i.
YoullneedtomakesurethatyourMotorolaC168iisworkingproperlyandthatyoucan
sendtextmessagesfromit.Ifyoubrowsethephonessettings,youcanchoosetodoa
masterresetaswellasinitialphonesetup.
SetupyourC168iaccordingtoyourcarrierssettings,andensureyoucansendatext
messagefromthephoneitselfbeforecontinuing.
2.Solderwirestoyourconnector.
Youllwanttosolderonewiretoeachofthethreeconnectorsonyour3/32headset
plug.ThetipconnectorwillbeourserialTXconnection,theringconnectorwillbeour
serialRXconnection,andthesleeveconnectorisourgroundconnection.Inthisphoto,
mybluewireisTX,whitebluewireisRX,andgreenisground.Useamultimetertofigure
outwhichpinconnectstowhichpartoftheconnectorifyourenotsure.

3.Maketheconnections.
ConnecttheTXtopin2ofyourArduino,connecttheRXtopin3,andconnecttheground
connectiontoGND.Connectyourpushbuttontopin8.Makesuretousethepulldown
resistor,oryoumaygetfalsereadings.Seetheimagebelowforawiringdiagram.

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4.Modify&uploadthecode.
Substitutethephonenumberforyourownintheexamplecode(foundatthebottomof
thispost)anduploadittoyourArduino.
5.Plugitinandtestitout.
Plugthe3/32headsetplugintotheheadphonejackonthetopofthephoneandpush
yourbutton.TheonboardLED(13)shouldblinkwhenthemessagehasbeensent.You
canverifythisbygoingintothephonesoutbox.Ifthemessagedoesntsend,orthe
messagedoesntappearinthephonesoutbox,doublecheckyourwiringandensurethere
arenobrokenorshortedoutconnections,especiallyinyourheadsetplug.Youcanalsotry
unpluggingandrepluggingtheheadsetplug.

Demonstration

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Send SMS from Arduino using Motorola C168i

ExampleCode
Theexamplecodeisfairlybasic.ItusestheSoftSeriallibrary(includedwiththeArduinoIDE)to
setupasoftwareserialconnectiononanypinsthatwewant.Onceweestablishtheserial
connection,weuseATcommandstowakethephoneup,entertextmode(asopposedtodata
mode),createanewtextmessage,andthensendittotheappropriatephonenumber.Wethen
wait10seconds,givingthephoneenoughtimetosendthemessage,andthendeletethe
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/*
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ApplicationName:ArduinoSendSMS
Description:SendSMSmessagesusingaMotorolaC168i
Author:JeffMurchison
Contact:http://murchlabs.com/contact/
Date:September17,2012
Version:1.0
License:

ThisworkislicensedunderaCreativeCommonsAttributionNonCommercialShareAlike3.0UnportedLicense.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/byncsa/3.0/

Attributions/SpecialThanks:

MatthewSheffield.Thiscodebasedonhisexample,butupdatedtouseArduinoIDE1.0.1
andSoftwareSerial.

http://sheffiel.blogspot.ca/2011/02/remotecarstartercontrollingmotorola.html

*/

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#include<SoftwareSerial.h>

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#include<SoftwareSerial.h>

SoftwareSerialmySerial(3,2);//RX,TXpins

voidsetup(){

pinMode(13,OUTPUT);//Initializepin13asdigitalout(LED)
pinMode(8,INPUT);//Ourbuttonpin
mySerial.begin(4800);//Openserialconnectionatbaudrateof4800

voidloop(){

if(digitalRead(8)==HIGH){//Onbuttonpress
digitalWrite(13,HIGH);//TurnLEDon.
mySerial.println("AT");//SendsATcommandtowakeupcellphone
delay(500);
mySerial.println("AT+CMGF=1");//PutsphoneintoSMSmode
delay(1000);//Waitasecond
mySerial.println("AT+CMGW=\"+14165551234\"");//YOURNUMBERHERE;Createsnewmessagetonumber
delay(1000);
mySerial.print("SentfrommyArduino.");//Messagecontents
delay(1000);
mySerial.write(byte(26));//(signalsendofmessage)
delay(1000);
mySerial.println("AT+CMSS=1");//Sendsmessageatindexof1
digitalWrite(13,LOW);//TurnLEDoff
delay(250);
digitalWrite(13,HIGH);//TurnLEDon.
delay(10000);//GivethephonetimetosendtheSMS
mySerial.println("AT+CMGD=1");//Deletesmessageatindexof1
digitalWrite(13,LOW);//TurnLEDoff.
delay(250);
}

Links
http://sheffiel.blogspot.ca/2011/02/remotecarstartercontrollingmotorola.html
http://code.google.com/p/sserial2mobile/
Note:IhavedisabledcommentsforthispostbecausepeoplearemostlyaskingquestionsthatI
havealreadyansweredinthepostitself,inthecomments,orthatIcantansweratallmainly
aboutwhatphoneswillandwillnotworkforthisproject(theonlyonesIknowthatwillworkare
listedabove).Ifyouvereadthroughthepostandallthecommentsandstillhaveanissuethen
feelfreetosendmeanemail.
Categories:Arduino,Tutorials.Tags:Arduino,C168i,featured,Message,Motorola,Send,SMS,Text.

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76ResponsestoTutorial:SendSMSfromyourArduinousinganoldMotorolacell
phone
Seattleandrew

September19,2012at10:17pm

Thisisprettyawesome.DoyouknowifthephonecansendSMSbacktotheArduinoover
Serial?ThatwayyoucouldinteractwiththeArduinooverSMS?

JeffMurchison

September19,2012at10:29pm

Ibelieveitspossible,butIhaventlookedintoityet.Itappears,accordingtopage370of
thisdocumentthatthereisanATcommandthatllletyoureadmessages.IknowthatMatt
Sheffieldwasworkingonthatfunctionality,somaybegivehimashout?Ifyoufigureitout,
Idlovetoseetheresults.

Mike

September21,2012at1:17am

So,inpracticalterms,youhaveanArduinowatchingsomethingmaybeasensoronagarage
doorsoyouknowwhenyourspousecomeshomesomething.Theeventhappensandthe
Arduinotextsyouthatithas.
ThatpartIget.ThephonepartIdonot.Warning!Stupidquestionsfollow!
AworkingSIMcard.ThereisoneinmyphonebutthatisthephoneIwanttoreceivethe
texton.DoIhavetohaveservicefortwolines?CanIduplicatetheSIMinmycurrentphone,
puttheduplicateintomyeBaycheapieandmoreorlesstextmyself?Imnotclearhowthe
phoneendofitworksinadaytodaysense.Additionalservicesortsofbustsyour$20.

JeffMurchison

September21,2012at9:54am

AsfarasIknow,youcantduplicateaSIMcard.ASIMcardcanonlyberegisteredona
networkonce,andthatstokeeppeoplefromduplicatingtheircardsandsharingthemwith
theirfriendssotheydonthavetogettheirownservice.
IfyoucantuseyourexistingSIMcard,thenyes,youllhavetogetanewone.Youroptions
entirelydependonyourcarrier.Personally,Iuseapayasyougoaccount,whichcostme
$10fortheSIMcard.Somecarriersgivethemawayforfree.Youmightalsoseeifyoucan
setitupasafamilyplanorsomething,wherethecheapnewphonedrawsfromyour
existingtextmessagepackage.The$20wasastartupmaterialscost.Itsimpossibleto
predicthowmuchitllactuallycosteveryone,therearetoomanyvariableslocation,
carriers,carrierrates,howmanymessagespeoplewillsend,howlongtheyllkeepitgoing,
etc.
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john

March25,2013at7:50pm

bywayofexample,youcangetapayasyougophoneatW*lmartforabout$15.
Veriz*nhasapayasyougoplanthatruns$30/month,butyoucanprepay$100and
youaregoodforayear,oruntilyouuseupallyourcredit.Typically,accessingthe
networkcosts$2eachdayandcallsandtextmessagesaresomenominalamount
comparabletootherplans.So,forexample,ifyousetuptheArduinotosendatext
messageonlyevery3or4dayswiththetempreatureinyourcabin,orifitdropped
below40degreesF,youcouldmonitorthecabinforabouthalfayear,soabout
$16/month.IthinktherearestrictlySMSplansthatmightcheaper.

TaalouchFradj

March7,2013at4:00pm

isitpossibletouseinplaceofarduinopeak16F877

JeffMurchison

March7,2013at4:11pm

Ihavenoideawhatyoureaskingme.

Vela001

March13,2013at7:34pm

Veryinterestingwork,butiwouldliketoknowifsomeonecouldhelpmetoadjustthiscodefor
MotorolaV360V,becauseicantfindanyofthismodelsyoumentioned?

Hari

March15,2013at12:42am

Hi
Thanksforthiswonderfulpage.IambuildingaSMSbasedtemperaturealertsystembasedon
thispage.
Excusemypoorknowledgeinembeddedprogramming,butIhaveadoubt.
Thetemperaturesensorisananaloginputright?
Sohowdowereplacetheif(digitalRead(8)==HIGH)expressionsothatitwillservemy
purpose.
IwantanalertSMStobesentwhentemperaturecrosses25degreecelsiuswhichcorresponds
to250mVoutputfromthesensor.
Doweneedtoinitializethepinasanalog?
Thanksinadvance.
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JeffMurchison

March15,2013at12:47am

UsetheAnalogRead(pin)command.
http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/AnalogInput

Hari

March15,2013at1:07am

ThanksJeff!
NowthatIcametoknowabouttheexamplespageofarduinowebsite,IthinkIcantackle
almostanyproblemIgetonmyway.Appreciatethehelp.

Hari

March15,2013at1:18am

Bytheway,thephoneIacquiredforthisprojectisMotorolaC168,notC168i.
Itwillstillwork,right?

JeffMurchison

March15,2013at1:20am

Accordingtogoogle,theyareidentical,soitshouldwork.

Hari

March15,2013at5:21am

Iusedthefollowingcode:
#include
SoftwareSerialmySerial(3,2)//RX,TXpins
voidsetup(){
pinMode(13,OUTPUT)//Initializepin13asdigitalout(LED)
pinMode(8,INPUT)//Ourbuttonpin
mySerial.begin(4800)//Openserialconnectionatbaudrateof4800
}
voidloop(){
if(digitalRead(8)==HIGH){//Onbuttonpress
digitalWrite(13,HIGH)//TurnLEDon.
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mySerial.println(AT)//SendsATcommandtowakeupcellphone
delay(500)
mySerial.println(AT+CMGF=1)//PutsphoneintoSMSmode
delay(1000)//Waitasecond
mySerial.println(AT+CMGW=\+1919447786559\)//YOURNUMBERHERECreatesnew
messagetonumber
delay(1000)
mySerial.print(SentfromArduino.)//Messagecontents
delay(1000)
mySerial.write(byte(26))//(signalsendofmessage)
delay(1000)
mySerial.println(AT+CMSS=1)//Sendsmessageatindexof1
digitalWrite(13,LOW)//TurnLEDoff
delay(250)
digitalWrite(13,HIGH)//TurnLEDon.
delay(10000)//GivethephonetimetosendtheSMS
mySerial.println(AT+CMGD=1)//Deletesmessageatindexof1
digitalWrite(13,LOW)//TurnLEDoff.
delay(250)
}
}
AlthoughIcanseetheLEDblink,NoSMSwassent.Iampoweringtheboardusingusbfrom
computer.
Isthattheproblem?
TherewasalsoonemoredifferenceinwhatIdid.Ididnotusearesistor,Ijustconnectedpin8
to5Vofthearduinoforaseconddirectly.
Whatdoyouthinktheproblemis?

JeffMurchison

March15,2013at10:22am

Checkoutstep5above.
ItalsoappearsthattheIncludelineismissingtheSoftwareSerial.Itshouldbe:
#include<SoftwareSerial.h>(removethespacesbetweenthe<and>)

TaalouchFradj

March19,2013at8:03am

ifIwanttodoasimulation,whatsoftwarecanIuse?
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thankyou

Karmel

March29,2013at4:05pm

Hy,youcanjustuseISIS,howeverconfigurationitselfisnotassimpleasthat

erhas

March31,2013at10:36am

iwanttoask..ifiusenokia3310icanusethesamecodeasabove?

JeffMurchison

March31,2013at11:58pm

DependsiftheNokiahasastraightserialconnectionavailable,andifitacceptsAT
commands.

Marc

April4,2013at6:36pm

HiJeff,
IcopiedyoursketchonmyarduinounoandconnectedaMotorolaC261asyoudescibed.
Besidessomebeepsitproducesnothing.
Ialsotriedtoreadoutanydatafromthesoftwareserial,withoutanysuccess.
AnyIdeas?

JeffMurchison

April24,2013at8:49am

Makesureyouhaveyoursettothecorrectbaudrate.Otherthanthat,Idontknowwhatto
tellyouotherthanmakesurealltheconnectionsarecorrect.

helmi

April24,2013at4:42am

caniuseanothorphone(samsung,nokia)toreplacemotorola168i?
thankyou.

JeffMurchison

April24,2013at8:48am

Somepeoplehavegottenotherphonestowork,yes,butyoullhavetodoabitofresearch.
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ThistutorialisonlyforaselectfewphonesbyMotorola.

Ives

May2,2013at9:50pm

HeyJeff,
Thankssomuchforpostingthis!Itsgoingto(hopefully)savemyassasIvebeentryingtouse
SMSformythesis.Cantwaittotrythisout

arian

May18,2013at8:18am

isthisnotrequirers232tottlconverterllikeMAX232?

JeffMurchison

May21,2013at12:34pm

Nope.

Kolouch

July18,2013at5:09am

Imprettysurethatthereshouldbea3.3Vlevelsatdatalines.USBdatalinesoperatesat
3.3VasC24moduleinsidethephonedoes.
NicearticleBTW.
Thanksforthatidea.

Janni

May21,2013at8:19am

HelloJeff,
thanksforthisnicepost.Ijustcopiedyourexamplecodeandusedit.Themessageswiththe
correctcontentsappearintheoutbox,butitseemslikethephoneisntsendingthem.The
wiringiscorrectandthenumbertowhichthemessageshouldbesendiscorrecttoo.Ifigoto
theoutbox,clickononeofthesemessagesandhitresent,themessageissendandappears
atmyotherphoneafterafewseconds.Idontreallyknowwhatiamdoingwrong.Ifyouhave
anyideawhattheproblemcouldbe,wouldbeniceifyoucouldreplytomycomment.

JeffMurchison

May21,2013at12:33pm

Didyoutrythelastlineofpart5?(Youcanalsotryunpluggingandrepluggingthe
headsetplug.)
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Iencounteredthisissueaswellandunpluggingtheheadsetandpluggingitbackinseemed
towork.

Janni

May21,2013at2:48pm

Yea,iwilltry.Shouldiunplugandreplugitwhilethephoneison?Orwhileitisoff?
Thanks.

JeffMurchison

May21,2013at2:49pm

Whenitson.

Janni

May21,2013at3:19pm

Andiforgottoask:whydoihavetousemySerial.write(byte(26));//
(signalsendofmessage)toendamessage?Isitimportanthowlongthe
messageis?

JeffMurchison

May21,2013at3:48pm

Itistheendoffilepartofthecommand.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoffile
AndIdontknowhowthephonewillactifyoutrytosendatextmessageover
140or160characters.Tryitoutandsee,itmightdependonyourcarriertoo.

Janni

May21,2013at3:45pm

Everythingworksnow,thanksforthegreathelp.Ihaveonelastquestion:Isitpossibletosend
themessagetomorethenonenumber?
Thanksagain.

JeffMurchison

May21,2013at3:50pm

Youcanputtheserialpartsinaforloop,storeyournumbersinanarray,anddoitthat
way,otherwiseIdontknow.
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Janni

May22,2013at4:42am

Ok,thankyouverymuch.Iwilltryitlikethat

EnginKury

May26,2013at9:35pm

HelloIwishIcanaskyousomequestionsaboutyourcode.Couldyougiveanemailaddress
thatIcancontactyou?Thankyou

EnginKury

May26,2013at9:48pm

HereisacodethatIamtryingtoworkon:
#include
SoftwareSerialmySerial(3,2)//RX,TXpins
voidsetup(){
mySerial.begin(4800)//Openserialconnectionatbaudrateof4800
}
voidloop(){
mySerial.println(AT)//SendsATcommandtowakeupcellphone
delay(500)
mySerial.println(AT+CMGF=1)//PutsphoneintoSMSmode
delay(1000)//Waitasecond
mySerial.println(AT+CMGW=\+19097060544\)//YOURNUMBERHERECreatesnew
messagetonumber
delay(1000)
mySerial.print(SentfrommyArduino.)//Messagecontents
delay(1000)
mySerial.write(byte(26))//(signalsendofmessage)
delay(1000)
mySerial.println(AT+CMSS=1)//Sendsmessageatindexof1
delay(250)
delay(10000)//GivethephonetimetosendtheSMS
mySerial.println(AT+CMGD=1)//Deletesmessageatindexof1
delay(250)
}
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However,itdoesnotgotomessaingscreen,butitgoestoCallsMadescreen.Couldwe
discusshowwecanfixthis?

JeffMurchison

May30,2013at10:06am

Sorry,IneverranintothatissuemyselfsoIcantreallysuggestanythingotherthanmaybe
factoryresetthephoneandmakesureitworksbysendingatesttextmessagefromit
manually.

JeffMurchison

September15,2013at10:17am

Itappearsyourincludelineiswrong.Usethisinstead:
#include<SoftwareSerial.h>
(removethespacesaroundthe<and>)

libellule

May30,2013at9:35am

Hithankyouforsuchagreatproject!!ijusthadmineworkingandboyamiexcitedlolIhave
aquestionthough(andexcusemypoorknowledge,imanewbie).
Isthereawayicouldmodifythiscircuitsothatidoesntuseapushbutton.Letssayiwantto
havetheentiresystemselfcontrolledandiwantthearduinotosendmeatextmessagewhen
andonlywhensomethinghappens(i.e.thephonerunsonlowbattery.)howcanidothat.do
ineedsensors,etc.
Thankyousomuchyouaremynewherolol.

JeffMurchison

May30,2013at10:11am

Absolutely.Thecodeisactuallyverybasic.Isuggestyoureadthroughthecodereference
materialonArduinoswebsite,andtryoutsomeoftheirtutorials.Theyreveryuseful.
http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/HomePage
http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/HomePage

libellule

May30,2013at9:21pm

Awesomeandthanksforyourquickreply.
Doyouknowwhatkindofsensorswouldbeappropriateforsuchwork?(arduino
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sendingatextmessagetomyphonewhenthecellphonec168irunsoutofbattery).
thankyou

joseph

May31,2013at2:21am

nicejob.plzcanyouhelpmeonhowtoreceivesmsandpassittoarduinousingmotorola
c168sothatitcanperformtaskwhichIwantittodo

JeffMurchison

June3,2013at7:25am

UnfortunatelyIdontknowhowtoreadtextmessagesfromthephone,onlysendthem.But
ifyoufigureitout,letmeknow!

NickGarrod

June23,2013at7:11am

ThankyoufortheveryusefularticleJeffandsharingyourknowledge.Icanconfirmthatit
workswiththeMotorolaW375,whichisavailableusedforabout10orlessintheUK.

JeffMurchison

July19,2013at1:43pm

Thanksforconfirming!

Marco

July31,2013at3:15am

Hi,canIaskyouifyouhadtolowervoltageformotorolaW375?Minesometimescallsthe
numberIinsertedintothecodeifIpressthebuttonicopiedexactlytheconnections
shownintothearticlebutitdoesntworkwithmotorolaw375Pleasecanyouhelpme?
Thankyou

RIALAGA

July9,2013at12:42pm

Hi,IfromColombia,IhavenokiaX200,Ijustcopiedyourexamplecodeandusedit.The
messageswiththecorrectcontentsappearintheoutbox,butitseemslikethephoneisnt
sendingthem.Thewiringiscorrectandthenumbertowhichthemessageshouldbesendis
correcttoo.Ifigototheoutbox,clickononeofthesemessagesandhitresent,the
messageissendandappearsatmyotherphoneafterafewseconds.Idontreallyknowwhati
amdoingwrong.Ifyouhaveanyideawhattheproblemcouldbe,wouldbeniceifyoucould
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replytomycomment.

JeffMurchison

July19,2013at1:43pm

Trystep5.Iencounteredthatintermittentlybutcouldntnaildowntheissue.

CrashSpaceBlogArchiveFound@CRASHSpace:TooManyPhones!!!

Daniel

August6,2013at5:19pm

HiJeff,
Justwonderingifitispossibletohavethecellphonesendingtwosmsatthesametime?
thanks

JeffMurchison

August6,2013at9:52pm

Imnotsuretobehonest.SomephoneshavetheabilitytosendSMStomorethanone
number,butIhaventtrieddoingthis.

mike

August14,2013at10:33am

Hisir..
ItispossibletoconnectanumerickeypadtoaudrinogsmandsetbySMSforex.Ipress
1234567890whenyoupress=equalsitwillbesendtomycellphone

JeffMurchison

August18,2013at11:22pm

Yes,itis.

SERGIO

August24,2013at2:52pm

Whydidyouuse,thepines2,3?myarduinohavethetx,rxinthe0,1pines.Thanks.

JeffMurchison

August24,2013at3:04pm

Imusingsoftwareserialonpins2and3.Thehardwareserialpinsare0and1.The
softwareserialisforcommunicatingbetweenthephoneandtheArduino,whilethe
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hardwareserialissothatIcanmonitortheoutputfromtheArduino.

SERGIO

August27,2013at2:35pm

CanIusethishttp://www.cpkb.org/wiki/Nokia_6070_pinout
ormotorolaw175??

JeffMurchison

August27,2013at2:41pm

Idontknow.

SERGIO

August27,2013at6:56pm

Caniusethismodelw395SONYERICCSON?

JeffMurchison

August29,2013at8:11am

Ireallydontknow.

pracas

August29,2013at6:16am

isitpossiblefrommotorolaC123???

JeffMurchison

August29,2013at8:13am

Idontknow.Ilistedmodelsthatshouldworkinthepost,andotherthanthatIhaveno
idea.

Nayanajith

October19,2013at3:31am

Great.
Itwasreallyhelpful
Thanksforsharingtoall.

ChrisF
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October22,2013at12:01am

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Thisisprettyawesome.Ihaventtriedtheproject,butImcuriousaboutwhythisworks?I
supposethecommandsATetc.arespecificforthisMotorolaphone(andsomeothers)?Doall
phoneshavecommandslikethis?Asis,canthecodebemodifiedtodothisthroughthe
headphone/micjackofanyoldphone?Ihadnoideaphonescouldbeprogrammedthrough
theheadsetjack.Iguessyouneedinsiderknowledgeabouthowthephoneworks?

JeffMurchison

October23,2013at10:33am

ATCommandsareactuallyfairlystandardized.Youcancontrolmostmodemswiththem
(evenmodern3GorGSMmodems).
ThereasonIusedtheheadphonejackinthisphonewasbecausethatswheretheserial
connectiontothephoneis.Theonlyotherjackonthephonewasforpower.Modern
phonestypicallywonthaveaserialconnection,letaloneusetheheadphonejackfor
anythingotherthanmic/headphones.
Ifyoufindaphonethathasaserialconnection,thenyoucanprobablymodifythisproject
forthatphone.

Marcelo

November7,2013at12:34pm

hijeff,itsalreadypossibletoreadsmswitharduino?

JeffMurchison

November8,2013at10:21am

Itmaybepossible,butImnotsurehowtodoit.

Marcelo

November7,2013at2:22pm

imtryingtosendsmswithw375anditsnotworking.
ihaveamega2560,andichangedthetxrxportsto1011andnothing.

Marcelo

November11,2013at9:48am

FlorianS

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November25,2013at11:55am

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Hello!ThankYouverymuch.IorderedaMotorolaW375for1BuckateBayand2,50
shipping.Itswithoutbattery,butItestout:
The5voltsfromtheArduinopowersacellphone.Ihopethatthephonewillwork
withexternalpower.Implanningtouse
thisastemperaturemonitor,givingstatements
viaSMS.

Waleed

November27,2013at3:38am

Hi,nicework..
IwannaaskyouifIcanusethiscodeforNokiamobiles?ifnot,douknowthecodeforNokia
mobilephones?
Thankyouinadvance..

Ahmad

November28,2013at3:54pm

hey,ihavebeentryingtosetupthisonmynokiaN70,unfortunatelynothingtillnowworking
.anysuggestions!

JeffMurchison

November28,2013at3:55pm

ThisguideisnotforNokiaphones.

Ahmad

November29,2013at12:52pm

okay,itsnotfornokia,becauseihavetofigureouttheFbusconnection.right!?

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