Sending SMS from DIDWW User Panel

Step 1. Under the “Trunks” section, select the “SMS” tab, navigate to “Actions” column next to HTTP OUT trunk and select “Send SMS” (Fig. 1).

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Fig. 1. Accessing the SMS sending tool.

Step 2. You will be prompted to enter parameters to send an SMS via SMS sending tool (Fig. 2).

  • Source Address - Select a specific DID number to be used as the Source Address for your SMS;

  • Destination - A destination number that your SMS will be sent to. Enter this number using international format;

  • Text - The text of the message that is being sent.

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Fig. 2. Sending an SMS message.

Step 3. Once all the parameters have been entered, simply click the Send button to deliver your message.

The message encoding will be set automatically. GSM-7 encoding contains all Latin-based Western European characters and up to 160 characters per message, or 154 characters for a multi-part message.

UCS-2 encoding contains characters of all living languages and up to 70 characters per message, or 67 characters for a multi-part message.