SMS Accounts

Owned by Santiago Nanclares (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Jun 10, 2022
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Available with Octopus Guest module

 

In SMS Accounts you can configure an SMS gateway for authentication or marketing services.

SMS Accounts list

The content of each column is:

  • Gateway: Operator to pass it SMS.

  • Name:  SMS account identification field.

  • Owner: Field indicating which Organization, Locations Group or Location is associated with the SMS account.

  • Creation: Date of creation.

  • Individual operations

    • Delete: Delete the SMS account

    • Send test SMS: Possibility to enter a cell phone number to send a test SMS to check that the account is working properly.

    • Edit: Make changes to the configuration.

Add or edit SMS account

Possibility to create a new SMS account by pressing the create button. If an account has already been created, press the edit button .

To do this, you must select the Telephony Operator with which the service will be configured. Currently the WiFi platform has 3 operators integrated: BT, Orange and Twilio.



Once the operator has been selected, the service parameters must be configured, which could change depending on the selected operator. Bellow it shows the data that must be configure depending on the telefonic Operator that is used.

  • BT

    • Name: Account identification name.

    • User: Service user.

    • Password: Service password.

    • Sender

  • Orange

    • Nombre: Account identification name.

    • User: Service user.

    • Password: Service password.

    • Sender

  • Twilio

    • Nombre: Account identification name.

    • SID: Identifier defined in Twillio. 

    • Token: Connection token.

    • Sender

To obtain the specific data to be configured in each account (username, password, SID or token) you must access the operator's website where you will obtain this information. The following page explains the process to create Orange and Twilio SMS gateways: SMS Gateway