Here is how I went about it. Please keep in mind I am not a programmer type, if I had to write programs for a living I would starve.
I have dabbled in VBScript and found that even after all the years one can do many things with .VBS including sending text messages and email from a home computer to a cellular phone. A simple script looks like this:
Code:
Set objMessage = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
objMessage.Subject = "Emergency Fire Notification"
objMessage.From = "me@my.com"
objMessage.To = "2161234567@vtext.com;myemail@vzw.blackberry.net"
objMessage.TextBody = "Fire Alarm Status Has Been Triggered."
objMessage.Send
The code is pretty straight forward.
objSubject is the subject line in our message.
objMessage.From is the from line in our message.
objMessage.To is our to line, where is it going?
Now that line will vary depending on the cellular carrier. I happen to use Verizon and thus in the code example it is setup for Verizon.
objMessage.To = "2161234567@vtext.com;myemail@vzw.blackberry.net"
Within the code is the ten digit phone number followed by @vtext.com which is the code for Verizon.
Here is a listing of what some other carriers would look like. Followed by that we see a ; and my cellular email address. The email need not be added.
objMessage.TextBody = "Fire Alarm Status Has Been Triggered." In this case the message tells us that fire has been detected. It can be Intrusion, Fire, Flood or whatever you want. More on this later.
To try this simply copy and paste the above code into Note Pad and save the file to your desktop as a .VBS file extension. So where it shows File Name you name it what you want followed by .VBS or you will only save a text file. That .VBS is important! You can save the file to your desktop to experiment with it. When the file icon on the desktop is double clicked the script will run and you should get a message on your cell phone. For now it is on the desktop.
So we have a simple script that when clicked sends a notification text message and email to our cell phone. Make sure this works! I originally had a website that includes international carriers and many more US carriers but can't find it.
Moving along with our script working the next trick is activating the script when something happens. The old RS 232 port has 3 lines we can use. Let me get a few screen shots and put more information together and I'll post The Rest Of The Story.
Ron