To configure SMS server settings in ADAudit Plus, choose one of the following as your SMS provider:
Steps to configure ADAudit Plus to use a custom SMS provider
To configure an SMS server using a custom SMS provider, choose any one of the following custom SMS gateways supported by ADAudit Plus:
Configuring ADAudit Plus to use an HTTP-based custom SMS gateway
- Open the ADAaudit Plus web console.
- Navigate to Admin > General Settings > Server Settings.
- Under SMS, select Custom from the SMS Provider drop-down.
- Select HTTP from the Send SMS via drop-down.
- Select either of the available HTTP methods, Post or Get.
- Enter the HTTP URL of your SMS gateway provider.
- Specify the HTTP Parameters specific to your SMS provider, the user's mobile number, and the message to be sent.
- Select the Success or Failure response from the Select Response Type drop-down.
- Specify the Success or Failure Response from the provider.
- Click Advanced Settings.
- Enter the HTTP Request Headers specific to your SMS provider.
- If the SMS provider expects Unicoded messages, check Convert Message into Unicode.
- Test your settings by sending a sample SMS to a recipient. Click Send Test Message, enter the recipient's Mobile Number along with a Message, and click Send SMS. If the test message is received, the SMS server settings are configured correctly.
- Click Save Settings.
Note:
- Separate the HTTP parameters with an ampersand (&) sign.
Example:
userName=xxx&password=yyy&mobileNumber=%mobNo%&message=%message%
- xxx: API authentication username
- yyy: API authentication password
- %mobNo%: This macro denotes the user's mobile number.
- %message%: This macro denotes the SMS message content.
- More HTTP parameters: If your SMS provider requires more parameters like Unicode and apiID, include them as well using the & sign.
Configuring ADAudit Plus to use an SMTP-based custom SMS gateway
- Open the ADAudit Plus web console.
- Navigate to Admin > General Settings > Server Settings.
- Under SMS, select Custom from the SMS Provider drop-down.
- Select SMTP from the Send SMS via drop-down.
- Enter the email address the SMS will be sent from in the From Address field.
- Specify the mobile number macro (%mobNo%), followed by the email address of the SMS provider in the To Address field.
Example: %mobNo%@adauditplus.com
- Enter the required Subject using macros. Generally, it's either the mobile number (%mobNo%) or the message (%message%), depending on your SMS provider.
- Specify the Content to be sent using macros (%message%).
- Enter the name or the IP address of the SMTP Server and the Port.
- Provide the Username and Password with required permissions on the SMTP server.
- Select your connection security preference from the Connection Security drop-down.
- Test your settings by sending a sample SMS to a recipient. Click Send Test Message, enter the recipient's Mobile Number along with a Message, and click Send SMS. If the test message is received, the SMS server settings are configured correctly.
- Click Save Settings.
Note: If the SMTP server is not configured, check Use default mail settings to use the mail server configured under the Mail tab.
Configuring ADAudit Plus to use an SMPP-based custom SMS gateway
- Open the ADAudit Plus web console.
- Navigate to Admin > General Settings > Server Settings.
- Under SMS, select Custom from the SMS Provider drop-down.
- Select SMPP from the Send SMS via drop-down.
- Enter the SMPP Server and Port number.
- Specify the Username and Password with required permissions on the SMPP server.
- Click Advanced Settings.
- Specify the SMPP Timeout and SMPP Source Address.
- Enter the ESME System Type and choose your ESME Bind Type from the drop-down.
- Select the Source Address’s TON, Source Address’s NPI, Destination Address’s TON, and Destination Address’s NPI from their respective drop-downs.
- Test your settings by sending a sample SMS to a recipient. Click Send Test Message, enter the recipient's Mobile Number along with a Message, and click Send SMS. If the test message is received, the SMS server settings are configured correctly.
- Click Save Settings.
Note:
- TON: Type of number
- NPI: Numeric plan indicator
