December 21st, 2006
UltraSMS
I’ve had a great deal of success with Cocoa UltraSMS lately. Unlike SMSLib (the java library I’ve been using) this library responds correctly to new message alerts from the phone. So access is immediate. The messages are stored in a MySQL database and are easily accessed with Processing (and any other Java), MaxMSP, PHP, etc.
This little app works really well with OS X. For a Linux, Windows, etc, take a look at the UltraSMS framework.
3 Responses to “UltraSMS”
Judith said it on April 16th, 2007 at 4:57 amHi despite your comments on smslib I am doing a project using it. Could tell me how to connect smslib to a database especially SQL but MySQL will do just fine.
Christopher Baker said it on April 16th, 2007 at 5:03 pmHi Judith, I’ve also had success hooking the SMSLib up to a MySQL database, but it is a bit tricky. After creating a database and setting user/permissions, make make the relevant changes in the settings file that comes with the SMSLib server. Make sure you use the appropriate JDBC reference. Also, make sure that you actually enable MySQL logging. If may be turned off by default. I have also had success using the file-based xml system and a series of simple file listeners. But that is up to you.
Judith said it on April 17th, 2007 at 1:15 amThanks I will try that.
