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Figure1:ControllingandMonitoringdeviceswithaCellphone

AGSMmodemisawirelessmodemthatworkswithaGSMwirelessnetwork.GSM
standsforGlobalSystemforMobilecommunications,thisarchitectureisusedfor
mobilecommunicationinmostofthecountriesintheworld.

Awirelessmodemactsbasicallylikethetraditionaldialupmodem,themain
differenceisthatadialupmodemsendsandreceivesdatathroughafixed
telephonelinewhileawirelessmodemsendsandreceivesdatathroughradio
waves.Besidesthedialupconnection,GSMmodemcanalsobeusedforsending
andreceivingSMSwhichisalsooneofthekeyfeaturesofGSMmodem.

SomemodemsareGSM/GPRSmodems,thesemodemsadditionallysupportthe
GPRStechnologyfordatatransmission.GPRSstandsforGeneralPacketRadio
Service.ItisapacketswitchedtechnologythatisanextensionofGSM.Akey
advantageofGPRSoverGSMisthatGPRShasahigherdatatransmissionspeed.

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TheoperationofaGSMmodemrequiresaSIM(SubscriberIdentityModule)card
justlikemobilephonestoidentifyasubscribertothecellularnetworkandtostore
thesubscriberinformation.AlsotheyhaveIMEI(InternationalMobileEquipment
Identity)numbersimilartomobilephonesfortheiridentification.

Applications
THERE WILL BE HATERS
Remote System Monitoring:Inaremotesystemmonitoringapplication,a
Microcontrollerforexamplecouldbeusedtoconstantlymonitorthestatusof
aremotesensors,letsaytemperatureormoisturesensors.Ifacertain
conditionisreached,theprogramwillsendanSMStonotifythesituation,if
thesesensorsareinstalledinafarmforexample,thefarmercouldbe
notifiedofanysituationhappeninginthefarmaboutheat,moisture,drought,
etc.
HomeAlarmSystem:Whenamotionsensordetectsamovementofan
intruder,anSMSwillbesenttoapredefinednumberwhichcouldbeyouor
yoursecurityreactioncompanyandasirenoranyothersounddevicecould
betriggeredintheprocessaswell.
RemoteControllingSystem:AmobilephonecanbeusedtoSendanSMS
toswitchON/OFFremotedevices.Youcouldcontrolyourentirehome
devices,switchingON/OFFlights,fans,poolmotor,garagemotorandsoon
withjustasimpleSMSfromadistance.
SecurityAccessControl:Asecurityaccesscanbeimplementedat
apartmentsorhousingcomplexes.Asecurityguardcouldinformbyintercom
Hover to Expand

aresidentifhe/shehasavisitoratthemaingate.witharepliedSMS,the
residentcouldopenremotelythegateforhis/hervisitor.
Vehicletracking:AGSM/GPRSmoduletogetherwithaGPSmodulecanbe

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usedtocreatearealtimevehicletrackingdevice.AnSMScouldalsobe
Quote of the day
senttonotifythatthecarhasenteredarestrictedarea,notifyaboutthelevel
ofremainingfuelinthecaretc.Ifthevehicleisstolennotonlythesystem
"Quality is more important
canindicatethelocationofthevehiclebutanSMScouldalsobesentto
than quantity. One home run
switchOFFtheengine.
is much better than two
SMSGateway:TosendandreceiveSMSforadvertisements.
doubles"
PrepaidElectricity:Thecustomercanrechargeprepaidelectricityby
Steve Jobs
sendinganSMSwitharechargecoupontoaprepaidelectricityrecharge
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modemshaveaserialinterface.TheUSARTserialinputpinRXandTXofthe Spread
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Comments Summary
ThereareGSMboardonthemarketthatonecanusetoquicklyinterfacetoaPIC.
TheSmartGM862BoardfromMikroelekronikaisoneexampleofmanyboards.The
People
SmartGM862isafullfeatureddevelopmenttoolforTelitGM862QUAD
Recent
GSM/GPRSmoduleortheGM862GPSversion.ItfeaturesGM862module
Popular
connector,voltageregulator,antennaholders,speakerandmicrophonescrew
terminalsandmore.DIPswitchisprovidedforconfiguringUARTcommunication Top Commenters
2 lineswiththetargetmicrocontroller.Itcanbeconnectedtodevelopmentboardsvia
IDC10connector.

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Figure3:ConnectingtheSmartGM862BoardtoEasyPIC7V7
DevelopmentBoard

GSMCommands joynal
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TheATcommandsareusedtocontrolmodemswhicharecommunicatedthrough
serialcommunicationwithamicrocontrolleroraPC.ATistheabbreviationfor
ATtention.ThesecommandscomefromHayescommandsthatwereusedbythe
Hayessmartmodemsinlate1970s.TheHayescommandsstartedwithATto Post Tags
indicatetheattentionfromtheMODEMfollowedbyanumberofcharacters
specifyingthecommandtail.
7-Segment ADC C#

ATcommandswithaGSM/GPRSMODEMormobilephonecanbeusedtocheck Career guidance CV

themodemsettings,tochangethemodemsettings,toissuescommandsliketo
Digital Thermometer DS1307
sendanSMS,readanSMSandsoon.

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BelowisashortlistofcommonlyusedgeneralpurposeATcommands.The Entrepreneurship Ethernet

commandshouldbefollowedbyacarriagereturn:
Flowcode Flowcode V5

ATI:Modemproductinformation Goals GSM GUI IC

ATE0:Disableechosothatcharacterstypedbytheuserarenotechoed
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backbythemodem.
LED LM35
ATE1:Enabletheechomode
AT+CMGF:SelectSMSmessageformat Microcontroller MikroC
AT+CMGS:SendSMSmessage
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AT+CMGR:ReadSMSmessage
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Formoreinfo,youcancheckyourmodemdatasheetortheATCommands
ReferenceGuide
P1 and P2 PIC
PIC Communication Projects
SendinganSMS Relay RS232 RTC SD Card

SendinganSMSfromamicrocontrollerisveryeasy,justfollowthesefewsteps, Success Switch Tutorials

thePIC18F45K22isusedintheseexamplesbutanyotherPICwithaserialmodule USB Wealth XC8
andenoughmemorycouldalsobeusedsuccessfully.

Step1:AT Newsletter
Thefirstcommandistosend"AT"thenenterifyouareusingacomputerorfroma
microcontroller,weshouldsendtheASCIIvalueforENTERwhichis0xDinHex. Subscribers 881
Thepurposeofthiscommandistotestthemicrocontrollerandwaitforaresponse Get notified when a new post
whichshouldbe:OK.Thiscommandcanbeusedtonegotiatethebaudrate,so is published.
thattheGSMmodulecansetitselftothesamebaudrateofthemicrocontroller.
Enter your e-mail
Tonegotiatebaudrate,sendATinawhile(1)loopuntilOKisreceived,thenyou

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canproceedwithothercommands.TomakethingssimpleristosendATthenwait
forashortdelay,thenproceedasitexpectedthatOKshouldhavebeenreceivedin
thatshortdelay. Notify me

//
//Negotiatebaudrate
UART1_Write_Text("AT");//Send"AT"stringthenwaitforasho Join our facebook fan
rtdelay
UART_Write(0x0D);//TerminatationbyCR(ASCIIvalueofEnter page
inHex)
Delay_ms(100);//100milliseconddelay

Step2:AT0

Disableechosothatcharacterssentbythemicrocontrollerarenotechoedbackby
themodem

//
//Disablecommandecho
UART1_Write_Text("AT0");//Send"AT0"todisableechomode
UART_Write(0x0D);//TerminatationbyCR(ASCIIvalueofEnter
inHex)
Delay_ms(100);//100milliseconddelay

Step3:AT+CMGF=1

TherearetwomodesofsendingandreceivingSMSmessageswithATCommands:
TheTextmodeandthePDU(ProtocolDescriptionUnit)mode.InPDUmode,
theSMSissentinaseriesofhexadecimalstringofcharacters,atthereceivingend
thesehexadecimalstringofcharactershavetobedecodedtoextractthemessage
inareadableformat.InTextmode,theSMSissentlikethenormalSMSweare
usedtowithourcellphones.Thetextmessagecanconsistofalphanumeric

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characterswithupto160characterslongwith7bitcodinganduptp140chaacters
in8bitcoding.

TosetthemodetoText,theATcommandis:AT+CMGF=1andtosetthemodeto
PDUthecommandis:AT+CMGF=0

//
//SetmessagetypeasTEXT
UART1_Write_Text("AT+CMGF=1");//Send"AT+CMGF=1"stringtose
tSMSmodetoTEXT
UART_Write(0x0D);//TerminatationbyCR(ASCIIvalueofEnter
inHex)
Delay_ms(100);//100milliseconddelay

Step4:AT+CMGS="0123456789"+theTextmessage

Settherecipientmobilephonenumberandthetextmessagetobesent.Afterthe
AT+CMGS="0123456789"command(Replacethe0123456789withacorrect
recipientcellphonenumber),themodemwillrespondwiththecharacter">",after
receivingthis">"thenthetextmessagecanbeentered,tomakethingssimpler,we
aregoingtousedagainashortdelayinsteadofwaitingforthe">".Attheendof
themessage,"CntrlZ"mustbeenteredtosendthemessage."CntrlZ"ASCII
valueis0x1AinHex.Letussend"HelloWorld"SMSto0123456789number.

//
//Sendmessage
UART1_Write_Text("AT+CMGS=\"0123456789\"");//Sendmessagetoc
ellnumber:0123456789(Enteryourcellphonenumberinsteadof
0123456789)
UART_Write(0x0D);//TerminatationbyCR(ASCIIvalueofEnte
rinHex)
UART1_Write_Text("HelloWorld");//Send"Helloworld"Textmessa

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ge
UART_Write(0x1A);//Cntrl+Z(0x1AASCIIvalueofCntrl+Zin
Hex)
UART_Write(0x0D);//TerminatationbyCR(ASCIIvalueofEnter
inHex)

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Intheaboveexample,itisassumedthattheSMSservicecenternumberhas
alreadybeenprogrammedtotheSIMCard(Thisisnormallydonewithyournetwork
providerwhenanewSIMcardispurchased).TheATCommandtosettheSMS
servicecenternumberis:AT+CSCA

ItisalsoassumedthattheSIMcardhasnosecurityPINnumberassociatedwithit,
iftheSIMhasaPINnumber,usetheATcommandAT+CPINtoenterthePIN
number.

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VineethCherupalathIllam 3daysago
Sircanutellhowtosendmessagewithuartdata?
i.eineedtosendgpsdatawhichisrecievedthroughhardware
uarttogsmwhichisconnectedtothesoftwareuart..
iusepic16f877a,soonlyoneuartisthere..henceioptsoftuart..
kindlyhelpme
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StudentCompanion Mod >VineethCherupalathIllam

3daysago

Hi,ThisishowyousenddatawithSoftwareUART:
charsome_byte=0x0A
...
//WriteabyteviaSoftUART
Soft_UART_Write(some_byte)

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Hi,iknowitisthereinmikroChelp...btcantproceed
withtheexample,thatswhyi'mquering......
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