UCP/EMI SMSC

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The gateway supports the UCP/EMI (Universal Computer Protocol / External Machine Interface) protocol, version 3.5 or 4.0, to connect to an SMSC over the internet or other private TCP/IP network. Some mobile operators provide UCP connections for higher volumes of SMS traffic.

To add a UCP/EMI connection, select “Add” from the “SMSC” tab of the gateway dialog. Then select “UCP/EMI over TCP/IP”.

“Server Host Name” specifies the TCP/IP address or host name of the UCP/EMI server.

“Server Port” specifies the TCP/IP port on the UCP/EMI server to which the gateway should connect.

“User Name” specifies the user name for the gateway to use when connecting to the UCP/EMI server.

“Password” specifies the password for the gateway to use when connecting to the UCP/EMI server.

“Local Port”, if set, should be set to the value of a TCP/IP port number on the gateway PC. If set, the gateway will initiate all connections to the UCP/EMI server from this port.

Check the “Enable Receive Messages” box if you wish to receive messages from the UCP/EMI server. When this box is checked, the gateway can either receive messages using a single connection to the UCP/EMI server, or the “Receive Port” setting can specify a TCP/IP port number on the gateway PC that will listen for connections from the UCP/EMI server, and receive messages.

The “Routing” group of options is used when multiple SMSC connections are defined to the gateway. These options define what messages should be routed to this connection. The Routing options are common to SMPP, GSM Modem, UCP/EMI and HTTP connections, and are described in the help file.

When the “OK” button is selected, the gateway will attempt to connect to the UCP/EMI server to verify the configuration information provided. Diagnostic information will be displayed if the connection fails. The connection will only be added to the configuration after a successful connection to the UCP/EMI server.