I am building an alarm that will notify me if my bike is stolen or tampered with. I would like for it to be able to receive commands via the SMS function and reply via SMS providing GPS Location, Battery status etc...
I have gotten the FONA up and running on an Arduino Uno and have been able to send and receive SMS and voice calls through the Serial Monitor. I am wondering if there is anyone who has successfully patched the SMS function into the command lines?
Any advice, sample code, or places to look in the code are appreciated.
mathewslg:
I am wondering if there is anyone who has successfully patched the SMS function into the command lines?
I know the answer to the above question is "yes".
I've sent SMS messages from within a microcontroller program but not on an Arduino. This sort of question has been asked many times in Adafruit's "FONA" forum. There have been at least one example of how to do this sort of thing posted to the FONA forum. If you have trouble finding an example let us know and I'll try to help you find one.
I think the FONA is a cool gizmo but I've lost a lot of my interest in it after learning it's not too hard to program Android smartphones. You can get an Adroid for not much more than the price of a FONA. An Android includes a nice screen, battery and a reasonably powerful computer. I kind of feel like I've switched to the dark side using a smartphone. An Android offers a lot of bang for the buck and it's hard to resist using one instead of building my own contraption from the various components.