Hi.
I don't know if I chose a good subject or not, but I guess the name which is given to the type of network cell phones use is "Cellular Networking".
In one word, I want to know: "how can I call my cell phone using and Arduino"? Is it possible anyway? I thought maybe there is a shield that allows us to put the SIM card in and manipulate it using a library...
Yeah that's all! and that would be awesome if we could also use the internet from the SIM card!
Thank you all.
I have an interest in figuring out how to hack into a cellphone keypad just to dial on its keys. This might work for you too, depending on what u r trying to accomplish... I wrote up a blurb here as a research project for one of my staff, to do "someday". Its just an idea to tap into the keypad directly and simulate keypresses... see: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/676415/SwiftEnterprises/Tech/RD-11%20Project/Admin/Programs/Implement%20a%20cheap-phone%20dialer%20interface.html
There are a couple of shields that have a GSM mobile phone circuit on them. One is by Spark Fun, the other is the GSM Playground:
I've used the latter to send and receive SMS text messages via the cellphone network.
Hi.
Thank you for the help, but the problem is: I don't know how to work with this GSM shield. There must be a library with a documentation somewhere, if you please give me the link to the instructions, I think I can do the rest my self.
Thank you again 8)
By the way, this GSM shield is REALLY expensive! It was about €132.00 don't we have a cheaper alternative?
A lot of old cell phones have a serial interface, for connection with a pc. E.g. to manage contacts.
You can connect Arduino to a cell phone using my USB Host Shield, see here -> http://www.circuitsathome.com/mcu/programming/interfacing-arduino-to-a-cellular-phone . Using standard AT commands you can call, send/receive SMS, read/push phone buttons, etc. Link to AT commands in the article.
wortelsoft:
A lot of old cell phones have a serial interface, for connection with a pc. E.g. to manage contacts.
but that has to be done when they're wired, not wireless.
If someone knows a GSM shield being sold for $50 please give me the link.
The last post by "felis" was pretty awesome, I'm going to use this method, thanks!
I'm starting to look for a browser-based software, too; like the phone portal. If my cell phone is able to connect to my laptop without wires and exchange information with it, then there must be a software that sends AT commands this way. Please share if you know anything about this...
Thank you all for the help.
What's the difference between using a gsm shield or an old gsm for sending a sms. My answer about 40 bucks. Have a look at this thread: http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,52794.0.html