Hey,
I am really new to Arduino, currently trying to program a GSM shield to send a text message. I am using the example given by the Arduino site. But I am unsure WHERE exactly to enter the phone number and text message, do you not define the char remotenum and char txtmsg beforehand?
It won't send anyway.
Can anyone tell me as well do I need an antenna attached to the GSM shield for this?7
Also the SIM doesn't have a sim code, its an Irish sim? I know Quecetel M10 on the GSM shield should work with any sim?
Using an UNO board on Windows 10.
// Include the GSM library
#include <GSM.h>
#define PINNUMBER ""
// initialize the library instance
GSM gsmAccess;
GSM_SMS sms;
void setup() {
// initialize serial communications and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) {
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB port only
}
Serial.println("SMS Messages Sender");
// connection state
boolean notConnected = true;
// Start GSM shield
// If your SIM has PIN, pass it as a parameter of begin() in quotes
while (notConnected) {
if (gsmAccess.begin(PINNUMBER) == GSM_READY) {
notConnected = false;
} else {
Serial.println("Not connected");
delay(1000);
}
}
Serial.println("GSM initialized");
}
void loop() {
Serial.print("Enter a mobile number: ");
char remoteNum[20]; // telephone number to send sms
readSerial(remoteNum);
Serial.println(remoteNum);
// sms text
Serial.print("Now, enter SMS content: ");
char txtMsg[200];
readSerial(txtMsg);
Serial.println("SENDING");
Serial.println();
Serial.println("Message:");
Serial.println(txtMsg);
// send the message
sms.beginSMS(remoteNum);
sms.print(txtMsg);
sms.endSMS();
Serial.println("\nCOMPLETE!\n");
}
/*
Read input serial
*/
int readSerial(char result[]) {
int i = 0;
while (1) {
while (Serial.available() > 0) {
char inChar = Serial.read();
if (inChar == '\n') {
result[i] = '\0';
Serial.flush();
return 0;
}
if (inChar != '\r') {
result[i] = inChar;
i++;
}
}
}
}