[SOLVED] Smart house with SMS - what type of phone, program?

[ericyeoh]

sms+smart house

Guys i need help here!
I'm working on Final year project for this year, my project is using a mobile phone just as a Modem to send and receive SMS control by the PC, and the PIC microcontroller is use to control the house system by respond to what the message is detected.
The PIC microcontroller with be connect to PC by through serial port.

At this moment i don;t know what type of phone should i use and what type of program should i wear on this project!
The mobile phone i have at this moment is Iphone 1G,Nokia E65,Sonic ericcson k700 and w850.
The program i search in web related to this topic is ActiveXpert sms/mms toolkit and SMS client.

Honestly i'm new in this topic i hope you guys can lead me forward!! Please

 

[sabeti_1990]

Smart house with SMS

hi
why U don't use gsm module ?

like sim300c(simcom), q24 (wavecom) or TC35 (ziemens)
there have very easy way to connecting & control
& about sim300 U can find more data on this forum

be seccuss

 

[ericyeoh]

Re: Smart house with SMS

is it able to send MMS? because i got a camera circuit to capture the photo, either is send to recipient phone or email also acceptable

 

[btbass]

Re: Smart house with SMS

Take a look here at the 'PIC-GSM board.
https://www.olimex.com/dev/index.html

Includes the circuit diagram so you could build it yourself.

 

[ericyeoh]

Re: Smart house with SMS

thx for reply , i look through the PIC-GSM wed side you gave, the feature is a lot but it seems like nothing to say about mms or sending picture.
help me onward pls...i'm new in this topic

 

[GSM Man]

Smart house with SMS

To send MMS you'll need a GSM module that supports that functionality (few do)