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Galaxy G2 to text my mobile

Posted on February 27, 2013June 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Question: I have finished installing my G2 +44 alarm last week after ironing out the final problems. All works well but I would like it to text me when there was an alarm trigger. I have a Virgin phone line and a Virgin mobile.From what I have recently learned the panel uses the tap protocol to send the message. Ideally I just want to be paying for the odd text message in an alarm situation. Is t...
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING TEXECOM SMS SERVICE CENTRE NUMBERS

Posted on February 27, 2013June 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Please see below for an important announcement from Texecom regarding the SMS Service Centre Numbers: SMS Service Centre Numbers Texecom have been notified that the O2 network and the TAP gateway used for SMS texting via PSTN will be switched off at the end of March 2012. The O2 centre number (07860 980480) has been unreliable for a period of time and on numerous occasions the service has...
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Vodafone Tap Gateway

Posted on February 27, 2013June 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Well it looks like the Vodafone TAP is getting less reliable every day. Today it was only sending around 10% of messages from a Castle Euro 46. Tried it on 2 other panels at different sites, story was the same. Pyronix/Castle keep selling it though. Why do they release bulletins like this http://shl.createsen...C70DBB5D28FA0F4 claiming it is reliable when the TAP is out of their control. ...
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Vodafone SMS TAP gateway

Posted on February 27, 2013February 25, 2021 by Daniel Kobale

Is there a TAP gateway in NZ into the Vodafone network that can be used to inject paging messages with SMS client or similar software? If so, does anyone know the phone number and access details? Thanks. NO... But OpenTAP from DIDcomms its the only free of charge and reliable TAP gateway in the UK at present. The only catch is you must register to use the service which prevents fraud and te...
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TAP Access Number

Posted on February 27, 2013June 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

At our shop we have a piece of kit that calls up a mobile number to communicate to our mobiles with text messages that vtell us when the alarm is set/unset, alarms and other stuff. The number it calls is 07960 980480, but this number now seems either permanently engaged or just doesn't answer at all. O2 (who run the number) don't seem to even know what i'm talking about! Vodafone also have a...
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I’ve got a Galaxy G2-20 which has been using the SMS feature by the O2 gateway on my BT line.. however now sadly the service has died (constant engaged tone).

Posted on February 27, 2013June 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Hi all, I've got a Galaxy G2-20 which has been using the SMS feature by the O2 gateway on my BT line.. however now sadly the service has died (constant engaged tone). So I need to get my G2-20 to speak to the outside world once more. After a night of googling it seems that non of the other SMS gateways either work or work with non subscribers. So its looking like a GSM card (horrificly...
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Don’t buy a expensive GSM module, us OpenTAP dial-up TAP to text messaging from DIDcomms…

Posted on January 8, 2013May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

How can OpenTAP text messaging help you? Well with security or IT you need to be informed!! With security you need to know everything about your premises, unlock, locking, emergency alerts to key holders, whose coming and who is going etc. With IT you need to stay on top of network failures and outage, to make sure you have 100% up-time with your network, servers and services! Since the decline...
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Do you use TAP messaging on your Honeywell Galaxy alarm systems?

Posted on January 6, 2013April 20, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

If you have "Honeywell Galaxy or Texecom alarm systems" and you used to use the O2 TAP messaging service which was withdraw in 2011 or you currently use the Vodafone TAP messaging service and you are dissatisfied with their service, we have the solution for you! DIDcomms have just released in December 2012 the OpenTAP Gateway the free of charge TAP to SMS/Email messaging PSTN dial-up service. T...
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OpenTAP the Free of Charge PSTN TAP SMS text messaging gateway for business and private users

Posted on January 4, 2013June 16, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Introducing our TAP gateway product called OpenTAP. TAP to SMS and email messaging for the modern-day business and individual use. Since the decline in TAP access via O2 and Vodafone and other network providers who look at their TAP messaging service as something unimportant and inferior to their other products and services, thus also bringing with that the withdrawal of the service last year b...
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OpenTAP for network monitoring by DIDcomms

Posted on December 25, 2012May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

OpenTAP Gateway is a Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol (TAP) to SMS and Email gateway messaging service provider. Since OpenTAP uses trusted equipment, a standard phone line and dialup modem, TAP is by far the most reliable way to send full-text messages to your cellular phone. SMS messages can be sent to your cellular phone through OpenTAP Gateway even if your internet connection is completely d...
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