Installing the standard modem

This page gives you information on how you can set up your external GSM Modem as a standard modem in Windows XP. This is necessary if you wish to use Ozeki NG - SMS Gateway for MMS Messaging. Please follow these steps.

1. As a first step, you need to open your Control panel. To do this, click on Start, and select the Settings/ControlPanel menu item (Figure 1).

2. In the Control Panel Window, click on 'Add Hardware', and then in the 'Add Hardware Wizard' form, click on the 'Next' button (Figure 1).

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Figure 1 - Opening the Control Panel


3. In the 'Add Hardware Wizard' window, select the answer 'Yes', and click on the 'Next' button (Figure 2).

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Figure 2 - Add Hardware Wizard form 1


4. As the next step, select the 'Add a new hardware device' item from the 'Installed hardware' list box and then click 'Next' (Figure 3).

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Figure 3 - Add Hardware Wizard form 2

5. Select the answer 'Install the hardware that I manually select from a list' and click on 'Next' (Figure 4).

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Figure 4 - Add Hardware Wizard form 3

6. Select 'Modems' and click on 'Next' (Figure 5).

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Figure 5 - Add Hardware Wizard form 4

7. Place a checkmark in the 'Don't detect my modem, I will select it from a list' checkbox and click 'Next' (Figure 6).

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Figure 6 - Add Hardware Wizard form 5

8. The following step is to select the 'Standard 56000 bps Modem' and click on 'Next' (Figure 7).

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Figure 7 - Add Hardware Wizard form 6


Figure 7 - Add Hardware Wizard form 6

9. Please choose 'COM1', and click the 'Next' button (Figure 8).

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Figure 8 - Add Hardware Wizard form 7

Then the installation procedure is complete.

If you want to connect an Android phone to your computer to send SMS from your own mobile device, visit the Android SMS Gateway installation page.

FAQ

What is SMS driver

The SMS driver was originally designed to send/receive short text messages (SMS). Messages are sent and received via an industrial GSM modem connected to a computer.

Communication between the GSM modem and the PC is via a standard RS232 serial interface and SMS sending and receiving is done according to the GSM 07.05 standard.

The Ozeki NG SMS Gateway also supports sending and receiving messages via an RS232 serial interface. This does not require the installation of a separate driver. The major disadvantage of SMS drivers is that they do not provide logging and the message sending process and message status cannot be tracked.

Do I need to install a separate SMS driver when using the RS232 serial interface?

SMS driver installation is not required. Modern SMS software handles the communication between the SMS hardware and the computer. An exception to this may be old modems that only support GSM 2G/3G. Since these systems are being phased out, it is not worth buying such modems because they are useless.

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