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MIchael Wanyoike replied to Shragi Leitner's discussion FLSMS version 1 + Sierra Wireless GL6110 - How to Increase the speed of transmission.

"Hi Shragi, We were able to send 6 - 8 messages per minute using the Huawei modem. Perhaps you can take a look at this article and see the contributing factors to improving message send rate…"

Oct 11, 2012

Shragi Leitner replied to Shragi Leitner's discussion FLSMS version 1 + Sierra Wireless GL6110 - How to Increase the speed of transmission.

"Hi Michael Thanks for your swift reply. Our messages are informational only and do not require a response. For every 1000 messages we send out we get about 2 - 3 responses, so it's not the incoming messages that are causing the delay. How many…"

Oct 11, 2012

MIchael Wanyoike replied to Shragi Leitner's discussion FLSMS version 1 + Sierra Wireless GL6110 - How to Increase the speed of transmission.

"Hi Shragi, Unfortunately that's not possible, however I can recommend you to do the following to increase the send rate: In the office we use Huawei USB modems. The modem when connected to a windows machine displays 3 ports e.g. COM1, COM2,…"

Oct 11, 2012

Shragi Leitner replied to Shragi Leitner's discussion FLSMS version 1 + Sierra Wireless GL6110 - How to Increase the speed of transmission.

"Hi MIchael and thanks for your responses. Is there a way to set FLSMS to send the next message before waiting for the OK response as I believe this would increase the send rate by an extra 3-4 messages per minute. At the moment the…"

Oct 11, 2012

MIchael Wanyoike replied to Shragi Leitner's discussion FLSMS version 1 + Sierra Wireless GL6110 - How to Increase the speed of transmission.

"Hi Shragi, On your first question, FrontlineSMS does wait for the OK response before sending the next message. But it doesn't wait for the delivery notification. On the second question, FrontlineSMS uses both the SIM and Modem…"

Oct 8, 2012

Shragi Leitner posted a discussion

FLSMS version 1 + Sierra Wireless GL6110 - How to Increase the speed of transmission.

HiLast month I posted about using the Sierra Wireless GL6110 GSM Gateway with FLSMS version 2 and the problems we were having with very slow transmission of messages. We are now using FLSMS v1 and we are managing to squeeze out about 3-4 messages per minute.I have been in touch with my Gateway supplier and they have presented me with 2 questions and options how to increase the speed. According to them I should be able to send about 6-8 messages per minute (which was my experience too while…See More

Oct 6, 2012

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Ken Mugo replied to Shragi Leitner's discussion Very Slow Sending - FLSMS version 2 using a Sierra Wireless Modem GL6110

"Hi Laura \ Shragi, We are having the same problem with FLSMS sending out SMS very slowly, I have followed the thread and made the changes suggested but the problem persists. Initial tests with a team of 5 went very well. Thanks for the…"

Sep 17, 2012

Laura Walker Hudson replied to Shragi Leitner's discussion Very Slow Sending - FLSMS version 2 using a Sierra Wireless Modem GL6110

"Hi Shragi Thanks for this. We want to spend some time looking at modem speed on v2 as well as speed of detection, because others are finding the same thing. Can we call on you to test new versions? \o/ Laura"

Sep 16, 2012

Shragi Leitner replied to Shragi Leitner's discussion Very Slow Sending - FLSMS version 2 using a Sierra Wireless Modem GL6110

"Thanks Sila for your advise, I have killed my database and started from scratch, this time making sure that all the numbers are in international format. This has indeed improved the performance somewhat that 2 messages are now…"

Sep 15, 2012

Shragi Leitner replied to Shragi Leitner's discussion Very Slow Sending - FLSMS version 2 using a Sierra Wireless Modem GL6110

"They are quite mixed actually, some are and some are not. The problem is, how can update 1500 numbers on my database without doing them each manually in FLSMS, their is no way to update numbers with an import, or is there?"

Sep 14, 2012

Shragi Leitner replied to Shragi Leitner's discussion Very Slow Sending - FLSMS version 2 using a Sierra Wireless Modem GL6110

"Thanks Sila Any idea on how to improve this? It's defiantly not a network issue."

Sep 14, 2012

Shragi Leitner posted a discussion

Very Slow Sending - FLSMS version 2 using a Sierra Wireless Modem GL6110

Hi FolksI'm new here and have just discovered FLSMS.I send out about 1,000 text messages per week to our supporters with a short message from our charity with a text donation code, so supporters can respond with their donation. Until now I have been using a mobile phone, but using a phone for this volume has it's issues. I'm pleased that I have discovered FLSMS and have gone out to buy a Sierra Wirless GL6110 modem and setup FLSMS v2 on my Win 7 pc.Here is the issue....I hav ejust launched my…See More

Sep 14, 2012

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Shragi Leitner is now a member of FrontlineSMS

Sep 14, 2012

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