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Citation of FrontlineSMS
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Hi all, is there a canonical peer-reviewed reference for citing FrontlineSMS in a conference paper? We'd like to make sure FLSMS gets the credit it deserves, and there are a couple of papers out…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Laura Walker Hudson Aug 24, 2010.
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David Holstius replied to Tom Marentette's discussion FrontlineSMS in Haiti - communicating during MDA's in the group Health"Hi Tom, yes things are good, thank you.
I'm back in the US (short trip!) but we did meet with Wesley and heard about the Notre Dame work. I was attempting to get in touch with Adam White about using FL Forms in our work. As of now our apps…"
David Holstius replied to Survivors Connect's discussion Haiti Help: GSM modem and SIM card issues"Hi Trishan,
If I recall correctly (and I may not), the Digicel software may come on the Digicel-provided modem itself. Do you see a removable drive show up when you plug it in?
What worked for us was this:
Install Digicel…"
David Holstius replied to Tom Marentette's discussion FrontlineSMS in Haiti - communicating during MDA's in the group Health"Hi Tom, I'm working with an INGO in Haiti and exploring the use of FrontlineSMS in environmental health interventions like point-of-use water chlorination. (See <http://bit.ly/nfcwater>; for more.) Good to meet you.
Very best,
David"
David Holstius replied to Survivors Connect's discussion Haiti Help: GSM modem and SIM card issues"Hi Jaro, we eventually had success using the ZTE modem that Digicel supplies. We were committed to using the Digicel network; if you were open to using Voila, your options might increase. If you do go with Digicel, definitely talk to Rodrigue Osirus…"
David Holstius replied to Survivors Connect's discussion Haiti Help: GSM modem and SIM card issues"YES! Knock on wood, our Digicel modem now appears to be working with an older release (1.5.8) of FrontlineSMS. We are finally able to receive messages. A big shout out to Aashika of Survivors Connect, Rodrigue Osirus of Digicel, and many others for…"
David Holstius replied to Survivors Connect's discussion Haiti Help: GSM modem and SIM card issues"Hi Ken, is there a URL for older releases of FrontlineSMS?
There's a possibility that the newer ZTE modems that Digicel is now distributing are not compatible with the current release---but they think they may have gotten the modem to work…"
David Holstius replied to Survivors Connect's discussion Haiti Help: GSM modem and SIM card issues"Hi Aash, thanks for the reply! We're trying to get in touch with Rodrigue today. David says he's a busy guy but hopefully he'll have time to chat. Speaking of, if you are on Google chat, I'm david.holstius at gmail dot com.
Did…"
David Holstius replied to Survivors Connect's discussion Haiti Help: GSM modem and SIM card issues"Hi Ken, thanks for the speedy reply.
Yes, it's indeed configured to receive (and send). And yup, I'm pretty sure no Digicel processes remain after closing---there's nothing in the system tray, and nothing I don't recognize in…"
David Holstius replied to Survivors Connect's discussion Haiti Help: GSM modem and SIM card issues"After rebooting and not starting the Digicel client software, FLSMS is able to detect the modem, and I'm able to use it to send SMS. However, I'm not able to use it to receive.
If I start up the Digicel client software, I can use it to…"
David Holstius replied to Survivors Connect's discussion Haiti Help: GSM modem and SIM card issues"Hi again Aashika (and all others),
I'm finally in possession of a USB modem, manufactured by ZTE and provided by Digicel, but haven't been able to coax FLSMS into recognizing it.
I did install the Digicel-provided software that came on…"
David Holstius replied to Survivors Connect's discussion Haiti Help: GSM modem and SIM card issues"Hi all, thanks for the help!
We're working with Deep Springs International, an organization that does point-of-use water treatment and safe storage in Haiti:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqOrQMYF6Oo [UNICEF TV]
The goal of this particular…"
David Holstius replied to Peter J. Bury's discussion Propose a new group: Water Sanitation Hygiene (or WASH)"As another example, we just encouraged a group doing the annual malaria survey in Uganda to take a look at FLSMS."
David Holstius replied to Peter J. Bury's discussion Propose a new group: Water Sanitation Hygiene (or WASH)"Yes, this would be of interest.
I know there are several people in my department (Environmental Health) interested in FLSMS. Maybe it would be interesting to propose a Public Health or Environmental Health group? Or not! Certainly would not want to…"
Laura Walker Hudson replied to David Holstius's discussion Citation of FrontlineSMS"There's this:
http://www.globalpulsejournal.com/pdfs/Mobiles%20in%20Malawi%20GP.pdf
Edited but not peer reviewed I think.
A write up of core and its application is something I'm keen to pursue in the relatively near future. I'm…"
kiwanja replied to David Holstius's discussion Citation of FrontlineSMS"Hi David
Thanks for your message - good to hear from you!
In short answer to your question, I'm not aware of anything (we haven't really thought about this side of things too much to be honest). If you have any suggestions then please…"
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- There's a collaborative project with Nokia Research and Deep Springs International to improve effectiveness in household water quality interventions in Haiti.
We're trying out mobile phones and near field communication (RFID) as data collection infrastructure for community health workers.
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- I'm a PhD student in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at UC Berkeley, doing research with Dr. Edmund Seto on low-cost sensing, mobile applications, pollution modeling, and the built environment.
My technical background is design and engineering-related, with a specialization in Human-Computer Interaction.
I'm interested in participatory approaches to environmental health.
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GSM modem for Haiti & USA?
Hi all, hello from a new member!
Anyone have recommendations for a tried-and-tested (yet still commercially available!) GSM modem that'll work in both Haiti (deployment site) and the United States (demo & development site)?
Ease of setup is not so much a concern as is robustness. We have reasonably deep technical capacity.
It's for a system where we'll be collecting basic information from the field (kind of like…
Continue Posted on August 11, 2010 at 12:13pm — 2 Comments
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