Blog Posts Across FrontlineSMS

New FrontlineSMS server set up in Phnom Penh - Soft launch till end of Sep

Greetings, Happy to share a good news from Phnom Penh, Cambodia! Now I manage to setup a new FrontlneSMS server here in Phnom Penh Capital. Today. And we also managed to have remote acess worked 100% fine, so Rob from OZ can have access to the server and build up on the database. We are planning to have it go ONLINE next month. It will be used to support Rob's existing project in agriculture/farming sector. Now, we are in our soft launch phase :) Another thing that I wish to see in the near f… Continue

Posted by Vantharith OUM on September 24, 2009 at 8:23am — 3 Comments

Using FrontlineSMS to monitor service delivery

my area of interest in using the mobile phone technology is monitoring HIV/AIDS service delivery in communities. currently we use frontlinesms to track availability of resources aimed at combating the effects and impact of HIV/AIDS in the rural areas. SMS are sent weekly by different coordinators to community health workers to check if certain resources are needed (example: condoms, home based care materials) Continue

Posted by mduduzi mahlambi on September 11, 2009 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

Frontline using Smart (Buddy and Bro Dongle)

I'm currently on the testing phase. I intend to use Flsms in sending updates on feed, hog and broiler price to farmers in Calabarzon who are members of our Coop. I tried using a borrowed Sony Ericsson which worked but I have to return it. I tried Flsms with my phones (Nokia 3120 Classic + bluetooth and Motorola W156 + wire) but these were not detected. So I bought a Smartbro dongle (Huawei E156c) for $42 and a special SIM (+62-908-XXX-2222) for $5.21 which I'm now using. As the dongle's purpos… Continue

Posted by IMJagmis on July 26, 2009 at 6:30pm — 4 Comments

Update on using FrontlineSMS to help victims of domestic violence

In late May of this year, I assisted a local crisis center in deploying a solution we've now dubbed "FamilyFIRST". FamilyFIRST is an SMS based system that allows victims of domestic violence to reach out to police, crisis counselors, and to document abuse incidents all via simple SMS messaging. When the project first began, neither I nor the agency involved were sure how it would be received or if it would even be used. Educating victims to think proactively in crisis situation is a difficult t… Continue

Posted by Anthony Papillion on July 21, 2009 at 11:08am — 1 Comment

Best phones for FrontlineSMS that are available in India

Hi All, Any recommendations on what FrontlineSMS-compatible phone to buy when I arrive in India? Thanks for your help! Daniel Partners for Gender Progress Research Team Continue

Posted by P4GP on June 1, 2009 at 5:14pm — 3 Comments

Using FrontlineSMS to Send in Hindi

Hi FrontlineSMS Community! FrontlineSMS now supports Hindi, but when you use the Hindi that is installed on your computer (Computer Panel > Regional and Language Options > Hindi), you need to learn a whole new keyboard map to type. You can find the map just by doing a google search, and it looks something like: http://tinyurl.com/hindi-keyboard-map For example, to write "pooja" in Hindi, you would have to press the keys "h-t-p-e." Learning this whole new set of keys is probably difficul… Continue

Posted by Pooja Upadhyaya on May 31, 2009 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Khmer language support: Translation 100% completed

Hi Ken, Happy to share with you this good news - the Khmer language support is 100% completed. Please find the attached Khmer language file for your next step. Hoping this Khmer language support will be included in the next release of FrontlineSMS :) Anyway, just an update - I met with Rob few days ago in Phnom Penh. It was a nice meet-up with nice talk and interesting discussion. So, we are hoping to start working together in the future. He also lent me his GSM modem, which I am very thankful… Continue

Posted by Vantharith OUM on May 30, 2009 at 1:02pm — 3 Comments

How FrontlineSMS will help domestic violence victims in the USA.

I only recently became involved with FrontlineSMS as an addition to a national project my company, OpenEMR HQ, is doing with a small African country. But, since discovering the software, I've been busily thinking of good ways it could be put to use by organizations in my own community and I've come up with a few I believe are viable. Today, I want to share one of those ideas and how we're going to use FrontlineSMS as a tool to help combat violence against w… Continue

Posted by Anthony Papillion on May 10, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

AMIS-CAMEROON: A NOBLE MISSION

Our mission at AMIS-CAMEROON is to inform and connect actors with capacity and needs. We believe that an informed community would make wise decisions based on their knowledge of where to sell and where to buy. The principal objective of AMIS-CAMEROON is to connect farmers directly to available markets and consumers via instant SMS messaging. Farmers and consumers shall receive information relating to their expressed needs. AMIS-CAMEROON shall get information from public authorities and stakeh… Continue

Posted by Tambe Harry Agbor on May 7, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Khmer language support: Translation ongoing...

Hi all, This is Vantharith from Cambodia. I am a Cambodian, living in the capital of Phnom Penh. I, by chance, happened to know about FrontlineSMS when I was reading some blogs of Singaporean BarCampers. I was then re-directed to FrontlineSMS website. After reading and learning more about FrontlineSMS, I also read further on other projects of Kiwanja.net. I'm so impressed by all the projects and would like to see future/possible adaptation or application in Cambodia. So, I then requested Ken… Continue

Posted by Vantharith OUM on May 4, 2009 at 11:22am — 6 Comments

SPECIFIC NEEDS OF AMISPROJECT

Initial Funds. Every project relies on some source of funding to enable a smooth take off. AMIS-CAMEROON is no exception. We think it is impotant to lay out just how these initial funds shall be used to address our specific needs. The whole objective of AMIS-CAMEROON is to give farmers and consumers educative information that enables them to arrive informed decisions that affect their livelihoods in positive ways. Given funds, we shall be able to purchase bulk SMS, reach out to farmers & co… Continue

Posted by Tambe Harry Agbor on April 29, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Substitution Variables

Keyword actions can take advantage of the following substitutions in generated messages: …

Sender phone number	${sender_number}	The phone number that the message came from
Sender's name	${sender_name}	The name of the contact that this message came from. This will not work if the contact is not saved in FrontlineSMS.
Recipient's phone number	${recipient_number}	The phone number of the recip

… Continue

Posted by Alex Anderson on March 19, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

FrontlineSMS Architecture

For those trying to get their heads around the FrontlineSMS source code, here's a quick breakdown of the FrontlineSMS architecture as it stands, and some brief notes about how we plan to move it forward.

FrontlineSMS Core The "FrontlineSMS Core" comprises the central controller of the FrontlineSMS system, managing interac… Continue

Posted by Alex Anderson on January 27, 2009 at 7:30am — 17 Comments

How to use /dev/ttyACM0 like /dev/ttyS0 whith a phone pluged on a linux computer

Hi all, I make this post to give my experience for using a Nokia 3220 and FrontlineSMS 1.5.4 under linux ubuntu, using 2.6.24-16-generic kernel. First i connect my phone to my computer, and ubuntu detected it like a ppp modem, and mounted it on /dev/ACM0. Here is my syslog output : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 26 11:35:09 tsf-niger-desktop kernel: [250511.859379] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and addr… Continue

Posted by Gregory Rebattu on January 26, 2009 at 5:38am — 4 Comments

A Computer Specialist or Generalist

There was a time in the I.T field when specializing in one area was ideal. For example an e-mail administrator only had to manage his or her mail server all day, and a router administrator only looked after the router, and SQL admin only worked on SQL. That was then… In today’s I.T market you have a better chance at finding employment, or keeping your existing job if you can manage the mail, SQL, file server, and routers. This of course may only apply to medium to small sized companies, but I b… Continue

Posted by David Otieno on January 7, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

coping with child rights promotion and protection and conflict situation

please can any body tell me about best practices in protecting children in conflict situation, especially related to psychosocial counselling, mental readjustment and social rehabilitation for victims, preventive campaign and advocacy Continue

Posted by Grassroots on December 22, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

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