SoftDream SMS Activex Control 2.2.9

Here are some key features of "SoftDream SMS Activex Control":

Send Text Messages:
· Send text messages by simply specifying the destination mobile number and the text message.
· Can send 160 character messages with default 7-bit character encoding (as per ETSI GSM 03.38) and 140 character messages with 8-bit encoding.
· Can send 70 character messages in international languages using 16-bit Unicode (UCS2) encoding.
· Allows delivery format selection for long messages (e.g. Truncate, Split, Concatenate and Formatted Split).
· Can send flash (alert) messages that are immediately displayed on destination phone screen.
· Specify validity period of the text message.
· Allows changing of SMSC stored in modem or phone.
· Supports destination numbers and SMSC number in international as well as national format.
· Allows setting of minimum time delay interval two consecutive messages to avoid delivery failure during a network busy period.
· Specify maximum number of retries in case of delivery failure when sending text message.

Read/Delete Memoery Messages:
· Option to select message memory (Phone or SIM) for reading and deleting incoming messages.
· Read all incoming messages from the GSM Modem or Phone memory in one shot as a Inbox message collection.
· Specify type of messages to read (e.g. All Unread Messages, All Read Messages or Both).
· Option to read concatenated messages as one message or part messages.
· Can read text messages irrespective of character encoding i.e. sent as default 7-bit character, 8-bit or encoding or international language messages (16-bit Unicode).
· Delete one message at a time or all read messages from GSM Modem or Phone.

Send WAP Push:
· Send WAP Push (Service Indication) through GSM Modem or Phone by specifying URL and text message as per WAP-167-ServiceInd-20010731-a specification.
· Option to specify action type (e.g. signal-low, signal-medium, signal-high etc).
· Option to specify content created or last modified date and time.
· Option to specify si-expires attribute i.e. a date and time when the WAP Push link will expire.

General Features:
· Connect to GSM Modem or Phone through physical serial port or virtual serial port (e.g. Infrared, USB to Serial Converter, Bluetooth etc).
· Specify serial communication parameters like COM Port, Baud Rate, Stop Bits, Parity etc.
· Read various modem parameters (e.g. Modem Manufacturer, IMEI etc).
· Specify PIN for connecting to network using PIN protected SIM card.
· Read various network information (e.g. GSM Signal Strength, Network Identification etc)
· Extensive error handling with error codes and descriptions to easily identify error cause.
· Option to selectively display error message box with customization of message box title.
· Log option with option to log only error messages or logging of errors as well as status.
· Automatically checks if modem can send messages in PDU mode.
· Send modem initialization ST commands
· Debug mode textbox message boxes for all errors thus enabling developer to quickly identify problems during application development.

Requirements:

· Pentium class 600MHz or higher processor.
· 128MB of RAM.
· 5MB free disk space