A general purpose Linux server similar to the SMS/MMS version of the LX800 family, but really more powerful and with triple LAN Ethernet port. It provides advanced SMS (and optionally MMS) messaging services (either stand-alone or integrated with other applications), SMS/MMS to EMAIL or TCP/IP gateway features, monitoring solutions and much more (including custom developments, aided by our Support Team).

Rack - Included in delivery

1x 19 enclosure (incl. single front plate), 1HU
1x screw set for board mounting
4x rubber caps for unused N connectors

Rack - Technical data

Form factor: 19", 1HU
Dimensions: 440 x 300 x 43 mm
Single front plate with preparation (160 x 35 mm) for the installation of one board
4x holes for N connectors
RoHS conform (2002/95/EC)

Main hardware features

100% solid state hardware
AMD G series T40E, 1 GHz dual Bobcat core with 64 bit support, 32K data + 32K instruction + 512K L2 cache per core
Ultra fast solid state disk (SSD) mSATA 16 GB
Extra SD card slot for backup and storage expansion
SATA BUS for hard disk connection
Two Quad band internal GSM modem
External LCD display, showing useful informations (ex. CPU load, IP address, temperature)
SMS communications using a common SIM card
Incoming transmission rate up to 120 SMS/min
Outgoing transmission rate up to 100 SMS/min
DB9 Serial debug port embedded
Two external + two internal 2.0 USB ports, three front panel LEDs
Three Gigabit LAN Ethernet ports for an higher reliability
Internal clock with battery, plus NTP support
On board buzzer
Really high computational power with low energy consumes
Noiseless, thanks to its passive cooling system (from the CPU and south bridge to the enclosure)

Main software features

Linux Debian Voyage OS kernel 3.10.11 x86 64-bit GNU/Linux
Apache2 embedded web server
Apache2 embedded web server with HTTPS SSL
SQLite embedded database server
Postfix embedded mail server
Fully featured Web Interface for device management
PlaySMS compatible and pre-installed pre-configured, with new multi-language user interface
All pages customizable with XSL and CSS
Multi-user interface and messaging
EMAILtoSMS and SMStoEMAIL gateway
Fully customizable software using PHP, Perl, C, Bash, ecc.
Expandable set of gateway functions
MYSQL client for database submissions
ODBC compliant, to easily access internal database
MMS optional integration

The FoxBox GTGateway rackable is a compact and low cost hardware gateway to send and receive SMS or MMS (reception only) messages using a commercial SIM card. Once integrated into your IT infrastructure, it acts as a web server with a fully featured web interface to manage its messaging capabilities. Moreover, the FoxBox GT Gateway rackable can also:

Provide advanced tools, like time-scheduled sendings and auto-replies
Operate as a gateway, to integrate all the messaging channels available with mail servers, FTP clients, SQL servers, other applications (desktop or network), and so on
Work as a monitoring server with our official Nagios plugin (available for free), using it as a dedicated system to collect all the alerts and instantaneously send them via SMS or email to contacts you defined in configuration
More generally, this device is perfectly suitable for every application that requires a fast and safe message flow management, in both the directions (incoming or outgoing)

FoxBox GUI features

Complete SMS management through the new PlaySMS web interface
Read SMS/MMS and write SMS
Polls on incoming SMS texts (to perform contents analysis)
Advanced phonebook management (groups, CSV imports, ecc.)
Advanced multi-user management (with personal queues)
SMS messages broadcasting
SMS quiz
SMS templates
Delivery reports with csv export feature
Easy system configuration
Integrated editor for custom scripts to process messages
System logs and DBMS interface

Gateway features

SMS/MMS to/from email
SMS/MMS to/from MySQL
SMS/MMS to/from web script (PHP, ASP, JSP, ecc.)
SMS/MMS to/from Microsoft Outlook
SMS/MMS to/from Microsft Access
SMS/MMS to/from Macromedia Flash animation
SMS/MMS to/from desktop Widgets (MAC X OS, Windows, Linux)
SMS/MMS to/from Postfix

Application fields

Thanks to its advanced features the Gateway FoxBox GT is suitable for:

Mobile marketing campaigns
Crew or fleet management, fastly exchanging informations with travelling workers
Radio or TV shows with live interaction with the audience through SMS and MMS
Advanced SMS services, sending and receiving SMS from a web interface and/or mailbox
Massive SMS campaigns to a distribution list (SMS letters), with statistics and surveys through real time reports
News and feedback sendings
SMS or MMS as input for a web order processing system
Corporate SMS, like requests of informations or reports receivable via SMS or MMS
Creation of dynamic websites, populated with photos and comments coming from users mobile phones without mobile phone configurations
Collection of graphical contents with MMS management

Plus the services offered as a gateway:

Delivering incoming SMS to mailboxes to read them, to store them, to make some processing, and so on
Forwarding emails to a mobile phone via SMS to reach remote operators (maybe following some particular logic)

And if you integrate Nagios Core you will have also:

Realtime control over all the hosts and services of the core business
Remote network devices monitoring, needing just a mobile phone to receive alerts when something goes wrong
Devices management through a common SIM card

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