Tools — SMS Gateway

Navigate to Tools > SMS Gateway. Send text messages (SMS) directly from your browser — either one at a time or in bulk from a CSV file.

An SMS Gateway is a service that lets a computer system send text messages through a mobile network. The Abilis sends SMS through a cellular module installed inside the unit — specifically a UMTS-BOX (3G) or CELLKEY / LTE-BOX (4G) per v9.0 reference manual ch65.1.

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Uploaded Files

A list of CSV files that have been uploaded for bulk SMS sending. Each file contains phone numbers and messages. Useful for mass notifications (e.g. "office closed tomorrow due to weather").

Upload File

Upload a new CSV file for bulk sending. Minimal format — one row per recipient, phone number in international form (+39…), message text after the first comma:

+393481234567,Hello Mario — your order is ready.
+393482345678,Hello Giulia — your order is ready.

Commas inside the text need to be quoted per standard CSV rules. Click Choose File, select your CSV, then Upload. See How-To: Send a bulk SMS blast for the full walkthrough.

Send Message

Send a single SMS directly:

  1. Enter the phone number — include the country code (e.g. +39 for Italy, +44 for UK).
  2. Type your message text.
  3. Click Send.

SMS Sent / Received

The send/receive log — every SMS the Abilis has handled, with Direction (incoming / outgoing), Date / Time, Number, Status (Delivered, Sent, Received, Failed), and the message text. Filter by direction, search by phrase or number, restrict to a date range, and export the visible rows to CSV. See How-To: View, search, and manage received SMS.

Forwarding Rules

Rules that relay incoming SMS to email or to another mobile — useful for shared 2FA codes, delivery alerts, customer replies. Each rule has a Match condition (any SMS, from specific number, containing text) and one or more Actions (forward to email, forward to mobile, delete after forwarding). See How-To: Forward incoming SMS to email or another mobile.

SMS sending requires a cellular module physically installed in the Abilis unit (UMTS-BOX or CELLKEY / LTE-BOX). If the SMS section doesn't work or shows an error, your unit may not have this hardware. Check Networking > Settings > Ports — if no LTE, UMTS, or CELLKEY resource is listed, the modem module is not installed.
Character encoding and message length. By default the Abilis sends SMS in LATIN-1 (per ALLOW-UNICODE=NO in v9.0 ch65.1) — plain ASCII and Western-European accents are fine, but other scripts (Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, emoji) need the ALLOW-UNICODE parameter switched on in the CTISMS resource. A long message is split into at most 4 SMS segments (MAX-SMS-SPLIT is capped at 4, ~640 characters total in LATIN-1 / ~280 in Unicode). Messages longer than that are truncated on the modem.
SMS is useful for automated alerts too — the Alert Manager can send SMS notifications when important events occur (internet goes down, camera disconnects, etc.).
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