Can SMS alerts come from same number, not sequential?

[Scyto]

I have a program that alerts me when any of my doors are unlocked.

 

The alerts come in with source numbers that sequential.  Like 1-410-100-016 from the first doo event, 1-410-100-017.  I am not sure what the logic for this is, but I would like them all to stack in my iPhone messages against one contact.

 

Is this possible?

 

(also is there any logic to the number chosen?)

[Jimbo.Automates]

I'm pretty sure that number comes from your wireless service provider from their email to sms gateway. For AT&T there are two ways to send them, one uses sms which has a number like that, and the other uses mms which shows the message came from the email you use.

 

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[andyf0]

For T-Mobile you have to pad the message to >160 chars to force it to go to it's MMS server rather than SMS server.

[Scyto]

I'm pretty sure that number comes from your wireless service provider from their email to sms gateway. For AT&T there are two ways to send them, one uses sms which has a number like that, and the other uses mms which shows the message came from the email you use.

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Yes I am on ATT - how do I get it to use the mms?

[Jimbo.Automates]

Yes I am on ATT - how do I get it to use the mms?

 

yournumber@mms.att.net

 

Which is what the "AT&T Wireless with grouping" selects, but I've always just used email, not sure if there is an advantage to either, but I use pushbullet for my notifications so I don't use MMS anymore.

[andyf0]

Be aware that MMS messages are not necessarily immediate. I've had a few notifications delayed by an hour on AT&T. Most come through right away though. SMS messages seem to be more reliable but you get that stupid random number in the From: field.

[shannong]

I prefer SMS for critical alerts such as water leak, security alarm, etc. SMS only requires a basic cell signal and not 3G/4G like MMS or email. SMS will be delivered very fast as opposed to occasional delays such as with MMS or email. I use email for less critical things such as low battery alerts, etc and don't send SMS messages for those.

 

Also, I get so  much email I don't even both to have an audible alert or vibration on my phone when I get a new email since my phone would be constantly going off. I just check them occasionally. My phone has a vibrate alert for text messages that's unique and I always check them when they come in.

[Teken]

I believe using both and just applying filters to the e-mail is the best balance of receipt and record keeping. If the tower isn't able to send the sms in an allotted time its dropped. Its service provider has their own time and threshold before doing so. E-mail is the same where they try for so many hours / days before sending you a failed delivery notification.

 

With e-mail you always have a electronic hard copy you can reference to. I use both and duplicate others and simply create a mail filter to pass it along to a archive folder.

 

Doing this allows you to have historic review and if required trouble shooting events based on the time stamps. 

[Scyto]

I opted for the MMS path - that's ok for my purposes at this time.

 

I don't worry about SMS or MMS finding me - I do international travel and sometime I have the cell off for 10+ hours and the SMS and MMS generated in the US finds me in the country where I land almost as soon as I land and turn the phone on.

 

I have email as my backup to that.

[edokid]

Hey don't complain, I use Rogers in Canada, and the way ISY does SMS doesn't work at all.  All I get is:

 

ROGERS Email to Text notice.  Reply with "READ" to read your message.

 

Then you have to reply, and then it sends your message.  There's no way to just have it send, since it sends them not as a text, but an email to some rogers text email address.  I use Pushover instead, it's much better and sends it as a push notice, so if I'm roaming or in the US with my US SIM, I still get them unlike with SMS.