QuesCom SMS Manager
The QuesCom SMS Manager is a system for sending and/or receiving SMS with powerful features certified for all Quescom Q200 and Q400 models:
- Campaigns (Bulk SMS).
- Reporting.
- Third-Party Application & Database Integration.
- Conceived For All Sizes of Enterprise.
The QuesCom SMS Manager is a MS Windows client-server application providing complete desktop SMS Campaign creation management plus multilingual Unicode SMS Send and Receive management. If required the client and server can be loaded together to provide a standalone system.
The system is fully featured for sending and/or receiving SMS Messages with powerful customization features including message personalization, filtering, campaigns and auto-reply.
SMS Sending
Send SMSs to individuals or lists from Excel, CSV or Txt files. Users can also add recipients manually or by choosing the recipients from the internal Phonebook.
Sending features include:
- Set Start date & time for campaigns.
- Optional manual addition or correction before sending and/or number formatting.
- Normal or Flash SMS.
- Spell Check.
- Stop, pause and restart the campaign at any time without affecting completed portion.
- Campaign timings update while in progress.
- Counter for sent SMS's on the main desktop display.
Third-Party Application & Database Integration
SMS messages can also be sent by integration with existing databases to monitor and send based on external database updates by one of the following integration methods:
- Web Service (ASMX): this is a SOAP XML web service
- HTTP Web URL by passing the parameters to the URL, ex: http://smsserver/sendsms.aspx?mobile=xxxxxx&message=test.
- Database Direct Insertion
- Microsoft Outlook Mobile Service Account (e.g.):
Receiving features include flexible filters, conditions and actions to ensure incoming SMS messages are handled efficiently and automatically. SIM management ensures that received SMS once treated are removed from the SIM to allow space for new incoming SMSs.
SMS Receiving features include:
- List with all received SMS's with the sending number, date and time.
- Export Facility.
Both real-time and historical reporting is available to ensure complete campaign control and management. At any point a user can select campaign details for in-progress campaigns. Detailed on-screen reports are available for completed campaigns and data can also be exported to PDF or XLS formats etc.
- Quescom® 200 & 400 Series (latest firmware).
SMS messages can be sent/received while voice call is in progress on all Quescom Q200, 300 & 400 Series.
Please check for supported Quescom firmware versions.
Scalability and Multiple Campaign Organisation
The software handles load balancing and user selected prioritization across SIMs and multiple gateways. The Quescom SMS Manager can run Database Update ‘always on’ type campaigns (such as invoice payment reminders) by SMS at the same time as sending discrete Bulk Marketing SMS campaigns. This is a very useful combination of services for many enterprises.
Client and Server Software may also be installed on the same system if required
- PC Hardware (Minimum Requirements):
- Server:
- Intel® Xeon™ Quad Core processor
- 4 GB RAM
- 5 GB free disk space
- PC Client:
- Intel ® Core™2 Duo processor
- 1 GB RAM
- 1 GB free disk space
- Server:
- Software:
- Server:
- Windows ® 2003/2008 Server
- Windows Installer 3.1 *
- .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 *
- MS SQL 2008 Express R2 *
- Client:
- Windows ® XP (SP2)
- Windows Installer 3.1 *
- .NET Framework 3.5 SP1*
- SQL Native Client 2008 R2 *
- Crystal Reports 10.5 *
- Server:
* installed during setup if not present.
N.B. Client and Server Software may also be installed on the same system if required.