PC configuration software for all remote controls described in the last four issues. This application is used to set all parameters via PC, instead of using the boring and expensive SMS configuration system. Download “Configuratore TDG v.2.3.0.0” (Source code VB .NET 2010) In the articles devoted to the remote GSM modules, we have repeatedly mentioned…
Now we can start describing our first application, that is, the GSM gate controller: in this modality, our system controls the relay it is equipped with whenever it receives a call from a telephone number belonging to a list of numbers previously acquired through a special procedure, which can be performed via SMS using a…
The entire remote control is handled by a PIC that controls the GSM/GPRS module’s activity and gives commands to the two relays. Having said that, let’s take a better look at the electric scheme: power is supplied by continuous voltage, not always stabilized (applied to PWR + and -) at a value between 5 and…
Up to 200 numbers can be stored and enabled to control the relay, which allows people to use the gate opener not only in big condos and residences, but also in companies and all those other contexts in which many users are likely to need to have access. In order to avoid using SMSs, which…
Commands and settings can be sent by any cell phone via SMSs, as long as the message in question contains a password. Some of the commands can be composed without the use of a password (just so that they can be composed faster), provided that they are sent from one of the first eight numbers…
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