Using labview to send push notifications

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Software

• LabVIEW Full
• LabVIEW Professional

Issue Details

I would like to send an SMS to my mobile phone from LabVIEW.
How can I use the SMPT e-mail VIs to send a message via my mobile service provider to my mobile phone.

Solution

1. Contact your mobile service provider for the e-mail address of their SMS gateway. Use this address as "Carrier" in the program below"
2. Choose an e-mail address you would like to use for sending e-mails to this gateway. Insert the details in the "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)", "Email" and "Password" fields.
3. Insert phone number, Subject and message and run the program

Additional Information

• There are several web-based SMS gateway services which provide SMS message forwarding free of charge.
• Instead of the LabVIEW SMTP VIs you can also use the .NET as in this Example: Sending SMS (text messages) using SMTP with LabVIEW​

1. Go to: Start » Program Files » Accessories » Command Prompt
2. In the command prompt window, type: “telnet [name of server] 25” and press enter