To be delivered by GSoC 2008 - Work Progress - Work Report:

• Ability to access Sahana via SMS menus
  • SMSd event handler able to lookup Sahana DB access details from sysconf.inc
  • Login menu: user,pass
  • State held in server based on CallerID: Login name, menus status
  • Modules are able to write scripts for the SMSd event handler to access via a new lib_form_sms.inc (which uses handler_smstools.inc or handler_kannel.inc to write out the plugin-specific syntax for the scripts)
    • each module has a sub_dir to avoid name collisions
  • Users have 2 modes:
    • Basic users answer a single question per txt
    • Expert users can choose to answer multiple in 1 go:
      • 1,3,4 would take them to Module 1's 3rd menu option & then select option 4
      • lat x.xxx,lon y.y.y.y,desc “Bridge Down”
  • Query Data in the Sahana DB
    • Showcase example: “tbc”
      • “List Situations within xxx of my current GPS coords”? (Do we have a GIS query for this?)
  • Input Data to the Sahana DB
    • Showcase example: “Add new Situation to Situation Awareness Module: GPS coords & details”
  • Admin UI to enable/disable forms
    • Reuse GIS layers' approach: 1 tab per module, table of available forms for enabling/disabling
    • Top-level controller for the top-level 'Which Module?' menu
    • Admin UI aware of scripts via conf? Or simply reading scripts from filesystem? (Metadata included in scripts)
• SMSTools packaged in the PortableApp release

Bugs:

• Admin UI for Kannel Plugin to use admin_settings.inc from plugin folder not root

Potential deliverables

• More advanced admin UI for SMSTools Plugin
• Multiple/Parallel modem management
• Telco specific message routing: routing messages based on number (with multiple modems on different networks)
• Localized Messaging: Ability to select language to send (also mobile interface to support receiving localized content? )
• Keyword Management: select quick contacts based on keywords…
• MMS Integration
• SMS alerting channels: users can subscribe to channels to receive SMs. Subscription can be done by SM itself ?