Automation: A Business SMS Use Case
SMS automation is with us!
It is now possible to incorporate a SIM card into virtually any piece of equipment or machinery such that it can send and receive text messages. For example many of the windmills in wind farms are fitted with SIM cards that enable them to report faults and weather conditions as alerts back to a central control point. As an alternative to a SIM card, any machine that has access to an internet connection can also send and receive text messages using Fastsms. So web servers can send alerts by SMS and even receive instructions back via SMS.
So Fastsms can use its API (Applications Programme Interface), to control equipment remotely. This is mainly used when there is reason, perhaps environmental, to alter a predefined schedule that equipment is set to follow. Flood alerts would be an example where river levels are returned via SMS from level measuring systems and instructions returned to open or close sluices in response to conditions. Equally plant nurseries or sports ground can control watering and ventilation using feedback from sensors sent by text.
The following are just some of the sectors already benefiting from using SMS text messaging for automated systems: Councils, Industrial Estates, Sports Grounds.
For more information on how you could be utilising SMS text messaging within your business then grab us on live chat, call us on 0800 954 5305 or email helpdesk@fastsms.co.uk.
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