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Sending a text message from my Pi 3 to my cell phone

DJackman

Ok I'm not a programmer, but trying to learn. I am using my Pi 3 to control a door on my chicken coop. I run a crontab twice a day to open and close door. I had it set up to run a python script to open or close the door and send a text message door open, or door closed. I was using Twilio, but now you have to your phone registered and a lot of crap (which all cost more money). I have used it for years very cheap, but now everyone wants paid for the service. Is there a way to code it so I don't need any of these third-party system. I looked into ClickSend it also is going to cost to much for what I am doing. I have read a lot on this but seems like all the info I find is outdated. If someone could help me out I would appreciate it, Caution I will probably need to be spoon fed. As I said I am not a programmer just trying to learn it's all very interesting to me.

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    probably some USB cellular modem (or a shield with something like SIM800) can be configured to send an SMS using AT commands - but it would require having a SIM card and some sort of  agreement  (with can be more or less expensive depending on location).

    There were/are some versions of OrangePI with GSM modem built-in, for example:

    http://www.orangepi.org/orangepiwiki/index.php/Orange_Pi_2G-IoT

    which even includes documentation section about sending an SMS.

    I personally own an (second hand) Orange Pi 2G, but have never used it - bought it cheaply out of interest but it is still waiting for a purpose, so I don't have first-hand experience about it.

    BTW. I think that for the project you have described, something like Arduino with serial connected GSM modem could be sufficient (also probably more robust [no failure prone SD cards] and energy-efficient)...

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    probably some USB cellular modem (or a shield with something like SIM800) can be configured to send an SMS using AT commands - but it would require having a SIM card and some sort of  agreement  (with can be more or less expensive depending on location).

    There were/are some versions of OrangePI with GSM modem built-in, for example:

    http://www.orangepi.org/orangepiwiki/index.php/Orange_Pi_2G-IoT

    which even includes documentation section about sending an SMS.

    I personally own an (second hand) Orange Pi 2G, but have never used it - bought it cheaply out of interest but it is still waiting for a purpose, so I don't have first-hand experience about it.

    BTW. I think that for the project you have described, something like Arduino with serial connected GSM modem could be sufficient (also probably more robust [no failure prone SD cards] and energy-efficient)...

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