Sending and receiving text messages globally with V.1 Telnyx is now possible on the Vodia PBX user portal
To get started you’ll need to set up a Telnyx account for messaging. You will also need to purchase a number for the messaging to work.
Purchase a Telnyx Number
Sign into your Telnyx account and navigate to Number, next choose your region and choose a selected feature SMS.
Create a Telnyx Profile
Navigate to Messaging on the left corner to create your profile. Click on Add new profile.
- Name your profile
- Choose API Version 1
- Add your Messaging callback URL example http://yourpbx/recvsms
- Create
Edit Your Profile
- Click pencil edit icon to edit the profile
Inbound settings
Under Inbound settings “Send a Webhook to this URL” Enter your http://PBXname.com/recvsms
API Token
You will need your API Token for the Vodia PBX
- Copy API V1 Profile secret
Vodia Messaging
Navigate to your Admin — Messaging and Notification
Under Text Messaging
- Choose Telnyx as the provider
- Enter your Token from the profile secret
- Importants Enter your Telnyx phone number with the following fomat +16178889685
User SMS ANI
Each user can have there own SMS ANI, you can set this up under the extension general settings. The number will be present when sending out an SMS on the user portal.
User portal and SMS
Make sure you’re running the latest Vodia PBX. Here’s a link to the latest build https://doc.vodia.com/releasenotes
Log into your user portal and type in a cell phone number under the home screen and click the message icon.
Note: The number be in the following format +17815698523
You will be presented with the chat window. Type in your SMS message and press enter on your keyboard.
Tune in for our next Blog on Incoming SMS on the Vodia PBX.
Sourced from: Vodia. View the original article here.
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