Reading SMS with Arduino

In this article, we will write our own code that can be used for ‘Reading SMS with Arduino’. We use Arduinos in different projects. When using GSM modules, we may need to use SMS to give commands to the device. Besides using a big library like FONA, this small code will help you a lot.

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SMS response to GSM modules:

When there is a SMS, the GSM module gives an output of

“SM” 1

or the slot number.

This way, we can only open the SMS with “AT+CMGR= slot number “. But with the “AT+CNMI=1,2,0,0,0” command, the text directly arrives on the serial terminal. And from that, we can detect the text.

Code:

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#define RX 4
#define TX 3
SoftwareSerial gsm = SoftwareSerial(TX, RX);


void setup()
{

  Serial.begin(115200);
  gsm.begin(4800);
  delay(1000);
  gsm.println("AT\r\n"); delay(100);
  gsm.println("AT+CMGF=1\r\n");//goto text mode
  gsm.println("AT+CNMI=1,2,0,0,0\r\n");//enable direct sms notification
}

void loop()
{

  while (gsm.available())
  {
    String line = gsm.readStringUntil('\n');
    if (line.startsWith("*"))
    {
      line = line.substring(line.indexOf("*") + 1, line.indexOf("#"));
      int line_len = line.length() + 1;
      char text[line_len];
      line.toCharArray(text, line_len);
      if (line_len >= 2)
      {
        Serial.print("SMS:");
        Serial.println(text);
      }
    }
  }
}



//

What to do?

Simply send a command in this format: *text#; Here * is the start point and # is the end point. Now let’s see what is the response.

Result:

So what’s the difference? Simply using a start and stop mark, we can send a command through SMS to the GSM project and command execution become easier. Rather than using a big library, this small piece of code helps a lot in GSM SMS projects.

Now, you can integrate this function into your GSM project very easily. I hope this code will help you in your SMS project. Thanks for reading, don’t forget to share it with your friends.

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