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Danj2k
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Nov 10, 2015
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Sending SMS on an Aircard 762S?

In order to activate a special data offer I need to be able to send a text message (CHRISTMAS100 to 150), but neither the android app nor the Web interface seems to have any way to do this. Is there A...
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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Nov 16, 2015

Hello Danj2k

 

Sorry but the 762s can only recieve SMS but cant send them.

 

DarrenM

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    Danj2k
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    Nov 18, 2015

    After a lot of Googling and fiddling I found out that actually you can if you plug it into a computer by USB and connect to the USB serial port and send the appropriate AT commands. Bit of a fiddle though, pity you can't expose that functionality in the AirCard app instead of having to do it manually!