SMS options
The BICS SFT solution offers you several ways to send a receive SMS from/to your BICS SIM cards via API’s.
SMS available through the SFT API’s on https://api.sft.bics.com
Simple sending of “test message” via API
Reception on your sever SMS initiated by the device (dialling short code), also called P2A (Person to Application).
Sending SMS to the device with different protocol en encoding (based on 3GPP standards), also called A2P (Application to Person)
Receipt of A2P delivery reports
1. Simple text SMS via API
Figure 1 Simple test SMS example
2. P2A (Person to Application) SMS
Figure 2 P2A SMS example
3. A2P (Application to Person) SMS
Figure 3 A2P SMS example
4. A2P SMS status (callback API)
Figure 4 SMS status example
5. Configuration of the URL to receive the A2P and P2A status (delivery reports)
In the tools box menu select the Callback API and configure your URL.
Figure 5 Callback API SMS configuration
Provide the URL of your server which will process the post API’s send by SIM for Things.
Figure 6 Callback API for A2P and P2A configuration