Configuring SMS Delivery (SMPP Gateways)

You can use the MDC Configuration Utility to configure an SMPP gateway for SMS delivery. This application allows you to import, export, or manually configure an SMPP gateway. For information about importing or exporting gateway definitions, see Importing/exporting gateway definitions (Message Delivery Component). For more information about configuring HTTP gateways for SMS delivery, see Configuring SMS delivery (HTTP gateways).

To configure an SMPP gateway connection for SMS delivery

1. Start the MDC Configuration Utility.
2. Select a delivery method by clicking its corresponding button from the left pane.
3. Enable that delivery method by selecting the corresponding checkbox, e.g. the Enable SMS delivery checkbox in the SMS/SMPP gateways menu.
4. Click Add SMPP gateway. Type a display name and click OK.
5. Type the IP address of the gateway.
6. Type the port on which the gateway should be listening.

7. If SSL is required for gateway connections, select SSL enabled. Click Browse and navigate and select the certificate file to be used.

   Certification authority (CA) files should be located on the same host as OneSpan Authentication Server. If your CA file is located on a network share, you need to copy the file locally before you browse to it and select it.

8. If required, configure the gateway's SMPP settings (see SMPP system and timer settings).
9. Click Apply.

For more information about testing your gateway settings, see Testing gateway configurations.

For more information about configuring proxy settings, see Configuring HTTP proxy servers (for Message Delivery Component).

SMPP system and timer settings

To further configure an SMPP gateway, select the gateway's corresponding gateway definition. The SMPP gateway's settings are configured via the SMPP settings and SMPP timeout tabs.

SMPP settings

SMPP system settings

SMPP source/destination address

The SMPP settings tab contains two sections to configure addresses: one for source addresses, and another for destination addresses. Both sections allow you to configure TON and NPI. The SMPP source address section allows you to configure which source number to display to SMS recipients.

To configure the source number, enter it in the Number box of the SMPP source address section.

TON, NPI, and source number

SMPP timeout settings

The SMPP Timeout Settings tab allows you to configure the following settings:

• Transaction timeout (sec). If MDC does not receive a reply for a transaction request within this specified time, the transaction is marked as failed.
• Inactivity timeout (sec). If MDC does not send a transaction or receive a reply within the specified time, the session is dropped.
• Enquire link timeout (sec). The time lapse in seconds between two operations before MDC sends an enquire_link request to the gateway. This request tests whether the gateway still has an active session.