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Send Your First SMS

In this tutorial, we will add Ella SMSC to a private 5G network running Ella Core, and send an SMS between two phones.

You can expect to spend about 15 minutes completing this tutorial.

Pre-requisites

To complete this tutorial, you will need:

1. Install Ella SMSC

On the host running Ella Core, install and start the Ella SMSC snap:

sudo snap install ella-smsc
sudo snap start --enable ella-smsc.smscd

2. Initialize Ella SMSC

Open your browser at http://<host-ip>:5010. The Initialize Ella SMSC page opens.

Enter an email and a password of at least 8 characters, and click Create.

The Diameter page shows no peers yet.

3. Connect Ella Core

In the Ella Core UI, go to Operator and scroll to the SMS section.

Click Add Service Center and set:

  • Address: 127.0.0.1
  • Numbers: +15550000000
  • Diameter Identity: smsc.node.epc.mnc001.mcc001.3gppnetwork.org

Click Add. The service center shows Connected.

In the Ella SMSC UI, go to Diameter. Ella Core shows open, with HSS set to yes.

4. Give the subscribers an MSISDN

In the Ella Core UI, for each of the two subscribers:

  • Go to Subscribers and open the subscriber.
  • In Provisioning, click the edit icon next to MSISDN.
  • Enter +15551230001 for the first subscriber and +15551230002 for the second, and click Update.

5. Set the SMSC number on the SIM cards

On each SIM card, set the SMSC number to +15550000000.

6. Send an SMS

From the first phone, send hello to +15551230002. The second phone receives it.

In the Ella SMSC UI, go to Messages. The message shows delivered. Click it to see its routing and delivery attempts.

You have added SMS to your 5G network.

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