A while back I thought it would be pretty neat if SFX could send a text message to me at a certain point in the running show, like at intermission. So, I wrote this SMS module that works with SFX 6.x telnet feature.
Once installed, you go into SFX production and add a telnet patch. You can name it SMS. The port is 3222 by default, but you can configure it.
Once patched, you can add a telnet cue to any list, and add a SMS command. You need to know the destination email address for your phone. Mine is something like 5085551212@messaging.nextel.com.
The format of the SMS Send command is:
Send(ToAddr,Msg,Subject,FromAddr)
Subject and FromAddr are optional.
So, to send me a message from a cue, the telnet string is:
Send(5085551212@messaging.nextel.com,Intermission)
I’ll receive a sms text message on my phone, and know it’s time to head to the lobby, or backstage, or wherever.