for anybody reading this, please add your comments here

https://support.wp-pizza.com/topic/autoprint-sms-gprs-fax-orders/

I have bought a wifi/gprs/sms printer. It is the same model Robert had bought but I got the model that also has wifi. If you still need help testing I would be happy to do that for you. It would great to get a solution to get this thing working.

you will need to program that depending on your printer and the sms gateway you are using
so where it says :

/**now implement however your sms/email2fax gateway implements things to send things to that tel/fax no**/
	//->send your sms to $customerTel		

insert your code to do this

the only way (I know of anyway) to automatically print is to have a net connected printer that does one of the following

a) checks a set email account and prints anything that comes into that account
b) a cloud print connected printer
c) a printer that has some other interface to the net one could script things for
d) a gprs enabled printer where you can send sms to

all which will – at a minimum – require the printer to be connected to the net or phone network in some way and has (been given) permission to do the above

>We need a printer that works with http …
well, that’s got nothing to do with SMS at all then…oh well.
if you have a printer that connects to the net, you can do all sorts of other things (cloudprinting etc)

>It is possible I can write you an e-mail …
probably the best idea. no need for those kind of conversations to fill up stuff here as it won’t really help anyone
=> dev[at].wp-pizza.com

Hi Lars,

somewhat I think Robert has fallen off the face of the planet (at least I don’t know of anyone who got a reply)

in any case, what exactly do you need it to do? Just send an SMS to a printer when an order gets received or some sort of 2-way “conversation” with a customer ?

reason why I am asking is that I do have a working version here, but it’s not yet as complete as I would like it to be.
However, if you are prepared to be a bit of a guinea pig I wouldn’t mind doing a bit of testing with your SMS printer (as I do not have or indeed need one) and get some feedback as to what it looks like for starters (in return you’d get the plugin naturally)

having said that , as there will always be carrier costs involved, what I have here utilises the tm4b (tm4b.com) sms gateway.
not sure if the prices they charge would be suitable for you .
what country are you in ?

if i am guessing correctly and you are in Denmark, they charge 0.04 GBP per/sms . Don’t know if that is a competitive/acceptable price where you are though…

>This seems to be the big road block for taking online orders.

the problem of course is , that there is no generic way to do that which would work for everybody as it involves carrier costs and therefore everyone will want/need a different sms gateway which all have their own/different APIs

i am currently doing something integrating with tm4b (tm4b.com) as they send/deliver sms from/to pretty much every country on the planet and – from what i can see – are reasonably priced (although no doubt there are cheaper ones)

>Any progress?

slowly.
having said that, do you have a gprs enabled printer i could send things to for some testing when I’m ready to do so (in a week or two I would have thought) to see how they print out ?

if one gets this to work with those tm4b guys one could – probably – more easily adapt this for other gatewys using their apis as one would hope one can just change a few api calls (dont hold me to that though, as of writing i have no idea as to whether that’s actually true)

Hi Robert

Great to find someone who has got an SMS printer working with this plugin.
I too would love to check out this plugin/code behind.

thanks

in case any of you guys are still following this thread/topic (or anyone else for that matter that reads this)

i am trying to develop something that at least sends an sms to a gprs printer as well as some order notifications to a phone too (either being optional)

however, due to the fact that i haven’t got one of those printers and am no going to buy one as I personally have no need for it, it would be great if someone would be willing to be a bit of a guinea pig for testing some things (in return for a version of that plugin of course when it’s done)

it’s early days, and probably not – initially anyway – going to be a 2 way thing (i.e receive sms, enter time , send back sms etc. as that – from what i can see – depends on proprietary hardware)

for starters though the idea is to – at least – send any received orders to a gprs enabled printer directly plus an sms confirmation to some sms enabled phonenumber …..

there are a few caveats but i am happy to point these out if someone is prepared to initially “lend” me a printer so to speak i can send stuff to (i.e is prepared to waste some paper) to see and check how things print out to be able to make the necessary adjustments to get going on that project

cheers

Hi there

Great to find someone who has got an SMS printer working with this plugin

Would love to check out the code behind it

Cheers

Hi

re additional shipping fees: you could use the wppizza_filter_order_summary_session filter (you will have to recalculate totals etc again though)

see here https://support.wp-pizza.com/topic/filter-options/

re SMS: a good starting point would probably be here:
https://support.wp-pizza.com/topic/run-action-on-status-update-admin/

(you will probably want to run an ajax function that does what your particular sms gateway needs it to do when the status changes to “processed” for example)

in theory you can do that, however , as there would be carrier costs involved, there is no generic way to implement something that does that (as – depending on where you are – prices and options will differ)

having said that , there are a lot of email 2 sms providers out there you can choose from which should easily allow you to set this up (which one works for you is something for you to decide though as it would depend on your location etc)

furthermore, IF you were to do that you should consider the following.
SMS has a character limit per message, so if you have a large order and want to send the whole order as sms to the customer, it will be a multi-part message (with multiple message charges to you !!)

secondly, in todays world of smartphones , more and more people will have email on their phone anyway…..(not everyone of course)

Either way, just my 2 cents really