How to configure VoIP innovation SMS with Vodia PBX

Hamlet Collado
Marketing & Sales at Vodia Networks
vodiasms

Vodia was curious to see how SMS worked with VoIP Innovations SMS capabilities, if you have an account please follow the step by step. 

backoffice.voipinnovations.com

Requirements

Login in to your VoIP Innovations accounts at backoffice.voipinnovations.com and navigate to App, this will bring you to https://admin.apidaze.io/

voip

 

Log into your apidaze account with the same credentials you use to login to your voipinnovations account. 

apidaze

Creating your API 

Next, we are going to create an API, Click on the App hyperlink to create an API application. 

app

 

 

Next click on the createto start creating your application. 

  • Name Your App ex. ( Vodiasms) 
  • Choose SMS only 
  • For SMS request URL into the following: https://enteryourpbxdomain/recvsms

voip

Press the Create App button to finalize your application. apidaze will then create an API key and API secrete that we will use on the Vodia PBX messaging settings. 

 

api

 

Assign your number to your SMS App

Next, we will assign a DID to your SMS application, click on the 3 Dot icon 3

Then choose one of your purchased DID or existing one as the SMS number. 

assign

 

You will then get a confirmation, to use the number for SMS, press Ok. 

api1

Turning on SMS on the Domain Level

By default, this setting is turned off. To turn on the feature per domain, just click on the edit button in the domain list window. 

edit1

Then scroll down and choose to Enable text messaging to on to activate it for you domain.

 

 

Setting SMS on the Vodia PBX

Next login to your Vodia PBX and navigate to the administrator level --> Settings ---> Messaging >Notifications

  • Provider: Choose VoIP Innovations
  • Username or account: API key 
  • Application secret: API password
  • Default ANI for sending SMS messages: Use the assigned SMS DID

 

vodiasms

Let's test SMS

Now it's time to test the service. 

You can test the

Open up your Vodia Windows App, if you don't have the App, you can download it here for more info on the Vodia Windows App visit us at here or if you're an iOS or Android.

Next, on your Windows App type the number you would like to send an SMS to by typing in the number in the following format

1XXXXXXXXXX on your Vodia App browser then press the SMS chat icon to send the SMS to the recipient. 

 

open