When it comes to adding a new SMPP Account, I've usually referred to follow a simple yet easy procedure that enabled me to create multiple Configuration. In this page, we're going to:

• Create an API Key for the SMPP Account;
• Configure the SMPP Account on Vonage;
• Configure the SMPP Account on the BeCloud's Platform;
• Configure an Alias;

To request a new API Key to create the SMPP Account, you must first login to Vonage's Platform under the "API Setting" page, and click on the “Request more API Keys” and compile a form where you state that you're requesting this key for a new SMPP Account.
They will create a new API Key for you and will give you a configuration procedure, which will also be mentioned in this tutorial as the procedure was (and prolly will still be) the same.

To configure the SMPP Account, you must first navigate again to the “API Setting” as mentioned on the link of the previous step. Continue with giving a name to the API Key and creating an API Secret that will be used after in the configuration on the Platform.

Login on the Sysmgmt page of the platform you're going to create a SMPP account. Then, navigate to “Phone Systems > SMS/MMS Accounts” and add a new entry. On the Account Type, select SMPP, then the configuration proceeds as follows:

• Name: it's better to match this name to the one you've provided in Vonage;
• Carrier: Vonage;
• Hostname: smpp-eu.vonage.com;
• Port: 8000;
• SystemID: add the Vonage API Key;
• Password: add the Vonage API Secret;
• SMPP Type: Transceiver;
• Transport Type: TCP;
• Enable: yes;

Once done that, proceed to go to “Phone Systems > Access Numbers” and create a new one following this pattern:

• Number: The number to be displayed once an SMS is sent with the country code leading (E.g.: 390221109503) (if you're going to use an Alias instead, add it anyways, I will explain later how to do that);
• Carrier: Vonage;
• Tenant: Choose the tenant that has requested the SMPP;
• Media-type: text-only;
• SMS/MMS Account: add the previously done SMPP Account;

Then, once done this configuration, proceed to login on the tenant and create a Chat service to test the Outbound.

To configure an Alias as a “sender” proceed to go back to Sysmgmt and “Phone Systems > SMS/MMS Accounts”, select the account you've previously created and navigate to the “Advanced” tab. On the Options entry, proceed to add the following content:

{
"outbound_replace_from": "390221071005",
"outbound_replace_from_with": "EXAMPLE"
}

Where the number on the “outbound_replace_from” is the number used in the “Phone Systems > Access Numbers”, it has to be the same. While on the “outbound_replace_from_with” field, change “EXAMPLE” with the desired Alias.

— Antonio Andriychuk 2024/10/09 15:07