MMS Setup

Last Updated: 2011-06-23

When configuring your device to be tested for the first time, there are several things parameters that must be set up in order for your device to perform certain activities. Instructions for which parameters to set up (in addition to those specified in this topic) are referred to in the How to Add a DUT topic.

When setting up your phone to be able to communicate with the MMSC (which is in the NowSMS gateway on the server PC), follow these steps:

1) Set the Phone MMSC Settings

2) Set the Phone MMS Proxy Settings

3) Set the Phone Network Connection (Access Point) Settings

4) Direct the MMS Messages to the Network Connection (Access Point)

1) Set the Phone MMSC Settings

To communicate with the NowSMS MMSC, a phone must be configured with the MMSC settings. The procedure for configuring MMSC settings varies widely between different phones. Finding the MMSC server URL location in the phone is the key. In some phones you may find this setting located in the MMS settings. In others, this may be located in the access point settings. For example, on a Nokia N93 phone it is called "Home Page" and is found under an access point settings in the connections. On an LGE U8330C phone it is called "MMSC URL" and is found in the multi-media message center. On other phones it may be called "MMSC Message Server URL" or "Relay Server URL".

Once you have found the MMSC server URL field in the phone, you need to define the URL and enter it. The format of the URL will be as follows:

http://IPAddress:Port/mm1/username=password (Note: 1 is the number one.)

Where:

IPAddress - is the IP address of the MMSC Server PC. In the Interactive Functional Test software, this is the server IP address which is 192.168.1.230.

Port - is the HTTP port number assigned to the MMSC. In the Interactive Functional Test software,this is set to 8804 in NowSMS.

mm1 - setting directs the MMSC to store the MMS message in a directory. In the Interactive Functional Test software this is mm1.

username - and password - is the username and password defined in the MMSC. In the Interactive Functional Test software the username is "aaa" and the password is "ddd".

In the Interactive Functional Test software the URL is: http://192.168.1.230:8804/mm1/aaa=ddd

Other settings that need to be configured in order for the phone to communicate with the MMSC are phone MMS proxy, network connection, and MMS message connection. These are usually found in the same location as the MMSC Server URL.

2) Set the Phone MMS Proxy Settings

In a normal network, the phone usually reaches the MMSC server through a WAP proxy server. However, with most new phones it is not necessary to use the WAP proxy server to reach the MMSC when using a test set such as the Agilent 8960. The Interactive Functional Test software does not use the WAP Proxy server, so you must configure the phone to communicate directly with the MMSC server. The phone MMS proxy settings are usually found in the same location as the MMSC server URL.

Set the MMS proxy to the IP address (for the Interactive Functional Test software, this should be 192.168.1.230) and the port of the MMSC server (for the Interactive Functional Test software, this should be 8804). This will be the same IP address and port used for the MMSC server URL. Note: Some phones will have the proxy server and port in the same field in the format: IPAddress:Port (i.e. 192.169.1.230:8804) others will have separate fields for IP Address (i.e. 192.168.1.230) and port (i.e. 8804).

3) Set the Phone Network Connection (Access Point) Settings

You must create a network connection in the phone to reach the Interactive Functional Test software's private LAN network. This is usually done by setting up an access point in the phone. Depending on your phone, the MMSC settings above may have been located in the access point. In some phones, all the MMSC settings may be independent of the access point. Most phones allow you to set up multiple access points.

One phone access point must be configured. The access point setup is usually in the "Connections" menu of the phone. There are normally two fields to set up in the access point. One is the connection name, or connection title, and the other is the data bearer. The connection name can be anything you would like, such as "8960 MMS Connection". The data bearer will be phone dependant. Set the Data bearer to match that which you are using in the test set (8960), as it is functioning as the network connection.

4) Direct the MMS Messages to the Network Connection (Access Point)

Once the access point is set up, go to the MMS settings and direct the MMS message connection to the access point you just set up. In the MMS settings you should find a field for the access point to use for MMS messages. In some phones this may be the same place where you set up the MMSC server URL and in other phones it may be under the MMS settings. The access point field should provide a list of the access points that are set up in your phone. Select the access point you configured for the MMS connection (i.e. 8960 MMS connection).

This completes the required settings in the phone to send and receive MMS messages. There may be other MMS settings in your phone that you may want to set such as automatic retrieve of the MMS message or message length. Scan your MMS settings menus to see if there are any other settings of interest. The phone is now configured for evaluating MMS message to enable MMS activity testing from the Interactive Functional Test Software.

 

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