,=======================================. | Device::Gsm INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS | 25/11/2008 `=======================================' Copyright 2002-2008 (C) Cosimo Streppone, <cosimo@cpan.org> This is a perl module extension. If you don't know what it means, please take the time to go to http://www.cpan.org/ or http://www.perl.org ,-------------------------. | PRE-REQUISITES | `-------------------------' - a working perl installation (version 5.005+ recommended, although this module has been reported to work also for 5.004) - Device::Modem perl extension (possibly version >= 1.24) Download this extension from [http://cpan.perl.org/modules/by-module/Device/] - a GSM cellular phone or GSM modem. Various models have been reported to work. Some of these are: Nokia 6600 (19200) Nokia 6310 (19200) Nokia 3310 (19200) Siemens C45 (19200) Siemens S35 (19200) Nokia Communicator (9600) Falcom A2/Swing (9600) Digicom GSM modems (9600) ... If your GSM phone/modem is not reported in this little list, don't despair. Most probably it will work without problems. PLEASE NOTE: without a GSM phone/cellular connected to a serial port at your choice, you will not be able to use this module in ANY useful way. ,-------------------------. | INSTALLATION PROCEDURE | `-------------------------' As with 99,9% of perl extensions, can be installed with: - perl Makefile.PL - make - make test - make install (normally, as super-user) Have fun.