Key Takeaways
- Scenario 1290 is an occupancy-certificate pickup ping: city hall window 14:00–14:30. Scheduled SMS the morning of. Not HOA ballots, termite tents, or radon canisters.
- A send that fires after 14:30 is a missed clerk and a delayed funding.
- Do not SMS the permit number or inspector notes. Ticket + window only.
- Listing blasts stay on another device so the hall clock is not starved.
- Priced by devices and SMS send volume. You use your own phone and operator SMS credit. Free: 1 device / 300 SMS lifetime / 300 contacts. Developer: 25,000 SMS per year.
Android SMS gateway scenario 1290 is a closing desk. The occupancy certificate sits at city hall 14:00–14:30. Scheduled SMS that morning is the only ping that must land before the clerk window. HOA ballots are the wrong list.
Priced by devices and SMS send volume. You use your own phone and operator SMS credit. Scheduled SMS · Developer Center. GSMA.
CO pickup, not ballot
One scheduled body, one closing ticket. Map the send to the clerk job, not an HOA box.
If the ping arrived at 14:40, the window was shuttered and funding slipped a day.
Window vs listing blast
| Lane | Body | Clock | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO pickup | Window + ticket | Thu 09:00 local | Ops modem |
| Open house | Promo | Anytime | Marketing pool |
| Permit ID | Do not SMS | — | — |
Caps: 2 / 5 / 15.
Never SMS the permit
File only. Schedule. REST: PHP, C#. MCP wraps REST.
Hall window only
14:00–14:30, hall nickname, ticket. No permit dump, no inspector notes.
Devices and airtime
Priced by devices and SMS send volume. You use your own phone and operator SMS credit. Free: 300 lifetime. Developer: 25,000 SMS per year. Pricing.
Clock and Doze
City timezone, not UTC. Doze · Setup.
Ticket ids
Log ticket + send id, not permits in chat. Rotate keys. Not a CodeCanyon listing pack.
Schedule or call
If the clerk line is already moving, call. Do not queue a late SMS.
Checklist
- Local timezone on the job.
- No permit IDs in templates.
- Promo on another device.
- Webhook on fire time.
- Modem charging overnight.
Next steps
Queue a staff pickup; prove it fires before 14:00 and never leaks a permit. Downloads · Docs.
Related product pages
Jump to the live product docs for this topic—not another long-form article.
- scheduled SMS campaignsSend later windows
- transactional SMS for orders and alertsEvent-driven messages
- SMS auto-reply and STOP keywordsOpt-out and keywords
- SMS API documentationLive endpoint reference
