This is what in my case, has been the best way out First, its ok to accept the payments whether more or less 2. Always have an acc or a session for this buyer, so that when the payment is less, you hold the amount and send them an sms telling them (he/she) of the shortfall so that once more money is sent, the payment is then completed if not .....[] 3. always have the gateway to the web path as one way. i.e kannel can post to the website, the SMS with the transaction details, that way you can use ajax to tell the user [push message] that the transaction is complete or the amount less. 4. am not sure av answered your Q but you can inbox me anytime, and if the response is slow, u can holla @ 0721804390 My option is kannel for flexibility Rgds @Obunga _______________________________________________________________ its ok child, He's heard you On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Ouya Obunga <ouya.bill@gmail.com> wrote:
Picture it this way. I have made online purchases of 1500. I have an input form that to insert paybill number, account number, AMOUNT and pin. I want a mechanism that when I insert 1200 as the amount, it alerts me that I have sent less amount. Because all that Mpesa does is to accept payments of whatever the amount unless it is phone to phone sending. But for the online purchase, I got to store, even if it is temporary, the amount 1500 to countercheck it with the amount that is sent! I hope it is clear now.
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Michael Muraguri <mickie.mic@gmail.com> wrote:
Obunga,
I'll have a look at Kannel - but on Linux. The I'll get back though as I said, I don't understand the exact problem, is it in fetching the SMS, parsing it or what exactly?
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Ouya Obunga <ouya.bill@gmail.com> wrote:
Yep, Im the one to receive the money. Ozeki supports Premium Rate SMS Service where the SMS has a fixed charge. In the case of an online store, the amount shopped varies. I think the challenge comes when you are supposed to verify that the given amount sent is exactly what is required. In the event that it is more or less, it should advice the sender appropriately. I intend to use 'Kannel for Windows' since the application is to be hosted in a Windows environment.
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Michael Muraguri <mickie.mic@gmail.com> wrote:
Obunga,
Let me get it, you are the one receiving the money, is that the case?
Last time I checked, in the case of Ozeki, they give you scripts to retreive the message. The solution in this case is simply parse the stored (received) message and then send back a confirmation message. I don't have Kannel code but Ozeki should give you code to send an SMS - I think both in the manual and code accessible from the application itself.
Which of the two do u intand to use, Kannel or Ozeki?
On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Ouya Obunga <ouya.bill@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I have an M-pesa paybill number. I also an SMS gateway (both Kannel and Ozeki) and a couple of php files to setup online payments via M-pesa. Though I'm stuck at the point where after user has sent a given amount, the system checks whether the amount is less, right amount or more, at the point which it should send the appropriate message to the user.
Regards,
Ouya Obunga.
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