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AMS PLANNER - user manual English ver. 161
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AMS Planner Description
The system “AMS PLANNER” by Applied Messaging Systems is:
- A professional time management system that can help control the working time of the employees. The user can create, edit, view and print sophisticated daily, weekly, monthly work schedules.
- A professional appointment (meeting) management tool that has outstanding reminder features. The system can automatically send reminders to your clients and employees about upcoming appointments (meetings) via SMS and E-mail.
- It is also a system for storing and maintaining your clients’ data,
- and last but not least it is one of the best systems on the market for sending and receiving SMS messages and for creating automated SMS services.
The system consists of the “AMS Planner” software for Windows and a of an industrial GSM terminal for sending and receiving SMS messages. The terminal can communicate with the PC via USB or RS-232 port.
The program has many advanced options and an intuitive user interface.
An advanced system interface makes it possible to use “AMS PLANNER” as a stand-alone external SMS communication module for other IT systems or programs.
The system comes with a 2-years limited warranty and with unlimited updates for the period of 18 months with an option to prologue the warranty and updates. Our company works every day on new functions and improvements. This way, if you buy this solution now, it will not become outdated in a few years.
The user interface is available in English, Polish and German. The system’s documentation is available in English and Polish.
Advantages of AMS Planner
- A unique *NEW* time-management system for secretaries / receptionists and business people. It is used for maintaining work schedule of employees, for maintaining customers' records and for sending automatic reminders about important meetings via SMS and Email.
- A useful business tool offering a new, better way of time-management.
- Easy-to-use and intuitive user interface.
- Instant contact with a large group of people (patients, customers, employees).
- Contacting people via SMS and via Email at the same time
- Automate the SMS communication process thanks to the AMS Planner’s ability to integrate with other computer systems via an advanced API.
- Rapid integration with other systems that often does not require any programming skills.
- Low cost of the system acquisition and maintenance.
AMS Planner system efficiency
- The system is capable of sending a maximum of 14 SMS messages per minute
- The system is capable of receiving a maximum of 14 SMS messages per minute
- The speed of sending / receiving text messages depends mainly on the strength of GSM signal and the technical capabilities of BTS (Base Transceiver Station) in a given location.
- The limitation on sending /receiving Email messages depend only on the speed of the Internet connection and on the mail server
AMS Planner functionality
| A unique "planner" functionality with advanced SMS / Email reminder function. The planner can manage the working time of many employees at the same time. |
| Sending SMS messages directly from the PC through a connected GSM terminal |
| Receiving SMS messages in the PC through a connected GSM terminal |
| “External inbox” is a system interface allowing other programs and processes to read incoming SMS messages. The data-exchange interface can be in a form of: a text file, an MS Excel file, an MS Access file, a database table via ODBC. “External inbox” can also pass incoming messages to web systems via http request |
“External Outbox” is a system interface allowing other programs and processes to send SMS messages. In order to use the interface other programs / processes should write the messages along with the corresponding recipients’phone numbers to:
- a text file (type of ext. outbox: Text file)
- many different text files (type of ext. outbox: Directory)
- an MS Excel file up to the ver. 97-2003 (type of ext. outbox: Datasource)
- an MS Access (*.mdb) file (type of ext. outbox: Datasource)
- a database table accessible via ODBC (type of ext. outbox: Datasource)
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| Subscription to SMS services - Thanks to the “Subscription” service, mobile phone users can sign themselves up to groups, created in the AMS Planner system, by sending a properly formatted text message. |
| Automatic reply - A function that allows sending automatic replies to the SMS inquiries received from the users of mobile phones. Thanks to this function it is possible to create on-demand SMS services for company customers such as stock exchange info, current promotional offers, currency exchange rate info, product prices information etc. |
| Grouping contact information such as "Customers", "Employees", "Patients", etc. |
| The subscribers' contact data as well as the sent and received messages kept in the internal system’s database can be saved to text files |
| A user may import any subscribers’ contact data from a text file, MS Excel or MS Access file into AMS Planner system |
| Scheduling option - the system automatically sends text messages according to the schedule set up by the operator (this feature is useful for sending reminders about important events) |
| Periodic sending of text messages (i.e. send message: every day, every month, every 3 months etc.) |
| Keeping record of messages sent, received and waiting to be sent. Efficient search for messages according to user-specified criteria |
| Significantly saves costs of sending text messages by organizing subscribers/users according to their GSM service providers |
Fig. 2. External Outbox - a system interface for connecting external databases to AMS Planner
Example applications Medical clinics, dental offices, beauty salons, wellness centers
- Organizing appointments / managing working time of physicians and other employees / reminding patients / physicians of the scheduled appointments.
- Cancelling visits to physicians due to sickness or absence.
- Printing daily / weekly / monthly work schedules for employees.
- Creating and maintaining patients' records.
- Sending invitations to patients for periodic medical check-ups.
- Sending information to patients on special offers for medical services.
- Contacting staff (physicians and medical personnel)
Trading companies and service providers
- Maintaining contact with clients, notification of clearance sales, special offers and notification of new products and services
- Notification of shipping / delivery details in online trading; handling complaints and returns.
- Making the up-to-date price list available to customers and/or distributors via an auto-reply SMS service
Accounting offices
- Informing customers of financial results and the amount of taxes
- Reminding customers of the dates of tax payment
- Reminder customers about overdue payments
Companies offering loans, collection agencies
- Sending offers to interested clients
- Notifying clients of the dates of installment repayment and the amount of credit
- Reminding debtors about overdue payments
Corporate network administrators
- Access to a corporate network resources protected by a code (SMS token)
- Automatic SMS notification about important system events sent from the server to network administrators
Clubs, pubs, discos
- Sending invitations to clients to upcoming events and concerts
- Sending information to clients about special offers (e.g., "until midnight drinks only for 50% of regular price)
- Viral marketing (e.g., "With this SMS ladies come for free")
- Canceling an event due to weather conditions, mourning, etc.
Transport companies
- Keeping in contact with the drivers: e.g., sending text messages with addresses and phone numbers to the drivers.
Customer service centers (call center)
- Sending to the clients SMS messages with information difficult to remember such as bank account numbers, network access parameters, account balances, payment terms, etc.
Production companies
- Contacting customers and suppliers via SMS
INSTALLATION KIT, WARRANTY, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, SIM CARD 
Content of the installation kit
- CD-ROM containing AMS Planner software, drivers and user manual
- GSM modem (USB or RS-232)
- Antenna for the GSM modem
- USB or RS-232 cable
- Power supply adaptor (in case of RS-232 modem)
Warranty and technical support:
The system is covered by a 24-month warranty. It is possible to purchase an extended warranty for 24 and 36 months. The technical support is accessible via email and telephone
Updates:
Free updates for 12 months are available in exchange for an online registration of the purchased product.
SIM CARD
Before installing the system it is necessary to have an active SIM card of a GSM operator.
In principle each standard SIM card available on the market should be compatible with the modem. However, the user should make it sure that the card is charged (in case of the pre-paid cards) and that it can send and receive SMS messages. Before purchasing a SIM card the user should check if it is allowed by the company that issues the card to use it in GSM modems. It is recommended to test the card in a mobile phone before inserting it into the modem.
Applied Messaging Systems, Xplorex Mobile Corporation and their Distributors are not responsible for inappropriate usage of SIM cards.
THE PRICE OF THE SYSTEM
The price of the system (software + hardware + warranty + updates) is
814 USD (incl. VAT) + 64 USD shipping to Europe, North and South America, Australia. For other countries please ask!
OR
593 EUR (Incl. VAT) + 50 EUR shipping to Europe, North and South America, Australia. For other countries please ask!
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