What do you need to install Sendinel?

If you want to install Sendinel, you need to meet a few hardware requirements.

• A Computer
• A 3G USB UMTS stick "Huawei K3520"
• A SIM-card with airtime

First of all, there has to be at least one computer where the system runs on (also known as the server). This computer can be a laptop or a desktop computer or an industry server. When we deployed Sendinel in Agincourt, we used a plug computer. This is a very cheap and small server which doesn't look like a computer at all but supports everything needed to run Sendinel. Sendinel runs best on Linux.

The server needs the 3G UMTS stick "Huawei K3520", also known as E169. This UMTS stick is the only stick known to us which works well with the Asterisk server to properly send SMS and phone calls in the local telecommunication networks.

In the UMTS stick, you need to have a working SIM-card with airtime on it.

When you have all this, you can install Sendinel and use it on the computer.

You can also use Sendinel on more computers like Laptops in the consultation rooms. We call these computers "terminal computers". All terminal computers connect to the server via a network like wifi using their browser, so usually there is no extra software needed. If you want to use the Bluetooth feature, the terminal computers need to have Bluetooth.