We are using Adafruit IO to receive our text messages and send them to the Matrix Portal via WiFi.

Adafruit IO is a platform designed (by Adafruit!) to display, respond, and interact with your project's data. Data is kept private (data feeds are private by default) and secure (we will never sell or give this data away to another company) for you. It's the internet of things - for everyone!

What can Adafruit IO do for me?

Adafruit.io is a cloud service - that just means we run it for you and you don't have to manage it. You can connect to it over the Internet. It's meant primarily for storing and then retrieving data but it can do a lot more than just that!

• Display your data in real-time, online.
  • and share that data with others!
• Make your existing electronics project internet-connected: Control motors, read sensor data, and more!
• Connect projects to web services like Slack, Mastodon, Discord, RSS Feeds, Weather Services
• Connect your project to other internet-enabled devices
• Create No-Code electronics projects that connect to the internet.

This project needs an upgrade to Adafruit IO+, which costs $10/month or $99 per year, and allows you to send up to 25 SMS messages per day.