Messaging

DartPro gives you four ways to compose an SMS, all built on your contacts, templates and registered sender IDs. This section covers each one, from a quick message to scheduled, personalized broadcasts.

Choose How to Send

Compose option	Best for	Recipients	Personalized with
To Individuals	A few numbers or selected contacts	Up to 2,000 numbers	Nothing, text is sent as typed
To Groups	Broadcasting to saved contact groups	Everyone in the groups	Contact details, using a template
To File Contacts	A spreadsheet of numbers you haven't saved	Every number in the file	File columns, using a template
From Template	A saved template sent to one number	One number	Values you type in

To start, click Compose SMS and choose the option you need. You can also start from other screens:

• Contacts or a group's page: select contacts and click Message to open To Individuals.
• Groups: select groups and click Message Groups to open To Groups.
• Drafts: click Continue Composing on a saved draft.
• Campaigns: open a sent campaign and click Forward to send it again.

Before You Send

Make sure that:

• Your email is verified.
• Your profile setup is complete, including your billing information. Compose screens show a reminder if it isn't.
• You have an approved sender ID. See How do I Register a Sender ID?.
• Your balance covers the cost. See Recharging Your Account.

The send button stays disabled while your email is unverified, your profile is incomplete, your balance is too low, or a route you picked is missing compliance documents.

⚠️ Test mode

If the mode switch at the top of DartPro shows Test, compose screens warn that messages won't be broadcast. Switch it to Live before sending real messages. See How do Test and Live Modes Work?.

What's on a Compose Screen

Part	What it does
Sender ID	The name or number recipients see as the sender
Message Content	Your text, with a counter for characters and segments
Send Immediately / Schedule for Later	Send now, or choose a Broadcast Time
Advanced Options	Choose a provider and traffic type yourself instead of automatic routing
Cost card	Shows the ESTIMATED COST, or the EXACT COST after you click Calculate Exact Cost
Send Message / Schedule Message	Sends or schedules your message

Advanced Options

DartPro normally routes messages using your SMS routing settings. Under Advanced Options, you can choose a provider in Select Provider (the default is Auto-detect (Recommended)) and a Traffic Type. The message then uses Manual Mode:

• The Sender ID list only shows sender IDs that provider has approved.
• If the route needs compliance documents that are missing or rejected, you'll see Compliance required and can't send until they're approved. See Compliance Documents.

Delivery Rules

• Do-Not-Disturb hours. Promotional messages sent between 8:00 PM and 8:00 AM are scheduled for 8:00 AM, in line with NCC regulation. Compose screens warn you when this applies.
• Messages from Cecula are reviewed. If you send with the default Cecula sender ID, the message is reviewed before delivery and you'll see Message Submitted.
• Repeated numbers get one message. The exception is personalized file messages, which send one message per row.
• Unreachable numbers aren't charged. Numbers DartPro can't route are skipped without a charge.

After You Send

• Campaigns in the left sidebar lists your broadcasts. Open one to see its report, including recipients, cost, pages, delivery and networks. From there, click Forward to reuse the message, or download a Report as PDF or Excel.
• Message Logs in the left sidebar shows the messages you've sent, recipient by recipient.

Guides

I want to…	Guide
Message specific numbers or selected contacts	How do I Send SMS to Individuals?
Broadcast to contact groups	How do I Send SMS to Groups?
Message the numbers in a spreadsheet	How do I Send SMS from a File?
Send a saved template to one number	How do I Send from a Template?
Save reusable messages with placeholders	How do I Create Message Templates?
Get my business name approved as sender	How do I Register a Sender ID?
Send later, reschedule or cancel	How do I Schedule Messages?
Pick up where I left off	How do I Use Drafts?
Understand segments, estimates and charges	How is Message Cost Calculated?

Sending from Your Own Software

To send SMS from your applications, see the Sending SMS API reference.