Sms utilities - vpn

Hello,

I am experiencing an issue with SMS-based command execution on my router (RUT951/RUT241).

When I send an SMS command using the SMS rules (Execute custom script), the rule is triggered, but the script does not behave correctly or responses are delayed / not properly sent.

In particular:

  • The SMS rule is correctly matched (e.g. start_vnc_hmiand stop_vnc_hmi)

  • The custom script executes successfully (firewall changes are applied)

  • However, the SMS response is not reliably returned, and in some cases I receive the error:
    “script execution could not send response”

Additionally, when restarting the firewall from the script, the system outputs multiple warnings related to network interfaces (wan6, mob1s2a1) and attack_prevention, and the execution becomes slow or unstable.

Could you please clarify:

  1. The recommended method to send a response SMS from a script

  2. Whether firewall reload/restart is supported within SMS-triggered scripts without causing delays or errors

  3. Any known issues with SMS Utilities on RutOS regarding script execution

Example for comand start_vnc_hmi:
#!/bin/sh

uci set firewall.31.enabled=‘1’
uci commit firewall
/etc/init.d/firewall reload
echo “VNC ACTIVE”


Example for comand stop_vnc_hmi:
#!/bin/sh

uci set firewall.31.enabled='0’
uci commit firewall
/etc/init.d/firewall reload
echo “VNC DEACTIVE”

Thank you for your support.

Best regards,