public class OutgoingControlMessage extends Thread {
    public ConnectionSmpp conn;
    protected static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(OutgoingControlMessage.class);
    boolean retry=false;
    boolean exit =false;
    String outgoingMessage="";
    String phNr="";
    /** Creates a new instance of OutgoingControlMessage */
    public OutgoingControlMessage(String message, String inPhNr) {
        outgoingMessage = message;
        phNr = inPhNr;
    }
    
    public void connect(){
        GetMainProperty getProp = new GetMainProperty();
        getProp.activateProperties();
        try {
            conn = null;
             conn = new ConnectionSmpp("212.247.165.8", 3600);
            //conn = new ConnectionSmpp(getProp.getIpnr(), getProp.getPort(), true);
            //conn.addObserver(this);
        } catch (UnknownHostException uhe) {
            logger.error("UnknownHostException" + uhe);
            uhe.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }
        
        retry = false;
        int MaxNumTryes = 0;
        
        while (!retry) {
            MaxNumTryes += 1;
            if (MaxNumTryes >= 6){
                retry = true;
            }
            
            try {
                conn.bind(ConnectionSmpp.TRANSMITTER, "Testing", getProp.getSystempass(), getProp.getSystemtype());
                conn.autoAckMessages(true); //ackar automatiskt till Tele2
                MaxNumTryes = 0;
                retry = true;
            } catch (IOException ioe) {
                logger.error("IOException:" + ioe);
                ioe.printStackTrace();
                try { //om problem med bind, sleep 1 sek och försök igen
                    sleep(10 * 1000);
                } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
                    logger.error(ie);
                    ie.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }
    }
    public void submit(ConnectionSmpp conn){
        try {
            SubmitSM mess = processRequest(); //NullPointerException here
            SubmitSMResp smr = (SubmitSMResp)conn.sendRequest(mess);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    
    private SubmitSM processRequest() throws BadCommandIDException{
        SubmitSM sm = (SubmitSM)conn.newInstance(SMPPPacket.SUBMIT_SM); //NullPointerException here
        Address rcvr = new Address();
        rcvr.setAddress(phNr);
        sm.setDestination(rcvr);
        Address SendLocation = new Address();
        try {
            SendLocation.setTON(0);
            SendLocation.setNPI(1);
            SendLocation.setAddress("72694");
            sm.setSource(SendLocation);
            logPacket(sm, "Outgoing:");
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            outgoingMessage = "Något gick förfärligt fel. Vederbörande ombedes att omgående söka assistans";
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
        sm.setMessageText(outgoingMessage);
        return sm;
    }
    
    private void logPacket(SMPPPacket packet, String direction) {
        String phone;
        if (direction.equals("Outgoing:")) //utgående meddelande
            phone = packet.getDestination().getAddress();
        else //ingående meddelande
            phone = packet.getSource().getAddress();
        logger.info(direction + ": " + phone +  " - " + packet.getMessageText());
    }
    
     public ConnectionSmpp getConnection() {
         //logger.info(conn.toString());
        return conn;
    }
    
    public void run() {
        while (!exit) {
            connect();
            synchronized(this) {
                try {
                    wait();
                } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
                    logger.error("Interrupted Exception: " + ie);
                    ie.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

String phNr = "46737562581";
            OutgoingControlMessage ocm = new OutgoingControlMessage("Tjohej",phNr);
            ocm.start();
            ConnectionSmpp con = ocm.getConnection();
            ocm.submit(con);

ConnectionSmpp con = ocm.getConnection();
            ocm.submit(con);