RE: Special Characters and Kannel 1.4.1

[Davor Spasoski]

>From my experience I can tell you than the SMSCs supports only a small number 
>of alphabets, usually GSM and UCS-2. Even if your phone supports the 
>ISO-8859-1 the SMSC will try to convert the characters to the supported 
>alphabets and you will have a mismatch. Some SMSCs installed in countries not 
>using Latin may even use other default encodings.
My advice is to stick to GSM alphabet or UCS-2

Davor Spasoski



-Original Message-
From: Songhh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:43 AM
To: users@kannel.org
Subject: Re: Special Characters and Kannel 1.4.1


Hi,

Can i know how u encode ur text ABCDäöüÄÖÜß to become ISO-8859-1 encoded
ABCD%e4%f6%fc%c4%d6%dc%df ?


Markus R. wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem sending special characters in mobile terminated
> messages through Kannel.
>
> The Setup: Debian (Sarge), Kannel 1.4.1 (from .deb packages), libxml
> 2.6.16-7
>
> SMSC: Vodafone Germany, EMI
>
>
> The Problem: I want to send the following test message: ABCDäöüÄÖÜß
>
> Each time I send this message I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ on the mobile phone.
>
> Here are my requests to kannel:
>
> ISO-8859-1 encoded:
> http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%e4%f6%fc%c4%d6%dc%df&charset=ISO-8859-1&from=SHORTNUMBER
>
> smsbox.log says:
> 2007-04-03 11:23:49 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms
> sender: (IPADDRESS) to:
> msg:
>
> This at least tells me that the characters are transmitted to kannel
> correctly but on the mobile I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ
>
> If I send the following UTF-8 encoded request:
> http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%c3%a4%c3%b6%c3%bc%c3%84%c3%96%c3%9c%c3%9f&charset=UTF-8&from=SHORTNUMBER
>
> smsbox.log says:
> 2007-04-03 11:29:12 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms
> sender: (IPADDRESS) to:
> msg:Ã<96>Ã<9C>Ã<9F>>
>
> The Mobile still receives ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ
>
> It is interesting that at least ö, ä, Ö and Ä pass through correctly.
>
> How can I find out, why ü, Ü and ß get garbled?
>
> Regards,
>
> Markus
>
>
>

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Re: Special Characters and Kannel 1.4.1

[Songhh]

Hi,

Can i know how u encode ur text ABCDäöüÄÖÜß to become ISO-8859-1 encoded
ABCD%e4%f6%fc%c4%d6%dc%df ?


Markus R. wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem sending special characters in mobile terminated
> messages through Kannel.
> 
> The Setup: Debian (Sarge), Kannel 1.4.1 (from .deb packages), libxml
> 2.6.16-7
> 
> SMSC: Vodafone Germany, EMI
> 
> 
> The Problem: I want to send the following test message: ABCDäöüÄÖÜß
> 
> Each time I send this message I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ on the mobile phone.
> 
> Here are my requests to kannel:
> 
> ISO-8859-1 encoded:
> http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%e4%f6%fc%c4%d6%dc%df&charset=ISO-8859-1&from=SHORTNUMBER
> 
> smsbox.log says:
> 2007-04-03 11:23:49 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms
> sender: (IPADDRESS) to:
> msg:
> 
> This at least tells me that the characters are transmitted to kannel
> correctly but on the mobile I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ
> 
> If I send the following UTF-8 encoded request:
> http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%c3%a4%c3%b6%c3%bc%c3%84%c3%96%c3%9c%c3%9f&charset=UTF-8&from=SHORTNUMBER
> 
> smsbox.log says:
> 2007-04-03 11:29:12 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms
> sender: (IPADDRESS) to:
> msg:Ã<96>Ã<9C>Ã<9F>>
> 
> The Mobile still receives ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ
> 
> It is interesting that at least ö, ä, Ö and Ä pass through correctly.
> 
> How can I find out, why ü, Ü and ß get garbled?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Markus
> 
> 
> 

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Re: Special Characters and Kannel 1.4.1

[Stipe Tolj]

Markus R. wrote:


Hi,

I have a problem sending special characters in mobile terminated
messages through Kannel.

The Setup: Debian (Sarge), Kannel 1.4.1 (from .deb packages), libxml 
2.6.16-7


SMSC: Vodafone Germany, EMI


The Problem: I want to send the following test message: ABCDäöüÄÖÜß

Each time I send this message I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ on the mobile phone.

Here are my requests to kannel:

ISO-8859-1 encoded:
http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%e4%f6%fc%c4%d6%dc%df&charset=ISO-8859-1&from=SHORTNUMBER 



smsbox.log says:
2007-04-03 11:23:49 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms
sender: (IPADDRESS) to:
msg:

This at least tells me that the characters are transmitted to kannel
correctly but on the mobile I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ

If I send the following UTF-8 encoded request:
http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%c3%a4%c3%b6%c3%bc%c3%84%c3%96%c3%9c%c3%9f&charset=UTF-8&from=SHORTNUMBER 



smsbox.log says:
2007-04-03 11:29:12 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms
sender: (IPADDRESS) to:
msg:Ã<96>Ã<9C>Ã<9F>>

The Mobile still receives ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ

It is interesting that at least ö, ä, Ö and Ä pass through correctly.

How can I find out, why ü, Ü and ß get garbled?


now, I recall all this for Vodafone D2 years ago. I added the alt-charset things 
for Vodafone D2 here to the EMI/UCP module of Kannel.


See user's guide section for UCP smsc group:

http://www.kannel.org/download/kannel-userguide-snapshot/userguide.html#AEN1382

where you find:

alt-charset - number - Defines which character conversion kludge may be used for 
this specific link. Currently implemented alternative charsets are defined in 
"alt_charsets.h" and new ones can be added.


and in alt_charsets.h:

/*
 * for CMG's EMI/UCP, operators may use NCR (national representation
 * codes), like ISO 21 German for the german "Umlauts".
 * i.e. Vodafone D2 uses this charset kludges.
 */
#define EMI_NRC_ISO_21  3

this means setting:

  group = smsc
  smsc = emi
  ...
  alt-charset = 3
  ...

should do the kludge to use ISO 21 German representation for UCP/EMI connection 
and will map the ISO latin1 values internally. ;)


Stipe

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Re: Special Characters and Kannel 1.4.1

[Markus R.]

Hi,

this one did the trick, thanks!

It's a hack, but now, it works as expected. When I find much time,
I'll dig for the real solution (probably never :-).

Thanks again,

Markus


On 4/3/07, Rodrigo Cremaschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi Markus,

   A hack for this problem: generate an MO with the special chars and
send it to Kannel. Use the characters you receive as a dictionary to
"encode" your MTs.

   Regards,

Rodrigo.

On 4/3/07, Markus R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem sending special characters in mobile terminated
> messages through Kannel.
>
> The Setup: Debian (Sarge), Kannel 1.4.1 (from .deb packages), libxml 2.6.16-7
>
> SMSC: Vodafone Germany, EMI
>
>
> The Problem: I want to send the following test message: ABCDäöüÄÖÜß
>
> Each time I send this message I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ on the mobile phone.
>
> Here are my requests to kannel:
>
> ISO-8859-1 encoded:
> 
http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%e4%f6%fc%c4%d6%dc%df&charset=ISO-8859-1&from=SHORTNUMBER
>
> smsbox.log says:
> 2007-04-03 11:23:49 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms
> sender: (IPADDRESS) to:
> msg:
>
> This at least tells me that the characters are transmitted to kannel
> correctly but on the mobile I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ
>
> If I send the following UTF-8 encoded request:
> 
http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%c3%a4%c3%b6%c3%bc%c3%84%c3%96%c3%9c%c3%9f&charset=UTF-8&from=SHORTNUMBER
>
> smsbox.log says:
> 2007-04-03 11:29:12 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms
> sender: (IPADDRESS) to:
> msg:Ã<96>Ã<9C>Ã<9F>>
>
> The Mobile still receives ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ
>
> It is interesting that at least ö, ä, Ö and Ä pass through correctly.
>
> How can I find out, why ü, Ü and ß get garbled?
>
> Regards,
>
> Markus
>
>

Re: Special Characters and Kannel 1.4.1

[Rodrigo Cremaschi]

Hi Markus,

   A hack for this problem: generate an MO with the special chars and
send it to Kannel. Use the characters you receive as a dictionary to
"encode" your MTs.

   Regards,

Rodrigo.

On 4/3/07, Markus R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi,

I have a problem sending special characters in mobile terminated
messages through Kannel.

The Setup: Debian (Sarge), Kannel 1.4.1 (from .deb packages), libxml 2.6.16-7

SMSC: Vodafone Germany, EMI


The Problem: I want to send the following test message: ABCDäöüÄÖÜß

Each time I send this message I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ on the mobile phone.

Here are my requests to kannel:

ISO-8859-1 encoded:
http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%e4%f6%fc%c4%d6%dc%df&charset=ISO-8859-1&from=SHORTNUMBER

smsbox.log says:
2007-04-03 11:23:49 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms
sender: (IPADDRESS) to:
msg:

This at least tells me that the characters are transmitted to kannel
correctly but on the mobile I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ

If I send the following UTF-8 encoded request:
http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%c3%a4%c3%b6%c3%bc%c3%84%c3%96%c3%9c%c3%9f&charset=UTF-8&from=SHORTNUMBER

smsbox.log says:
2007-04-03 11:29:12 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms
sender: (IPADDRESS) to:
msg:Ã<96>Ã<9C>Ã<9F>>

The Mobile still receives ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ

It is interesting that at least ö, ä, Ö and Ä pass through correctly.

How can I find out, why ü, Ü and ß get garbled?

Regards,

Markus

Re: Special Characters and Kannel 1.4.1

[Mads N. Vestergaard]

Hi Markus,

Have you tried with another SMSC connection.

I know that TDC in Denmark for instance can't handle the swedish 
characters ÄÖ, and they will replace it with hte danosh characters ÆØ.


I'm not sure, but it might be the issue, so try to test it with another 
SMSC, or try asking Vodafone.


..
Med venlig hilsen / Best Regards

*Mads N. Vestergaard*
*Teknisk ansvarlig / CTO CoolSMS*
www.coolsms.com 
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Markus R. skrev:

Hi,

I have a problem sending special characters in mobile terminated
messages through Kannel.

The Setup: Debian (Sarge), Kannel 1.4.1 (from .deb packages), libxml 
2.6.16-7


SMSC: Vodafone Germany, EMI


The Problem: I want to send the following test message: ABCDäöüÄÖÜß

Each time I send this message I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ on the mobile phone.

Here are my requests to kannel:

ISO-8859-1 encoded:
http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%e4%f6%fc%c4%d6%dc%df&charset=ISO-8859-1&from=SHORTNUMBER 



smsbox.log says:
2007-04-03 11:23:49 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms
sender: (IPADDRESS) to:
msg:

This at least tells me that the characters are transmitted to kannel
correctly but on the mobile I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ

If I send the following UTF-8 encoded request:
http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%c3%a4%c3%b6%c3%bc%c3%84%c3%96%c3%9c%c3%9f&charset=UTF-8&from=SHORTNUMBER 



smsbox.log says:
2007-04-03 11:29:12 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms
sender: (IPADDRESS) to:
msg:Ã<96>Ã<9C>Ã<9F>>

The Mobile still receives ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ

It is interesting that at least ö, ä, Ö and Ä pass through correctly.

How can I find out, why ü, Ü and ß get garbled?

Regards,

Markus

Special Characters and Kannel 1.4.1

[Markus R.]

Hi,

I have a problem sending special characters in mobile terminated
messages through Kannel.

The Setup: Debian (Sarge), Kannel 1.4.1 (from .deb packages), libxml 2.6.16-7

SMSC: Vodafone Germany, EMI


The Problem: I want to send the following test message: ABCDäöüÄÖÜß

Each time I send this message I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ on the mobile phone.

Here are my requests to kannel:

ISO-8859-1 encoded:
http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%e4%f6%fc%c4%d6%dc%df&charset=ISO-8859-1&from=SHORTNUMBER

smsbox.log says:
2007-04-03 11:23:49 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms
sender: (IPADDRESS) to:
msg:

This at least tells me that the characters are transmitted to kannel
correctly but on the mobile I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ

If I send the following UTF-8 encoded request:
http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%c3%a4%c3%b6%c3%bc%c3%84%c3%96%c3%9c%c3%9f&charset=UTF-8&from=SHORTNUMBER

smsbox.log says:
2007-04-03 11:29:12 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms
sender: (IPADDRESS) to:
msg:Ã<96>Ã<9C>Ã<9F>>

The Mobile still receives ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ

It is interesting that at least ö, ä, Ö and Ä pass through correctly.

How can I find out, why ü, Ü and ß get garbled?

Regards,

Markus