Re: SMS with GSM character set

[Falko Ziemann]

OK, sorry, I have to admit that I didn't read the whole messages. I  
just saw that someone from germany has a problem with DCS, which  
nearly everyone in germany has faced at least once...

A hint, that I can give to you, is that some ssh clients can also  
change the output of the logfile. When I look at the kannel-log with  
"special characters" with a putty from a windows the log shows other  
characters than when I look at it with OpenSSH from my MacOS. It can  
even change with the same client when you look at it with less or vim.  
So better only trust what you read in the sms, not in the logfile.

Regards
Falko

Am 07.05.2009 um 10:41 schrieb Elton Hoxha:

Hi Falko,

We are SMSC provider at the same time :) And we use GSM charset. As  
I mentioned in another thread, sending these type of characters  
using 7-bit works from other smpp gateways, but from Kannel fails.

Elton

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Falko Ziemann <fal...@gmail.com>  
wrote:
The "deutschland" effect.
Many operator don't use the original GSM charset, but the so called  
"Mannesmann charset" (first used by Mannesmann D2). Due to this most  
operator ignore the DCS. Ask your provider, if they can activate the  
original GSM charset for you.

Regards
Falko

Am 06.05.2009 um 18:27 schrieb Latitude Berlin:

Both dint work for me also:(

... &coding=0&alt-dcs=1
... &coding=0&alt-dcs=0

- Latitude

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Elton Hoxha <elt...@gmail.com> wrote:
in send-sms url as a parameter


On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Latitude Berlin <latitude...@googlemail.com 
> wrote:
Under which group alt-dcs is to be defined?

- Latitude


On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Elton Hoxha <elt...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,

I face the same problem:

- With alt-dcs = 0 I get the following
2009-05-05 22:22:33 [5168] [3] INFO: sendsms sender:<test2:1517>  
(10.1.21.146) to:<355672000000> msg:<>
2009-05-05 22:22:33 [5157] [7] DEBUG:   short_message: ""

The content is %00, but kannel converts it to empty space.

- With alt-dcs=1;
2009-05-05 22:23:48 [5168] [3] INFO: sendsms sender:<test2:1517>  
(10.1.21.146) to:<355672000000> msg:<>
2009-05-05 22:23:48 [5157] [7] DEBUG:   short_message: "?"

Regards
Elton



On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Jovan Kostovski  
<chomb...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Latitude Berlin
<latitude...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am sending some text with some german characters like: "test  
chars ÄÖÜ
> äöü" and I dont get the original content on my device. If I use  
UTF-8, then
> it works fine. But I wanna use GSM charset for this since Ä, ä,  
Ö, ö, Ü, ü
> are are of GMS charset.
> Kindly advise.

Try the following test:
set alt-dcs=0

send %00 as message text. Yyou should get the @ character if GSM 7  
bit
encoding is used
If you don't get that character set
alt-dcs=1
and repeat the test.

If you get the @ character, by sendind %00 as message test, then try
the umlauts, you should get them on your ME.

HTH, Jovan