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Character Sets / Data Coding

Command  data_coding (5.2.19)  Character Set
SUBMIT_SM 0 GSM 03.38 8-bit
SUBMIT_SM 3 LATIN1
SUBMIT_SM 8 UCS2
DELIVER_SM 0 GSM 03.38 8-bit

Important Note:

For SUBMIT_SM operations, the Gateway will accept supported character sets and will map/translate the characters to GSM 03.38 charset. Unmapped characters will appear as ‘?’.

For DELIVER_SM operations, the Gateway will send out short messages in GSM 03.38 charset.

Binary messaging is currently not supported.

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