Line Feed in SMS Message for PDU Mode

[Steven McNeese]

I have my SF-800 configured in PDU Mode with the option to concatenate multipart outbound messages. I would like to be able to add a carriage return/line feed in my messages to break them up into paragraphs. When I sent via the admin interface, the textbox input control accepts the carriage return/line feed, but the delivered message has them stripped out. I know that sending from the device to another device, I can include the carriage return and they are retained when received on the other device. Can this be done with the iSMS server?

[Steven McNeese]

I have also tested through the API and the line feed is being stripped out on the receiving device.

[Bryon Davis]

Hi Steven,
When sending the sendmsg request, HTTP or TCP, the text’s carriage returns should be encoded as %0D and the the linefeeds encoded as “%0A”.

Regards,
Bryon

[Devon Johnson]

Hi Bryon,

Reading through your reply, I’m using HTTP GET interface with my SF800s and I can only get a subset of the “special” characters out. For example, you mention above about the linefeeds and carriage returns and they are all stripped out as spaces.

I tried hex encoding, but that forces Unicode which diminishes the utility (too short).

Any tips on how to enable some formatting on these messages?

For the record, I’m using the 7 bit encoding (tried the 8 bit encoding and even though the SF800 accepted the format, my phone never received it… bummer).

Thanks for any tips you might have,
Devon

[Devon Johnson]

Nevermind, I ended up finding your reply regarding the Nordic characters…

For completeness, here’s a quote of your reply:

“1. In SMS Settings menu, check “Enable PDU Mode” and click save.

2. In SMS Settings menu, change the ASCII 7 bit character set to “3GPP 23.038? and click save.

3. In SMS Settings menu, make sure Unicode and Extended ASCII are disabled, unless you plan to specify ASCII 7 bit encoding during the send.”

Thanks for the help!

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