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Table 3-88
memory or sending SM.
Table 3-88: <dcs> field and +CSCS settings conversion when writing SM
CASE
A
B
C
Note:
Reading SM
Any <dcs> value is accepted when receiving an SM.
When reading a SM with unsupported <dcs> the message header will be passed as usual. The
DATA will be output in "HEX" format.
According to the GSM 03.38, Any reserved codings shall be assumed to be the GSM default
alphabet (the same as DCS value 0x00) by a receiving entity. Handling will be as shown in
Table 3-89.
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shows the conversion between the <dcs> and +CSCS setting when storing SM to
<dcs> field
Default alphabet
Default alphabet
8-bit or UCS2
If SMS, requested to be read in TEXT mode, is a GSM '7' bit Default alphabetical
encoded and contains undefined extended characters in User Data (e.g. hex base 1B07),
then two septets will be converted, as two separate characters accordingly, to currently
selected (+CSCS setting) character set.
AT Commands Reference Manual
Chapter 3: AT Commands Reference
Current TE
User-Data-Hea
character set
der
(+CSCS)
Not Set UTF8 or UCS2
GSM
ASCII or 8859
Set All
All All
Action
Returns an error
since conversion
from these
character sets to
default alphabet
is impossible.
G24 converts
each two IRA
characters long
hexadecimal
number to 7-bit
septet.
G24 converts
each character to
7-bit septet.
G24 converts
each two IRA
characters long
hexadecimal
number to one
8-bit octet.
G24 converts
each two IRA
characters long
hexadecimal
number to one
8-bit octet.
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