I use smstool3 with USB modem Huawei E150 to send and receive SMS. All work well but I cannot get account information (how much money is on my SIM card). Tech.support of operator says to send SMS on service number "000105100" (this is public number) and then I will get SMS with my account status. When I send SMS I get this errors:

smsd.log
2011-03-18 22:41:18,3, GSM1: The modem answer was not OK: +CMS ERROR: 500 (Unknown error) 2011-03-18 22:41:18,5, GSM1: Waiting 10 sec. before retrying 2011-03-18 22:42:02,3, GSM1: The modem answer was not OK: +CMS ERROR: 500 (Unknown error) 2011-03-18 22:42:02,5, GSM1: Waiting 10 sec. before retrying 2011-03-18 22:42:46,3, GSM1: The modem answer was not OK: +CMS ERROR: 500 (Unknown error) 2011-03-18 22:42:46,4, GSM1: Sending SMS to 0105100 failed, trying time 122 sec. Retries: 2

smsd_trouble.log
2011-03-18 22:42:14,7, GSM1: -> AT+CREG? 2011-03-18 22:42:14,7, GSM1: Command is sent, waiting for the answer 2011-03-18 22:42:14,7, GSM1: <- +CREG: 0,1 OK 2011-03-18 22:42:14,6, GSM1: Modem is registered to the network 2011-03-18 22:42:14,6, GSM1: Selecting PDU mode 2011-03-18 22:42:14,7, GSM1: -> AT+CMGF=0 2011-03-18 22:42:14,7, GSM1: Command is sent, waiting for the answer 2011-03-18 22:42:15,7, GSM1: <- OK 2011-03-18 22:42:15,7, GSM1: -> AT+CMGS=17 2011-03-18 22:42:15,7, GSM1: Command is sent, waiting for the answer 2011-03-18 22:42:15,7, GSM1: <- > 2011-03-18 22:42:15,7, GSM1: -> 0011000791105001F00000FF05C8329BFD06. 2011-03-18 22:42:15,7, GSM1: Command is sent, waiting for the answer 2011-03-18 22:42:46,7, GSM1: <- +CMS ERROR: 500 (Unknown error) 2011-03-18 22:42:46,3, GSM1: The modem answer was not OK: +CMS ERROR: 500 (Unknown error) 2011-03-18 22:42:46,4, GSM1: Sending SMS to 0105100 failed, trying time 122 sec. Retries: 2.

So modem tries to send to 0105100 but not to 000105100. May be this is the reason ?

How to send SMS to number with starting zeros ?
Is any other way to get account information without using mobile phone but with modem only ?

warm wrote

How to send SMS to number with starting zeros ?

In this case the number is a "short" number, which should be presented with 's', like: "To: s000105100". When smsd is sending it, "unknown" is used as a number format. In some countries this does not work, and number format must be defined in the SMS file, using "To_TOA: National" header. See Using Type Of Address selection for more details and samples.

warm wrote

Is any other way to get account information without using mobile phone but with modem only ?

If with your handset you can get the information with "*100#", you can use USSD message to check the amount of money. Read this topic: Sample config and script for regular_run and balance of prepaid SIM using USSD. There is shown the config and script which will do the job.

In your country the answer probably is received in "7bit packet" format, and in this case a modem setting ussd_convert = 2 is required.

Assuming that the answer is something like: "Баланс: 399.01р. 16.02.11 18:50 МегаФон-Логин", working settings in the script are:


If the command should be something else than *100#, or the answer does not match to what I assumed, tell the correct command, or show the answer from the log.

Thank You. The "s" resolves this problem. I wrongly supposed that short numbers are only 4-digit numbers :-). Did not try USSD yet but I will.