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#1 Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:23, 174 months ago.

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Jul 2010

Location: tehran, Iran

Operating system name and version: ubuntu 9.04
Version of smsd: 3.1.6-1
Smsd installed from: package repository
Name and model of a modem / phone: GSM modem
Interface: serial

Hi,
I am using sms server tools for send and receive messages.but my problem is about persian messages that need setting unicode.
my /etc/smsd.conf is like this:

#
# /etc/smsd.conf
#
# Description: Main configuration file for the smsd
#

devices = GSM1
outgoing = /var/spool/sms/outgoing
checked = /var/spool/sms/checked
incoming = /var/spool/sms/incoming
logfile = /var/log/smstools/smsd.log
infofile = /var/run/smstools/smsd.working
pidfile = /var/run/smstools/smsd.pid
outgoing = /var/spool/sms/outgoing
checked = /var/spool/sms/checked
failed = /var/spool/sms/failed
incoming = /var/spool/sms/incoming
sent = /var/spool/sms/sent
stats = /var/log/smstools/smsd_stats
#loglevel = 7
#delaytime = 10
#errorsleeptime = 10
#blocktime = 3600
#stats = /var/log/smsd_stats
#stats_interval = 3600
#stats_no_zeroes = no
#checkhandler = /usr/local/bin/smscheck
receive_before_send = no
# autosplit 0=no 1=yes 2=with text numbers 3=concatenated
autosplit = 3
# store_received_pdu 0=no, 1=unsupported, 2=unsupported and 8bit, 3=all
#store_received_pdu = 1
#validity = 255
decode_unicode_text = yes
#internal_combine = no
# You can specify here an external program that is started whenever an alarm occurs.
# alarmhandler = /path/to/an/alarmhandler/script
# Specifies what levels start an alarmhandler. You can use value between 2 and 5.
# alarmlevel = 4
#eventhandler = /usr/local/bin/smsd_eventhandler
#blacklist = /etc/smstools/blacklist
#whitelist = /etc/smstools/whitelist

#[queues]
# Commented lines are examples for germany
# D1 = /var/spool/sms/D1
# D2 = /var/spool/sms/D2
# O2 = /var/spool/sms/O2
# EPLUS = /var/spool/sms/EPLUS
# QUAM = /var/sppol/sms/QUAM
# MOBILCOM = /var/spool/sms/MOBILCOM
#OTHER = /var/spool/sms/OTHER

#[provider]
# Commented lines are examples for germany
# D1 = 49160, 49170, 49171, 49175, 49151
# D2 = 491520, 49162, 49172, 49173, 49174
# O2 = 49176, 49179, 49159
# EPLUS = 49163, 49177, 49178, 49157
# QUAM = 49150
# MOBILCOM = 49156
#OTHER = 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

#[GSM1]
# init = ATE0+CPMS="SM"+CNMI=2,0,0,2,1
# # Windows: /dev/com1, Solaris: /dev/cua/a, Linux /dev/ttyS0
# device = /dev/ttyS0
# incoming = yes
# queues = OTHER
# You don't need a PIN for mobile phones
# pin = 1111
# mode = new
# smsc = 491722270000
# baudrate = 19200
# rtscts = yes
# cs_convert = yes
# report = no
# memory_start = 1
# primary_memory = memory name
# secondary_memory = memory name
# secondary_memory_max = number
# pdu_from_file = /var/spool/sms/GSM1-PDU
# sending_disabled = no
decode_unicode_text = yes
# internal_combine = no
#
#[GSM2]
#init = ATE0
# Windows: /dev/com2, Solaris: /dev/cua/b, Linux /dev/ttyS1
#device = /dev/ttyS1
#incoming = yes
#queues = OTHER
#You don't need a PIN for mobile phones
#pin = 2222
#mode = new
#smsc = 491710760000
#baudrate = 19200
#rtscts = yes
#cs_convert = yes
#report = no
#memory_start = 1
#primary_memory = memory name
#secondary_memory = memory name
#secondary_memory_max = number
#pdu_from_file = /var/spool/sms/GSM2-PDU
#sending_disabled = no
decode_unicode_text = yes
#internal_combine = no
[GSM1]
#init = 
init = AT+CPMS="ME"
device = /dev/ttyS0
incoming=yes
#pin = 
baudrate = 19200
decode_unicode_text = yes
report=yes
 

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my message is like this:

To: 09122904435
Alphabet: UCS2

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when I copy this message into outgoing directory send message but text of message is not parsed correctly.

Regards,
Mahdieh saeed

keke

#2 Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:27, 174 months ago.

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May 2009

Posts: 2070

Location: Jyväskylä, Finland

Your locale in Ubuntu is UTF-8, right?

Please try the latest sendsms script, which has automatic detection for Unicode messages. The script can be found from here. It is also available in the package.

When a message is sent using Unicode character set, headers in the message file should be presented using UTF-8, but the message body must be presented using Unicode (Big Endian). I think that in your case the message body was written using UTF-8, which causes the problem.

You have defined decode_unicode_text = yes in the smsd.conf (several places). Probably it does not work properly with you language. After you have seen how incoming messages work, you probably need to disable internal decoding and define an eventhandler for character set conversion. See this post for details.

#3 Mon Aug 02, 2010 07:19, 174 months ago.

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Registered:
Jul 2010

Location: tehran, Iran

Topic owner

thanks alot keke

send and receive persian messages work correctly with your advice.

Best regards,
Mahdieh saeed

keke

#4 Mon Aug 02, 2010 13:43, 174 months ago.

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Location: Jyväskylä, Finland

Thanks for the information.

Just for curiosity, and for other users: was decode_unicode_text working properly with persian language, or did you use eventhandler with iconv for the conversion?

#5 Tue Aug 03, 2010 05:11, 174 months ago.

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Location: tehran, Iran

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"decode_unicode_text" did not work with persian language.I am using "eventhandler" with iconv for the conversion.

keke

#6 Tue Aug 03, 2010 07:11, 174 months ago.

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Location: Jyväskylä, Finland

Thanks.

In the version 3.1.7 and later there is USE_ICONV definition available in the src/Makefile. With this setting internal conversion is not limited to latin alphabet. However, using this option requires editing of Makefile and compiling smsd from sources. As you now have a working system with eventhandler, you do not need to upgrade. The version 3.2 will have an automatic detection for character set and then the situation is different. (Right now I do not know when 3.2 is released).

#7 Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:12, 174 months ago.

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