>From my experience I can tell you than the SMSCs supports only a small number >of alphabets, usually GSM and UCS-2. Even if your phone supports the >ISO-8859-1 the SMSC will try to convert the characters to the supported >alphabets and you will have a mismatch. Some SMSCs installed in countries not >using Latin may even use other default encodings. My advice is to stick to GSM alphabet or UCS-2
Davor Spasoski -----Original Message----- From: Songhh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 11:43 AM To: users@kannel.org Subject: Re: Special Characters and Kannel 1.4.1 Hi, Can i know how u encode ur text ABCDäöüÄÖÜß to become ISO-8859-1 encoded ABCD%e4%f6%fc%c4%d6%dc%df ? Markus R. wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a problem sending special characters in mobile terminated > messages through Kannel. > > The Setup: Debian (Sarge), Kannel 1.4.1 (from .deb packages), libxml > 2.6.16-7 > > SMSC: Vodafone Germany, EMI > > > The Problem: I want to send the following test message: ABCDäöüÄÖÜß > > Each time I send this message I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ on the mobile phone. > > Here are my requests to kannel: > > ISO-8859-1 encoded: > http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%e4%f6%fc%c4%d6%dc%df&charset=ISO-8859-1&from=SHORTNUMBER > > smsbox.log says: > 2007-04-03 11:23:49 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms > sender:<smsSender:SHORTNUMBER> (IPADDRESS) to:<RECIPIENT> > msg:<ABCDäöüÄÖÜß> > > This at least tells me that the characters are transmitted to kannel > correctly but on the mobile I receive ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ > > If I send the following UTF-8 encoded request: > http://SERVER:PORT/cgi-bin/sendsms?user=USER&password=PASS&to=RECIPIENT&text=ABCD%c3%a4%c3%b6%c3%bc%c3%84%c3%96%c3%9c%c3%9f&charset=UTF-8&from=SHORTNUMBER > > smsbox.log says: > 2007-04-03 11:29:12 [762] [3] INFO: sendsms > sender:<smsSender:SHORTNUMBER> (IPADDRESS) to:<RECIPIENT> > msg:<ABCDäöüÃ<84>Ã<96>Ã<9C>Ã<9F>> > > The Mobile still receives ABCDäößÄÖ§ñ > > It is interesting that at least ö, ä, Ö and Ä pass through correctly. > > How can I find out, why ü, Ü and ß get garbled? > > Regards, > > Markus > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Special-Characters-and-Kannel-1.4.1-tp9807411p15607269.html Sent from the Kannel - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. COSMOFON - Mobile Telecommunications Services - A.D. Skopje _______________________________________________________________ This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not copy it, re-transmit it, use it or disclose its contents, but should return it to the sender immediately and delete your copy from your system. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Please note that e-mails are susceptible to change. COSMOFON A.D. Skopje shall not be liable for the improper or incomplete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt or damage to your system.
