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Setting Voicemail Waiting Indication via SMS
As shown in an earlier post, the Data Coding Scheme (DCS) octet in the SMS PDU can be used…
What are EMS Messages?
EMS stands for Enhance Message Services. EMS messages are just SMS messages with a twist. EMS messages make…
Sending A Bookmark Over SMS
Another use for SMS is configuring phones over the air (OTA). There are elaborate standard specifications written by…
How to Pack GSM-7 Characters Into Septets
Once we have our text in the GSM-7 character set, we’re ready to write the septets. As is…
Sending A Flash SMS Message (Complete Guide)
So far I’ve show how to send a text message in PDU mode. There is nothing special about…
More Sending SMS In PDU Mode
As discussed in an earlier post, you can connect to a GSM modem and use AT commands to send…
Sending Out An SMS In PDU Mode
PDU mode is a lot more interesting than text mode. There are all kinds of things that can…
GSM-7 Encoding With The GNU iconv Library
To produce the GSM-7 encoded text that is needed for SMS text messages sent with a GSM modem…
How to: Text Formatting With EMS
We have seen how you can use the User Data Header (UDH) in an SMS message to combine…
How to Send Out An SMS in Text Mode
As explained in a previous post in this series, a GSM modem can let you send SMS messages…
How to Send An SMS From Your PC
Sending an SMS from a PC to a GSM phone can be done in many ways. The first…
How to Build SMS Based Applications
Just a quick update. The next article I’ll publish will be about receiving SMS messages on your computer.…