Sending ota provisioning msg from usa->italy

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saimike
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Username: Saimike

Post Number: 17
Registered: 02-2007
Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 08:17 pm:   

bryce,

our nowsms server is located in usa, on the att network and we were trying to send ota provisioning msg to a mobile in italy. it failed on many attempts with this error msg:

2007-07-18 14:01:46,46851FCE.req,<senderip>,<italian number>,ERROR - Modem Response (2): +CMS ERROR: 500 -- Motorola USB Modem #4,SubmitUser=test;Binary=1;DCS=F5;UDH=0605040B8423F0;Data=4F062F1F2DB6918192413 04141353337453645323036394141433845373432433538354443343433444434373732353834000 30B6A0854494D205741500045C6560187070683000101C655018707068300018711060354494D5F5 741505F4E415049440001871006AB01870806037761702E74696D2E6974000187090689018714010 101
2007-07-18 14:01:52,46851FD4.req,<senderip>,<italian number>,ERROR - Modem Response (2): +CMS ERROR: 500 -- Motorola USB Modem #4,SubmitUser=test;Binary=1;DCS=F5;UDH=0605040B8423F0;Data=52062F1F2DB6918192413 04141353337453645323036394141433845373432433538354443343433444434373732353834000 30B6A0854494D205741500045C6560187070683000101C655018707068300018711060354494D5F5 741505F4E415049440001871006AB01870806037761702E74696D2E6974000187090689018714010 101


any ideas what went wrong?
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
Board Administrator
Username: Bryce

Post Number: 7391
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 09:16 pm:   

It's very possible that AT&T/Cingular doesn't support international binary SMS.

SMS interconnects in the US are just very limited.

I have used a T-Mobile US SIM to send binary SMS to UK phone numbers in the past (it was a few years ago, so I couldn't guarantee that it still works).

Here's one thing you might want to try ... edit SMSGW.INI, and under the [SMSGW] header, add BinaryDCS=4 ... then try again. In the log, you should see the DCS value change from F5 to 04. Sometimes, this value works better in North America.

-bn