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Tommy Andersen
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Username: Enfisk

Post Number: 6
Registered: 05-2009
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 08:18 pm:   

hmmm in 2 ways option...

is it possible to get CellID from a SMS from nowSMS

i dont think soo , but want to ask...encase

Do you know how to get the info ? (CellID)
Tommy Andersen
New member
Username: Enfisk

Post Number: 7
Registered: 05-2009
Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 08:27 pm:   

AT Commands

AT+CREG=2

and then

AT+CREG?

This should give you a result like:

+CREG: 2,1,"1030","639E"

Working through the 4 returned values, the "2" reflects the
current "+CREG" setting (2 means "Enables unexpected network
registration and location information messages" ), "1" indicates
that the phone is registered with the network, "1030" is the
Location Area Code (LAC) in hex (4144 decimal), and "639E" is the
CellID (CI) in hex (25502 decimal).

If the cell name itself is being broadcast as a Cell Broadcast
message, it can be read in PDU format and decoded. Assuming
channel 50 is being used for this, the composite command to read
it is

AT+CNMI=1,0,2,0,1;+CSCB=0,"50","0-15"

The PDU results (unsolicited for each new broadcast) can be
decoded according to GSM 03.38. Please let me know if you need
further info.

Can i Do this in nowSMS ??????

And can i do this on recivet SMS from useres
Des - NowSMS Support
Board Administrator
Username: Desosms

Post Number: 785
Registered: 08-2008
Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 01:11 am:   

Hi Tommy,

That could tell you what cell your modem is connected to ... but it won't tell you what cell someone who is sending you an SMS message is connected to.

I'm not aware of any way to query this location information over a GSM modem. Some operators sell access to be able to query for this type of information as an LBS service, but when it is available, it involves a lot of legal agreements with the mobile operator regarding privacy issues.

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Des
NowSMS Support