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| george helmy ryad New member Username: Loooser Post Number: 14 Registered: 06-2004 |
Hi Bryce  this me again when we send a message and th emessage exceeded the 160 character it segements it automatically but it reach the mobile corrupted with strange characters the message is in plain english and we send using SMPP protocol i know there is an option to let the SMSC segment the message itself but it is available only in HTTP protocol plz it is very urgent this time thanks and sincerely Eng.george | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 3002 Registered: 10-2002 |
Hi George, Under "Advanced Settings" in the setup of the SMPP connection, try changing the setting for "Encode long text messages with 7-bit packed encoding". I believe that option is checked by default. Try unchecking it. Basically, there is ambiguity in how long text messages should be handled in SMPP environments, so we have found that different SMSCs handle things differently. Let me know if this makes a difference. -bn | |||
| george helmy ryad New member Username: Loooser Post Number: 18 Registered: 06-2004 |
Thanks Alot Bryce it realy fixed the encoding and the message (>160) was reached in two messages one more Q related to this option can i send the message (>160) to the specified mobile number in one message i mean NOT to be received in two distinct messages OR it is not available to append the second message to the first one thx alot sincerely Eng George | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Bryce Post Number: 3015 Registered: 10-2002 |
Hi George, Our SMPP implementation always segments the message when submitting via SMPP. (In our testing, we have not seen many SMSCs that will accept the longer messages if they are not segmented prior to submission.)) A message that is longer than 160 characters is always going to have to be sent out over the air as multiple messages. The only question is whether it is segmented into multiple messages at the SMSC or by the application submitting it to the SMSC. I do have one question for you.
By this, do you mean that the message is being received on the mobile as two separate text messages? That is not normal. When we segment the message, we include headers in the message to tell the receiving client to re-assemble the message so it appears as a single longer message on the receiving phone. | |||
