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NowSMS Support Forums ⬆ NowSMS Support - SMS Issues ⬆ Archive through April 08, 2009 ⬆ |
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| Author | Message | |||
| Neeraj Kalyan |
Dear All, I am trying to post the SMS to a specific port (port:5000) on the destination mobile. I am successful to send SMS to GSM Mobile. but on CDMA it is going as normal SMS, not on port 5000. I am using udh=06050413880000 in querystring Any one who can help me on this thanks in advance. -Neeraj | |||
| Des - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Desosms Post Number: 485 Registered: 08-2008 |
Hi Neeraj, That is pretty much to be expected. UDH is not used in CDMA environments. Port addressing is encoded according to WAP WDP over SMS (as used for WAP Push). In GSM environments, WAP WDP uses UDH. In CDMA environments, WAP WDP uses a different CDMA specific encoding. The problem is that it is a binary message encoding, and it is VERY difficult to find SMS providers that can provide binary SMS support for CDMA environments. The preferred solution is to use SMPP, using TLV parameters for port number addressing (this is a configuration option under "Advanced Settings" when defining an SMPP connection). In this scenario, the SMSC translates the port addressing headers to the appropriate format for CDMA or GSM as needed. Unfortunately, most SMS providers are expecting to deal with simple text messages only, and don't understand this. You need to find an SMS provider that can support port addressing for both GSM and CDMA recipients. And you would use TLV parameters for port addressing over SMPP. NowSMS does have an option for building the CDMA headers directly when connecting via HTTP, but this is an option only for lab/testing environments, as it is not practical. For the curious, there are more details here: http://www.nowsms.com/support/bulletins/tb-nowsms-010.htm So, in short, there are no easy answers. Finding an SMS provider that can deliver binary messages out to CDMA handsets is a challenge. But when you find one, using SMPP and TLV parameters for port addressing is the preferred solution. -- Des NowSMS Support | |||
| Lorne Glazer New member Username: Lorne Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2009 |
What about the destport & sourceport parameters. Do they work in the CDMA environment with NowSMS? lorne | |||
| Des - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Desosms Post Number: 496 Registered: 08-2008 |
Hi Lorne, Yes, those parameters do work. However, they are subject to the same considerations as above. You need to have an SMS service provider that can deliver binary SMS messages (or at least port addressed messages) to CDMA handsets. Usually, this will be an SMPP connection, and you will need to enable the "Use TLV Parameters for port numbers and segmentation" option for the SMPP connection in NowSMS. That setting tells NowSMS not to use the GSM specific format, but to use the protocol agnostic format defined for SMPP. Unfortunately, not all SMS providers support this ... most can support only simple text message delivery to CDMA handsets. -- Des NowSMS Support | |||
| Neeraj Kalyan New member Username: Nk1967in Post Number: 2 Registered: 06-2006 |
Dear Des, thanks for the information but is there any other way so I can post only text message to CDMA as well as GSM device at specific port? | |||
| Des - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Desosms Post Number: 503 Registered: 08-2008 |
Hi Neeraj, Even though the content of your message is text, because it includes port addressing, it is considered binary to the network if it contains the port number headers. So you need an SMS service provider connection that can support binary SMS messages (or at least port addressed messages) to CDMA handsets. A GSM modem definitely won't work. All that said, I did stumble across the following old posting from one of my colleagues. He didn't think the suggestion was going to work, but there was never any follow-up information posted: http://support.nowsms.com/discus/messages/1/13533.html -- Des NowSMS Support | |||
| rambhavankouri New member Username: Rambhavan Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2009 |
HI MEN | |||
| hossein lotfi New member Username: Hosseinmeteo Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2009 |
salam | |||
| NFAI New member Username: Nfai Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2009 |
I do not want to give any of my mobile no. while registering or downloading the software. I just want to send sms through my email ID to mobiles. Is it possible. | |||
| NFAI New member Username: Nfai Post Number: 2 Registered: 02-2009 |
I do not want to give any of my mobile no. while registering or downloading the software. I just want to send sms through my email ID to mobiles. Is it possible. | |||
| Des - NowSMS Support Board Administrator Username: Desosms Post Number: 514 Registered: 08-2008 |
We do not ask for your mobile number. I think you are confused about what NowSMS is. NowSMS is an SMS and MMS "middleware" solution. It is not a way to send free SMS. For more information on NowSMS, please see http://www.nowsms.com/whatisnowsms.htm. -- Des NowSMS Support | |||
