SMPP Error Code Reference

Posted by on Sep 28, 2009 in Support Blog

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Information on how NowSMS handles different SMPP errors can be found at the following link: https://nowsms.com/smpp-error-code-handling-in-nowsms

This article is a reference for SMPP error codes.

ESME_RINVMSGLEN

1

Invalid Message Length (sm_length parameter)

ESME_RINVCMDLEN

2

Invalid Command Length (command_length in SMPP PDU)

ESME_RINVCMDID

3

Invalid Command ID (command_id in SMPP PDU)

ESME_RINVBNDSTS

4

Incorrect BIND status for given command (example: trying to submit a message when bound only as a receiver)

ESME_RALYBND

5

ESME already in bound state (example: sending a second bind command during an existing SMPP session)

ESME_RINVPRTFLG

6

Invalid Priority Flag (priority_flag parameter)

ESME_RINVREGDLVFLG

7

Invalid Regstered Delivery Flag (registered_delivery parameter)

ESME_RSYSERR

8

System Error (indicates server problems on the SMPP host)

ESME_RINVSRCADR

0x0A

Invalid source address (sender/source address is not valid)

ESME_RINVDSTADR

0x0B

Invalid desintation address (recipient/destination phone number is not valid)

ESME_RINVMSGID

0x0C

Message ID is invalid (error only relevant to query_sm, replace_sm, cancel_sm commands)

ESME_RBINDFAIL

0x0D

Bind failed (login/bind failed – invalid login credentials or login restricted by IP address)

ESME_RINVPASWD

0x0E

Invalid password (login/bind failed)

ESME_RINVSYSID

0x0F

Invalid System ID (login/bind failed – invalid username / system id)

ESME_RCANCELFAIL

0x11

cancel_sm request failed

ESME_RREPLACEFAIL

0x13

replace_sm request failed

ESME_RMSGQFUL

0x14

Message Queue Full (This can indicate that the SMPP server has too many queued messages and temporarily cannot accept any more messages. It can also indicate that the SMPP server has too many messages pending for the specified recipient and will not accept any more messages for this recipient until it is able to deliver messages that are already in the queue to this recipient.)

ESME_RINVSERTYP

0x15

Invalid service_type value

ESME_RINVNUMDESTS

0x33

Invalid number_of_dests value in submit_multi request

ESME_RINVDLNAME

0x34

Invalid distribution list name in submit_multi request

ESME_RINVDESTFLAG

0x40

Invalid dest_flag in submit_multi request

ESME_RINVSUBREP

0x42

Invalid ‘submit with replace’ request (replace_if_present flag set)

ESME_RINVESMCLASS

0x43

Invalid esm_class field data

ESME_RCNTSUBDL

0x44

Cannot submit to distribution list (submit_multi request)

ESME_RSUBMITFAIL

0x45

Submit message failed

ESME_RINVSRCTON

0x48

Invalid Source address TON

ESME_RINVSRCNPI

0x49

Invalid Source address NPI

ESME_RINVDSTTON

0x50

Invalid Destination address TON

ESME_RINVDSTNPI

0x51

Invalid Destination address NPI

ESME_RINVSYSTYP

0x53

Invalid system_type field

ESME_RINVREPFLAG

0x54

Invalid replace_if_present flag

ESME_RINVNUMMSGS

0x55

Invalid number_of_messages parameter

ESME_RTHROTTLED

0x58

Throttling error (This indicates that you are submitting messages at a rate that is faster than the provider allows)

ESME_RINVSCHED

0x61

Invalid schedule_delivery_time parameter

ESME_RINVEXPIRY

0x62

Invalid validity_period parameter / Expiry time

ESME_RINVDFTMSGID

0x63

Invalid sm_default_msg_id parameter (this error can sometimes occur if the “Default Sender Address” field is blank in NowSMS)

ESME_RX_T_APPN

0x64

ESME Receiver Temporary App Error Code

ESME_RX_P_APPN

0x65

ESME Receiver Permanent App Error Code (the SMPP provider is rejecting the message due to a policy decision or message filter)

ESME_RX_R_APPN

0x66

ESME Receiver Reject Message Error Code (the SMPP provider is rejecting the message due to a policy decision or message filter)

ESME_RQUERYFAIL

0x67

query_sm request failed

ESME_RINVOPTPARSTREAM

0xC0

Error in the optional TLV parameter encoding

ESME_ROPTPARNOTALLWD

0xC1

An optional TLV parameter was specified which is not allowed

ESME_RINVPARLEN

0xC2

An optional TLV parameter has an invalid parameter length

ESME_RMISSINGOPTPARAM

0xC3

An expected optional TLV parameter is missing

ESME_RINVOPTPARAMVAL

0xC4

An optional TLV parameter is encoded with an invalid value

ESME_RDELIVERYFAILURE

0xFE

Generice Message Delivery failure

ESME_RUNKNOWNERR

0xFF

An unknown error occurred (indicates server problems on the SMPP host)

Error codes between 0x400 and 0x4FF are SMPP provider specific, and it is necessary to consult system documentation for the provider for more details.

For additional information, archived versions of the SMPP specification can be found at the following link: https://nowsms.com/smpp-3-4-protocol-specification-archive

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