SMPP Error Code Reference

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

0×11

cancel_sm request failed

ESME_RREPLACEFAIL

0×13

replace_sm request failed

ESME_RMSGQFUL

0×14

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

0×15

Invalid service_type value

ESME_RINVNUMDESTS

0×33

Invalid number_of_dests value in submit_multi request

ESME_RINVDLNAME

0×34

Invalid distribution list name in submit_multi request

ESME_RINVDESTFLAG

0×40

Invalid dest_flag in submit_multi request

ESME_RINVSUBREP

0×42

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

ESME_RINVESMCLASS

0×43

Invalid esm_class field data

ESME_RCNTSUBDL

0×44

Cannot submit to distribution list (submit_multi request)

ESME_RSUBMITFAIL

0×45

Submit message failed

ESME_RINVSRCTON

0×48

Invalid Source address TON

ESME_RINVSRCNPI

0×49

Invalid Source address NPI

ESME_RINVDSTTON

0×50

Invalid Destination address TON

ESME_RINVDSTNPI

0×51

Invalid Destination address NPI

ESME_RINVSYSTYP

0×53

Invalid system_type field

ESME_RINVREPFLAG

0×54

Invalid replace_if_present flag

ESME_RINVNUMMSGS

0×55

Invalid number_of_messages parameter

ESME_RTHROTTLED

0×58

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

ESME_RINVSCHED

0×61

Invalid schedule_delivery_time parameter

ESME_RINVEXPIRY

0×62

Invalid validity_period parameter / Expiry time

ESME_RINVDFTMSGID

0×63

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

0×64

ESME Receiver Temporary App Error Code

ESME_RX_P_APPN

0×65

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

0×66

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

ESME_RQUERYFAIL

0×67

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)