AT Commands Reference Manual - wireless netcontrol GmbH

Chapter 4: Using the Commands
Changing the Character Set
Example
When an SMS messages with the following text: "Motorola H24 OEM Module", is saved inside
the H24 at entry 128, you can read it using several character sets.
When the "IRA" character set is used, the following is received by the terminal:
AT+CSCS?
//Read the current character set
+CSCS: "IRA"
//Currently using IRA character set
OK
AT+CMGR=128 //Read SMS entry 128
+CMGR: "STO UNSENT",""
Motorola H24 OEM Module //The content of SMS entry 128
OK
When the "USC2" character set is used, the following is received by the terminal:
AT+CSCS?
//Read the current character set
+CSCS: "UCS2"
//Currently using UCS2 character set
OK
AT+CMGR=128
+CMGR: "STO UNSENT",""
004D006F0074006F0072006F006C006100200067003200300020004F0045004D
0020004D006F00640075006C0065 //The content of SM entry 128
OK
The following is an IRA translation of the SM contents:
004D
M
006F
o
0074 t
006F
o
0072 r
006F
o
006C
l
0061 a
0020 [space]
0067 g
0032 2
0030 0
0020 [space]
004F
O
0045 E
004D
M
0020 [space]
004D
M
006F
o
0064 d
0075 u
006C
l
0065 e
As this SMS was originally written in ENGLISH, meaning IRA letters, each digit quadruplet
starts with double zeros (00). When other languages are used, the quadruplets have different
values.
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