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Operation
Messaging/Text messages
89
Creating an SDS text message
An SDS (Short Data Service) text message is an individual text message that you
can create. In addition, SDS templates can be selected, completed and sent. The
maximum length of an SDS is 140 characters; the number of characters that can still
be entered is shown at the top right above the input window.
Prerequisite:
The display shows the idle display.
Perform the following steps:
1.
In the display, navigate to
M
ENU
>
M
ESSAGES
> N
EW
MESSAGE
.
The empty
SDS E
DITOR
window is displayed.
2.
Entering text:
Enter alphabetic characters by means of the
‹
2
TO
9, 0
›
(12)
keys.
Enter digits by means of the
‹
1
TO
9, 0
›
(12)
keys.
Special characters can be entered by means of the
‹
1
›
keys and the
star
‹
*
›
(13)
key.
Switch between capitalisation and non-capitalisation by means of the
hash
‹
#
›
(14)
key.
As long as no text has been entered, the footer (left menu key 7) shows the
B
ACK
element instead of
D
ELETE
. The display of the left menu key (7) changes to
D
ELETE
only after the first character has been entered.