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A.8.36 +CMGF – SMS Message Format
Set Command:
+CMGF=[<mode>]
Set command tells the A3LA-RS, which input and output format of messages to use. <mode>
indicates the format of messages used with send, list, read and write commands and unsolicited
result codes resulting from received messages. Mode can be either PDU mode (entire TP data
units used) or text mode (headers and body of the messages given as separate parameters).
Only PDU mode is supported at this time.
Valid values for <mode> are:
0
PDU mode (default)
Read Command:
+CMGF?
Read command returns the current <mode> set. Response is in the form:
+CMGF: <mode>
Test Command:
+CMGF=?
Test command returns the list of supported <mode>s. Response is in the form:
+CMGF: (list of supported <mode>s)
A.8.37 +CMGL – List SMS Messages
Exec Command:
+CMGL[=<stat>]
Execution command returns messages with status value <stat> from message storage
<mem1> (<mem1> is the selected message storage from the +CPMS command) to the DTE. If
listing fails, final result code +CMS ERROR: <cms_err> is returned.
Valid values for <stat> are:
PDU
Text
0
"REC UNREAD" received unread message (i.e. new message) (default)
1
"REC READ" received read message
2
"STO UNSENT" stored unsent message (only applicable to SMs)
3
"STO SENT" stored sent message (only applicable to SMs)
4
"ALL" all messages (only applicable to +CMGL command)
Response is in the following format for PDU mode:
+CMGL:<index>,<stat>,[<alpha>],<length><CR><LF><pdu>[<CR><LF>+CMGL:<index
>,<stat>,[<alpha>],<length><CR><LF><pdu> [...]]
where:
<alpha>: string type alphanumeric representation of TP-destination address or TP-
originating address corresponding to the entry found in the phonebook (optional field);
<length>: in PDU mode, this is the length of the actual TP data unit in octets (i.e. the RP
layer SMSC address octets are not counted in the length)
<pdu>: GSM 04.11 [8] SC address followed by GSM 03.40 [9] TPDU in hexadecimal
format.
Test Command:
+CMGL=?