Appendix "E" - The 7 bit default alphabet of GSM phones
Your PC and your GSM phone uses two different character sets the ISO-8859-1 and the GSM 7 bit alphabet. Ozeki SMS makes a conversion automatically between the corresponging character codes in these two tables. In some cases the automatic conversion might not be fit four you needs. If you want to be sure, that a specific GSM character is used in your SMS message, you can enter it's Hex value into the messge. Before we explain how is this possible, please take a look at what characters are there in GSM.
This is the 7 bit default alphabet as specified by GSM 03.38. The corresponding ISO-8859-1 decimal codes are shown in the rightmost column. Note that the euro sign (€) is a member of the ISO-8859-15 character set.
Hex | Dec | Character name | Character | ISO-8859-1 DEC |
---|---|---|---|---|
\0x00 | 0 | COMMERCIAL AT | @ | 64 |
\0x01 | 1 | POUND SIGN | £ | 163 |
\0x02 | 2 | DOLLAR SIGN | $ | 36 |
\0x03 | 3 | YEN SIGN | ¥ | 165 |
\0x04 | 4 | LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE | è | 232 |
\0x05 | 5 | LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE | é | 233 |
\0x06 | 6 | LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE | ú | 250 |
\0x07 | 7 | LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE | ì | 236 |
\0x08 | 8 | LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE | ò | 242 |
\0x09 | 9 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA | Ç | 199 |
\0x0A | 10 | LINE FEED | 10 | |
\0x0B | 11 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE | Ø | 216 |
\0x0C | 12 | LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE | ø | 248 |
\0x0D | 13 | CARRIAGE RETURN | 13 | |
\0x0E | 14 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE | Å | 197 |
\0x0F | 15 | LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE | å | 229 |
\0x10 | 16 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA | Δ | 916 |
\0x11 | 17 | LOW LINE | _ | 95 |
\0x12 | 18 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI | Φ | 934 |
\0x13 | 19 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA | Γ | 915 |
\0x14 | 20 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMBDA | Λ | 923 |
\0x15 | 21 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA | Ω | 937 |
\0x16 | 22 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI | Π | 928 |
\0x17 | 23 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI | Ψ | 936 |
\0x18 | 24 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA | Σ | 931 |
\0x19 | 25 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA | Θ | 920 |
\0x1A | 26 | GREEK CAPITAL LETTER XI | Ξ | 926 |
\0x1B | 27 | ESCAPE TO EXTENSION TABLE | ||
\0x1B\0x0A | 27 10 | FORM FEED | 12 | |
\0x1B\0x14 | 27 20 | CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT | ^ | 94 |
\0x1B\0x28 | 27 40 | LEFT CURLY BRACKET | { | 123 |
\0x1B\0x29 | 27 41 | RIGHT CURLY BRACKET | } | 125 |
\0x1B\0x2F | 27 47 | REVERSE SOLIDUS (BACKSLASH) | \ | 92 |
\0x1B\0x3C | 27 60 | LEFT SQUARE BRACKET | [ | 91 |
\0x1B\0x3D | 27 61 | TILDE | ~ | 126 |
\0x1B\0x3E | 27 62 | RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET | ] | 93 |
\0x1B\0x40 | 27 64 | VERTICAL BAR | | | 124 |
\0x1B\0x65 | 27 101 | EURO SIGN | € | 164 (ISO-8859-15) |
\0x1C | 28 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AE | Æ | 198 |
\0x1D | 29 | LATIN SMALL LETTER AE | æ | 230 |
\0x1E | 30 | LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S (German) | ß | 223 |
\0x1F | 31 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE | Ê | 202 |
\0x20 | 32 | SPACE | 32 | |
\0x21 | 33 | EXCLAMATION MARK | ! | 33 |
\0x22 | 34 | QUOTATION MARK | " | 34 |
\0x23 | 35 | NUMBER SIGN | # | 35 |
\0x24 | 36 | CURRENCY SIGN | ¤ | 164 (ISO-8859-1) |
\0x25 | 37 | PERCENT SIGN | % | 37 |
\0x26 | 38 | AMPERSAND | & | 38 |
\0x27 | 39 | APOSTROPHE | ' | 39 |
\0x28 | 40 | LEFT PARENTHESIS | ( | 40 |
\0x29 | 41 | RIGHT PARENTHESIS | ) | 41 |
\0x2A | 42 | ASTERISK | * | 42 |
\0x2B | 43 | PLUS SIGN | + | 43 |
\0x2C | 44 | COMMA | , | 44 |
\0x2D | 45 | HYPHEN-MINUS | - | 45 |
\0x2E | 46 | FULL STOP | . | 46 |
\0x2F | 47 | SOLIDUS (SLASH) | / | 47 |
\0x30 | 48 | DIGIT ZERO | 0 | 48 |
\0x31 | 49 | DIGIT ONE | 1 | 49 |
\0x32 | 50 | DIGIT TWO | 2 | 50 |
\0x33 | 51 | DIGIT THREE | 3 | 51 |
\0x34 | 52 | DIGIT FOUR | 4 | 52 |
\0x35 | 53 | DIGIT FIVE | 5 | 53 |
\0x36 | 54 | DIGIT SIX | 6 | 54 |
\0x37 | 55 | DIGIT SEVEN | 7 | 55 |
\0x38 | 56 | DIGIT EIGHT | 8 | 56 |
\0x39 | 57 | DIGIT NINE | 9 | 57 |
\0x3A | 58 | COLON | : | 58 |
\0x3B | 59 | SEMICOLON | ; | 59 |
\0x3C | 60 | LESS-THAN SIGN | < | 60 |
\0x3D | 61 | EQUALS SIGN | = | 61 |
\0x3E | 62 | GREATER-THAN SIGN | > | 62 |
\0x3F | 63 | QUESTION MARK | ? | 63 |
\0x40 | 64 | INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK | ? | 161 |
\0x41 | 65 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A | A | 65 |
\0x42 | 66 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B | B | 66 |
\0x43 | 67 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C | C | 67 |
\0x44 | 68 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D | D | 68 |
\0x45 | 69 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E | E | 69 |
\0x46 | 70 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F | F | 70 |
\0x47 | 71 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G | G | 71 |
\0x48 | 72 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H | H | 72 |
\0x49 | 73 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I | I | 73 |
\0x4A | 74 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J | J | 74 |
\0x4B | 75 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K | K | 75 |
\0x4C | 76 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L | L | 76 |
\0x4D | 77 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M | M | 77 |
\0x4E | 78 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N | N | 78 |
\0x4F | 79 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O | O | 79 |
\0x50 | 80 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P | P | 80 |
\0x51 | 81 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q | Q | 81 |
\0x52 | 82 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R | R | 82 |
\0x53 | 83 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S | S | 83 |
\0x54 | 84 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T | T | 84 |
\0x55 | 85 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U | U | 85 |
\0x56 | 86 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V | V | 86 |
\0x57 | 87 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W | W | 87 |
\0x58 | 88 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X | X | 88 |
\0x59 | 89 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y | Y | 89 |
\0x5A | 90 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z | Z | 90 |
\0x5B | 91 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS | Ä | 196 |
\0x5C | 92 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS | Ö | 214 |
\0x5D | 93 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE | Ñ | 209 |
\0x5E | 94 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS | Ü | 220 |
\0x5F | 95 | SECTION SIGN | § | 167 |
\0x60 | 96 | INVERTED QUESTION MARK | ¿ | 191 |
\0x61 | 97 | LATIN SMALL LETTER A | a | 97 |
\0x62 | 98 | LATIN SMALL LETTER B | b | 98 |
\0x63 | 99 | LATIN SMALL LETTER C | c | 99 |
\0x64 | 100 | LATIN SMALL LETTER D | d | 100 |
\0x65 | 101 | LATIN SMALL LETTER E | e | 101 |
\0x66 | 102 | LATIN SMALL LETTER F | f | 102 |
\0x67 | 103 | LATIN SMALL LETTER G | g | 103 |
\0x68 | 104 | LATIN SMALL LETTER H | h | 104 |
\0x69 | 105 | LATIN SMALL LETTER I | i | 105 |
\0x6A | 106 | LATIN SMALL LETTER J | j | 106 |
\0x6B | 107 | LATIN SMALL LETTER K | k | 107 |
\0x6C | 108 | LATIN SMALL LETTER L | l | 108 |
\0x6D | 109 | LATIN SMALL LETTER M | m | 109 |
\0x6E | 110 | LATIN SMALL LETTER N | n | 110 |
\0x6F | 111 | LATIN SMALL LETTER O | o | 111 |
\0x70 | 112 | LATIN SMALL LETTER P | p | 112 |
\0x71 | 113 | LATIN SMALL LETTER Q | q | 113 |
\0x72 | 114 | LATIN SMALL LETTER R | r | 114 |
\0x73 | 115 | LATIN SMALL LETTER S | s | 115 |
\0x74 | 116 | LATIN SMALL LETTER T | t | 116 |
\0x75 | 117 | LATIN SMALL LETTER U | u | 117 |
\0x76 | 118 | LATIN SMALL LETTER V | v | 118 |
\0x77 | 119 | LATIN SMALL LETTER W | w | 119 |
\0x78 | 120 | LATIN SMALL LETTER X | x | 120 |
\0x79 | 121 | LATIN SMALL LETTER Y | y | 121 |
\0x7A | 122 | LATIN SMALL LETTER Z | z | 122 |
\0x7B | 123 | LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS | ä | 228 |
\0x7C | 124 | LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS | ö | 246 |
\0x7D | 125 | LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE | ñ | 241 |
\0x7E | 126 | LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS | ü | 252 |
\0x7F | 127 | LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE | à | 224 |
If you wish to use any of these characters, you can do it by entering a special
string into your
SMS messages. For example if you wish to add a new
line character you should enter \0x0A instead pressing enter (Figure 1).
Make sure you write out all the characters of this code. It is a
five-letter-statement! Note that according to users' experience it also
works with three backslaskes: \\\0x0A
If you wish to receive SMS messages with new line caracter, you need to set up the function in the GSM modem configuration window (Figure 2).
To send characters that require more than one byte use the following format (Figure 3)
Note: Please use version v6.3.2 or later for proper character coding.
More information
- A1 - OTA Bitmap
- A2 - Operator logo I
- A3 - Operator logo II
- A4 - Ringtone
- A5 - Wappush
- A6 - VCalendar
- Appendix "A7" - Message types - VCard
- A8 - Barcode
- B - Service providers
- C - SMSC numbers
- D - GSM Operators
- E - SMS alphabet
- Appendix "F" - GSM error codes
- G - Conn strings
- H - References
- I - MMSC information
- Frequently asked questions
- K - SMS Format