AT Command Set

5.12 AT+CSCA SMS service centre address

Test command

Response

AT+CSCA=?

OK

Read command

Response

AT+CSCA?

+CSCA: <sca>,<tosca> OK

 

Parameter

 

See write command

 

 

Write command

AT+CSCA=<sca>

[,<tosca>]

TA updates the SMSC address, through which mobile originated SMs are transmitted. In text mode, setting is used by send and write commands. In PDU mode, setting is used by the same commands, but only when the length of the SMSC address coded into <pdu> parameter equals zero.

Note: This command writes the service centre address to non-volatile memory.

Response

OK

Parameter

<sca> GSM 04.11 RP SC address Address value field in string format; BCD numbers (or GSM default alphabet characters) are converted into characters; type of address given by <tosca>

Maximum length of address: 20 characters

<tosca> Service centre address format GSM 04.11 RP SC address Type-of- Address octet in integer format (default refer <toda>)

Reference

Note

GSM 07.05

If no parameter is entered after AT+CSCA= the content of <sca> will be deleted.

 

 

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MC35 specifications

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