Appendix - The 7 bit default alphabet of GSM phones
This table gives you information about the GSM 7 bit alphabet
used in text SMS messages. To see how you can send special symbols
and international characters, please read the following document:
SMS character set handling and multipart messages
Your PC and your GSM phone use two different character sets:
the ISO-8859-1 and the GSM 7 bit alphabet. Ozeki NG - SMS Gateway converts
automatically between the corresponding character codes in these two tables.
In some cases the automatic conversion might not fit your needs. If you want
to be sure that a specific GSM character is used in your SMS message, you can
enter its Hex value into the message. Before reading the explanation of how
this is possible, please take a look at the characters that there 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 included in the ISO-8859-15 character set.
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
ù
249
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
0x11
17
LOW LINE
_
95
0x12
18
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI
Φ
0x13
19
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA
Γ
0x14
20
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMBDA
Λ
0x15
21
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA
Ω
0x16
22
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PI
Π
0x17
23
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PSI
Ψ
0x18
24
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA
Σ
0x19
25
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA
Θ
0x1A
26
GREEK CAPITAL LETTER XI
Ξ
0x1B
27
ESCAPE TO EXTENSION TABLE
0x1B0A
27 10
FORM FEED
12
0x1B14
27 20
CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
^
94
0x1B28
27 40
LEFT CURLY BRACKET
{
123
0x1B29
27 41
RIGHT CURLY BRACKET
}
125
0x1B2F
27 47
REVERSE SOLIDUS (BACKSLASH)
\
92
0x1B3C
27 60
LEFT SQUARE BRACKET
[
91
0x1B3D
27 61
TILDE
~
126
0x1B3E
27 62
RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET
]
93
0x1B40
27 64
VERTICAL BAR
|
124
0x1B65
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
É
201
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 of pressing
the enter key (Figure 1). Make sure you write out all the characters of this code.
It is a five-character-string!
Figure 1 - Using the new line character
If you wish to receive SMS messages with a new line character, you need to
set up the function in the GSM modem configuration window (Figure 2).
Figure 2 - Setting up the new line character for incoming messages
To send characters that require more than one byte,
use the format in Figure 3 below.
Figure 3 - Including a euro sign (€) in the message
Note: Please use version v6.3.2 or a more recent one for proper
character encoding.