Sending SMS in PDU mode fails.

[José]

I was not register in the network : (

Working now, thanks!

I think I have a different problem with the XBee US version, but I
will let you know if I cannot solve that.

On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Aleksander Morgado
<aleksander at aleksander.es> wrote:
> On 03/08/17 11:04, José  wrote:
>> I am using the 3G XBee Cellular (uses U-Blox SARA-U200 modem) and
>> ModemManager from master (d41d717112e6a183a0df510c210e80a86fc11060).
>>
>> I am trying to send an SMS with the following commands:
>>
>> $ mmcli -m 0 --messaging-create-sms="text='Hello world',number='+627XXXXXX"
>> Successfully created new SMS:
>>         /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/SMS/10 (unknown)
>>
>> $ mmcli -s 10 --send
>> error: couldn't send the SMS:
>> 'GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.Error.Message.Unknown:
>> Unknown error'
>>
>>
>> The log shows:
>>
>> <debug> [1501676070.461276]
>> [../../git/src/mm-iface-modem-messaging.c:511] sms_added(): Added
>> local SMS at '/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/SMS/8'
>> <debug> [1501676078.360084] [../../git/src/mm-base-sms.c:178]
>> generate_3gpp_submit_pdus():   Processing chunk '0' of text with '11'
>> bytes
>> <debug> [1501676078.371070] [../../git/src/mm-base-sms.c:208]
>> generate_3gpp_submit_pdus(): Created SMS part for singlepart SMS
>> <debug> [1501676078.374057] [../../git/src/mm-sms-part-3gpp.c:805]
>> mm_sms_part_3gpp_get_submit_pdu(): Creating PDU for part...
>> <debug> [1501676078.377048] [../../git/src/mm-sms-part-3gpp.c:892]
>> mm_sms_part_3gpp_get_submit_pdu():   using GSM7 encoding...
>> <debug> [1501676078.379982] [../../git/src/mm-sms-part-3gpp.c:957]
>> mm_sms_part_3gpp_get_submit_pdu():   user data length is '11' septets
>> (without UDH)
>> <debug> [1501676078.382961] [../../git/src/mm-port-serial.c:1250]
>> mm_port_serial_open(): (ttymxc4) device open count is 2 (open)
>> <debug> [1501676078.386006] [../../git/src/mm-port-serial-at.c:459]
>> debug_log(): (ttymxc4): --> 'AT+CMGS=22<CR>'
>> <debug> [1501676078.431257] [../../git/src/mm-port-serial-at.c:459]
>> debug_log(): (ttymxc4): <-- '<CR><LF>> '
>> <debug> [1501676078.435569] [../../git/src/mm-port-serial.c:1250]
>> mm_port_serial_open(): (ttymxc4) device open count is 3 (open)
>> <debug> [1501676078.438554] [../../git/src/mm-port-serial.c:1307]
>> _close_internal(): (ttymxc4) device open count is 2 (close)
>> <debug> [1501676078.441551] [../../git/src/mm-port-serial-at.c:459]
>> debug_log(): (ttymxc4): -->
>> '000100099126379999F100000BC8329BFD06DDDF723619\26'
>> <debug> [1501676078.573891] [../../git/src/mm-port-serial-at.c:459]
>> debug_log(): (ttymxc4): <-- '<CR><LF>+CMS ERROR: 38<CR><LF>'
>> <debug> [1501676078.597195] [../../git/src/mm-error-helpers.c:218]
>> mm_message_error_for_code(): Invalid message error code: 38
>> <debug> [1501676078.600884] [../../git/src/mm-serial-parsers.c:364]
>> mm_serial_parser_v1_parse(): Got failure code 500: Unknown error
>> <debug> [1501676078.604622] [../../git/src/mm-port-serial.c:1307]
>> _close_internal(): (ttymxc4) device open count is 1 (close)
>>
>> However if I use a serial console and the following AT commands, the
>> SMS is properly sent:
>>
>> ATZ
>> OK
>> AT+CMGF=1
>> OK
>> AT+CMGS="+627XXXXXX"
>>> Hello world
>> +CMGS: 193
>>
>> OK
>>
>>
>> a) Could you give any information about why is PDU mode failing?
>> According to U-Blox documentation (1) it should be working
>>
>
> I'm assuming that if you send the PDU manually using a serial console it also doesn't work, did you try that?
> +CMS error 38 is "Network out of order", but I'm not sure why text mode would work without error while PDU mode gives error 38.
>
>> b) Is there a way to tell ModemManager to use text mode when sending SMSs?
>
> No; text mode is only used by default when PDU mode isn't supported. PDU mode is always preferred really.
>
> Also, which are your SMSC settings? E.g.:
>   AT+CSCA?
>
> --
> Aleksander
> https://aleksander.es