Problems sending sms while roaming

[Tor Bendiksen]

Hi all,

I am trying to use gammu to send/receive SMS', but I am having some
problems.

I have tried with the following phones with both the USB cable and via
bluetooth.
Sony Ericsson K750i
Sony Ericsson M600i
Sony Ericsson P1

I have played with different config parameters, and nothing seems
to allow me to send an SMS successfully.

Every time I get an error referencing error 500 which seems to be a
generic error message.
I have tried several versions, including the latest 1.27.93.
This is on Debian Lenny if that makes any difference.

I believe now that this is caused by the fact that my network provider
doesn't own the actual network, and is "roaming" on another network.
This roaming does not cost me any money, but seems to be causing
gammu some problems.

I don't have any details, but it would make sense if gammu is failing
to send SMS' due to the fact that I am not on my "home" network.
Could this be the case? If so, is there a way to force/override this?

Thanks in advance.

[Yann BONNAMY]

hi,

error 500 is usually seen when the mobile station can not reach the sms center, i do not believe it is gammu related.
unless if it works when you send sms with the handset , do the sms leave the sendbox ?
-> if yes, gammu may be using the wrong sms center
-> if no, the roaming network can not reach your "home network"'s smsc. (to be solved by network's operator)

regards,

Yann.

[Tor Bendiksen]

Hi Hannah. Sending sms from the phone works fine.

I will check the smsc settings as soon as I get a chance, but to the best of my memory I confirmed that gamma was using tje same as the phone (I.e. the correct one according to my operator).

Thanks for the reply, I will doublecheck my settings.
--
Cheers,
Tor

Sent from my Android phone.
Please excuse my brevity.

----- Reply message -----
From: "Yann BONNAMY" <***@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, Apr 17, 2010 12:36
Subject: Re : Problems sending sms while roaming
To: <gammu-***@lists.sourceforge.net>

hi,

error 500 is usually seen when the mobile station can not reach the sms center, i do not believe it is gammu related.
unless if it works when you send sms with the handset , do the sms leave the sendbox ?
-> if yes, gammu may be using the wrong sms center
-> if no, the roaming network can not reach your "home network"'s smsc. (to be solved by network's operator)

regards,

Yann.

[Michal Čihař]

Dne Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:43:00 +0200

Post by Tor Bendiksen
Hi Hannah. Sending sms from the phone works fine.
I will check the smsc settings as soon as I get a chance, but to the best of my memory I confirmed that gamma was using tje same as the phone (I.e. the correct one according to my operator).

Yes, gammu should read it from your phone, you can check what is stored
there by 'gammu getsmsc 1'