several sms-es needed by smsd when using special characters in outbound message

[alonso acuña]

Note the debug output below. If I send a message that contains an "á". It takes 3 sms to send it. But it can be sent in one when using "a". Of the 3 resulting sms only one contains the special character but all of them are sent with UCS-2. I wonder if this is the expected behaviour and whether there is something I could do to reduce the amount of sms needed (besides not using special chars).  I am using UTF8 in the database and when running smsd.

Case #1 

Sending SMS: 88254612, Fallo. Id#955 Err#6: Comando no reconocido. " 88254612 100" - Saldo 62878.58, máxima carga: ICE:5000 Claro:5000 Movis:5000 FullM:5000 TuyoM:5000

Wed Nov 21 17:44:49 2012

Inserting Event: 0

Wed Nov 21 17:44:49 2012

Processing Event: 0

=====> ENTER gn_sms_send()

enc_chars: 144

ext_chars: 0

total: 288

size of the input string: 145 bytes

number of characters in the input string: 144 chars

=====> ENTER sms_send_long()

count: 1

Will need 3 sms-es

SMS is 288 octects long but we can only send 134 octects in a single SMS after adding 6 octects for udh

.......

Text to be sent in this part: Fallo. Id#955 Err#6: Comando no reconocido. " 88254612 100" - Sald

=====> ENTER sms_send_single()

Adding ConcatMsg header

General Data Coding

UCS-2

dcs: 0x08

Length: 0x8a

user_data_length: 0x8a

ValidityIndicator: 2

user_data: 050003CE030100460061006C006C006F002E0020004900640023003900350035002000450072007200230036003A00200043006F006D0061006E0064006F0020006E006F0020007200650063006

F006E006F006300690064006F002E00200022002000380038003200350034003600310032002000310030003000220020002D002000530061006C0064

Input is 66 bytes long

SMS is 138 octets long

Sending

.......

Text to be sent in this part: o 62878.58, máxima carga: ICE:5000 Claro:5000 Movis:5000 FullM:500

=====> ENTER sms_send_single()

Adding ConcatMsg header

General Data Coding

UCS-2

dcs: 0x08

Length: 0x8a

user_data_length: 0x8a

ValidityIndicator: 2

user_data: 050003CE0302006F002000360032003800370038002E00350038002C0020006D00E100780069006D0061002000630061007200670061003A0020004900430045003A003500300030003000200043006C00610072006F003A00350030003000300020004D006F007600690073003A0035003000300030002000460075006C006C004D003A003500300030

Input is 67 bytes long

SMS is 138 octets long

Sending

......

Text to be sent in this part: 0 TuyoM:5000

=====> ENTER sms_send_single()

Adding ConcatMsg header

General Data Coding

UCS-2

dcs: 0x08

Length: 0x1e

user_data_length: 0x1e

ValidityIndicator: 2

user_data: 050003CE030300300020005400750079006F004D003A0035003000300030

Input is 12 bytes long

SMS is 30 octets long

Sending

Case #2

When sending the same text but using "a" instead of "á"  this is what happens:

Sending SMS: 88254612, Fallo. Id#960 Err#3: Revise datos, trate de nuevo. "88254612   100" - Saldo 62878.58, maxima carga: ICE:5000 Claro:5000 Movis:5000 FullM:5000 TuyoM:5000

Wed Nov 21 18:07:01 2012

Inserting Event: 0

Wed Nov 21 18:07:01 2012

Processing Event: 0

=====> ENTER gn_sms_send()

enc_chars: 152

ext_chars: 0

total: 133

size of the input string: 152 bytes

number of characters in the input string: 152 chars

=====> ENTER sms_send_single()

General Data Coding

Default Alphabet

        size: 133

        offset: 0

        encoded size: 133

        rawsms length: 152

        rawsms user data length: 133

dcs: 0x00

Length: 0x98

user_data_length: 0x85

ValidityIndicator: 2

user_data: C6309BFD768192E451CE060315E5F2D14C079296EDE97919440ED3DF7316882E0FD3CB207219E4AE97ED6F174884C3C96A345B4C06028162309808D4024DC36CF21B6493E16E38570DC702B5CF8743B0C1A87E5E7B00E941C167535180C061AB2C3F2B7AE0683C140CDB73D3DD7D5603018C85867B39BBA1A0C060351EBF977535783C160

Input is 152 bytes long

SMS is 133 octets long

Sending

Thanks