Supported Character Sets - FALCOM MAMBOII User Manual

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6.4 Supported character sets

The MAMBOII device operating with the firmware 2.4.0 and later supports one type of
character sets only, the type based on the GSM 03.38 using 7 bit. Character tables can
be found in the next sub-chapter below.
Explanation of terms
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Escape sequences
The escape sequence used within a text coded in the GSM default alphabet
(0x1B) must be correctly interpreted by the TE, both for character input and
output. To the GSM module, an escape sequence appears like any other byte
received or sent.
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Terminal Adapter (TA)
TA is used equivalent to Mobile Equipment (ME), which stands for the GSM
module described here. It uses GSM default alphabet as its character set.
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Terminal Equipment (TE)
TE is the terminal equipment that uses the GSM default alphabet as its
character set. MS HyperTerminal is an ANSI/ASCII terminal that does not
support the GSM default alphabet.
All characters sent are in the range from 0 ... 127.
 CAUTION: GSM alphabet is not ASCII alphabet!
Several problems resulting from the use of the GSM alphabet:
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"@" character with GSM alphabet value 0 is not printable by an ASCII terminal
program (e.g. Microsoft© HyperTerminal®).
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Other characters of the GSM alphabet are misinterpreted by an ASCII
terminal program. For example, GSM "ö" (as in "Börse") is assumed to be "|" in
ASCII, thus resulting in "B|rse". This is because both alphabets mean different
characters with values hex. 7C or 00 and so on.
When you write characters differently coded in ASCII and GSM (e.g. Ä, Ö, Ü), you need
to enter escape sequences. Such a character is translated into the corresponding GSM
character value and, when output later, the GSM character value can be presented.
Any ASCII terminal then will show wrong responses. Table below shows examples for
character definitions depending on alphabet.
GSM 03.38
character
Ö
"
ò
@
CAUTION: Often, the editors of terminal programs do not recognize escape
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GSM character hex. Corresponding ASCII
Value
5C \
22 "
08 BSP
00 NULL
Table 47: Character definitions depending on alphabet
sequences. In this case, an escape sequence will be handled as
normal characters. The most common workaround to this problem is to
write a script, which includes a decimal code instead of an escape
sequence. This way you can write, for example, short messages,
which may contain differently coded characters.
2.4.0_ -
EVISION BETA
ASCII Esc sequence
character
\5C
\22
\08
\00
V 1.0.0
ERSION
Hex Esc sequence
5C 35 43
5C 32 32
5C 30 38
5C 30 30
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