FOXBOX DOCS Official documentation

The SMS file format

This article illustrates how the FoxBox saves the SMS in a text file format, whose main components are:

Outgoing and incoming SMS have a different internal structure.
Regarding the first group, please consider the SMS below:

From: FoxBox
To: 390123456789
Alphabet: ISO

Hello World!

While this is an example for the second group:

From: 399876543210
From_SMSC: 39565258552585
Sent: 25-12-12 12:00:00
Received: 25-12-12 12:00:05
Subject: GSM1
Alphabet: ISO

Hello World!

Each header line has a particular meaning, here is a complete list of them:

Generic headers
From	Sender ID, useful for internal logs and when customized sender is available
To	Phone number of the receiver
Flash	If set to YES, the message will automatically open on receiver's display (if supported by his mobile phone) [default: NO]
Alphabet	Specify the character encoding used in the text [default: ISO LATIN ANSI]
SMSC	Phone number of the outgoing SMSC
Report	If set to YES, a status report is requested for the message [default: NO]
Autosplit	Code defining how to split messages (just for text messages) [default: 0]
Specific headers for incoming messages
From	Phone number of the sender
From_SMSC	Phone number of the outgoing SMSC
Subject	Logical name of the modem that received the message [default: GSM1]
Sent	Timestamp of when message was sent
Received	Timestamp of when the message was received by the FoxBox

All the phone numbers have to be specified in International Format, without the “+”.

The supported character sets are:

ISO LATIN ANSI: up to 160 characters, with autosplit;
GSM: up to 160 characters, with autosplit;
UCS: up to 70 characters, with autosplit;
BINARY: 8bit binary data, not suitable for text but for ringtones and data trasmission.