Configuring the SMS Options

The following options are available from the SMS tab of the dialog used to create an event to trigger a message. ClosedShow picture

Selecting recipients

Enter the list of recipients to which the message is to be sent. There are a number of ways in which a recipient can be specified.

  • You can enter an actual mobile telephone number.
  • You can enter a User name or User profile from PcVue's User Accounts. If you enter a User name, the message will be sent to the mobile number that was entered in the User's configuration. If you enter a User profile, the message will be sent to all Users attached to that profile.
  • You can enter a substitution string.

For further information, see the topic Adding Lists of Recipients.

Advanced options (Message format)

The Format property allows the message to be formatted as Auto, Text, PDU 7-bit or Unicode. The default is Auto. The maximum number of characters in a message depends on the format.

Format Maximum Comment

PDU 7-bit

 160 7 bit character encoding. The normal format used for text messaging
Text 140 8 bit character encoding. Not viewable by the phones as text messages. Used for data in MMS (images, ring tones).
Unicode 70 16 bit character encoding. Used for Unicode (UCS2) text messages, viewable by most phones. A 16-bit text message of class 0 will appear on some phones as a Flash SMS (blinking SMS or alert SMS)
Auto   Automatically select the message format according to the content of the message.