SMPP SMS Gateway Options

Attribute
Description
Name
Unique name for the SMS Gateway.
Description/Location
A description of the SMS gateway that can include information about the location.
SMPP Enabled
If selected, this gateway is enabled.
Validate Message Length
If selected the message length is validated. The default is to validate the message length.
SMPP Longe Message Support
If selected, SMS messages longer than 160 characters are split into segments and reassembled by the receiving device. Messages of up to 1000 characters are supported. The default is to support long messages.
Delivery Method For Long Message
The message delivery methods for long messages are:
  • Undefined, Segmentation and Reassembly (SAR) (default)
  • Message Payload

Primary Server Configuration

SMSC Host
The IP address of the primary SMSC store-and-forward server, which accepts SMS messages from the relay server.
SMSC Port
The port number on which the primary SMSC store-and-forward server is listening for SMS messages. The default port is 2775.
ESME System ID
The External Short Messaging Entity (ESME) system ID for the primary ESME system.
ESME Password
The password of the primary ESME. Sending the ID and password values authenticates the relay server as a trusted source.
Note: This value must be configured on the SMPP server.
Confirm ESME Password
Repeat the primary ESME system password for verification.

Secondary Server Configuration

(Optional) You can configure a secondary server to handle SMS messages.

SMSC Host
The IP address of the primary SMSC store-and-forward server, which accepts SMS messages from the relay server.
SMSC Port
The port number on which the primary SMSC store-and-forward server is listening for SMS messages. The default port is 2775.
ESME System ID
The External Short Messaging Entity (ESME) system ID for the primary ESME system.
ESME Password
The password of the primary ESME. Sending the ID and password values authenticates the relay server as a trusted source.
Note: This value must be configured on the SMPP server.
Confirm ESME Password
Repeat the primary ESME system password for verification.

SMPP Address and Encoding Configuration

ESME Source Address
Enter the source address for a submit operation in SMPP. The default is none.
ESME Source Address TON
Select the source address Type of Number (TON) from the menu:.
  • UNKNOWN (default)
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • NATIONAL
  • NETWORK SPECIFIC
  • SUBSCRIBER NUMBER
  • ALPHANUMERIC
  • ABBREVIATED
ESME Source Address NPI
Select the source address Number Plan Indicator (NPI) from the menu:.
  • UNKNOWN (default)
  • ISDN(E163/E164)
  • DATA(X.121)
  • TELEX(F.69)
  • LAND MOBILE(E.212)
  • NATIONAL
  • PRIVATE
  • ERMES
  • INTERNET(IP)
  • WAP CLIENT ID
Character Encoding Scheme
Select the character-set encoding for SMS messages from the menu:
  • SMSC Default Alphabet (default)
  • IA5 (CCITT T.50)/ASCII (ANSI X3.4)
  • Latin 1 (ISO-8859-1)
  • Cyrillic(ISO-8859-5)
  • Latin/Hebrew (ISO-8859-8)
  • UCS2 (ISO/IEC-10646)
  • ISO-2022-JP (Music Codes)
  • JIS (X 0208-1990)
  • Extended KanjiJIS(X 212-1990)
SMSC Default Encoding Scheme
Select the default encoding scheme for SMSC messages from the menu::
  • UTF-8
  • GSM7
Request Delivery Receipt
Select the global default behavior when evaluating the policy action send SMS from the menu:
  • No Delivery Receipt (default)
  • Receipt on success and failure
  • Receipt on failure

Policy Servers associated with this SMS Gateway

Select the Policy Servers to associate with this SMS gateway. Select All to associate the gateways with all the defined Policy Servers. You can also remove an association in this section by clearing the selection.