Corrupted texts received on Skinny.

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Printertech

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#136834 10-Dec-2013 14:50

I have a TK-102 GPS tracker with a vodafone card in it. It is only GSM.

When I SMS interrogate it with a Skinny device I get replies similar to this:

+lP_¥ù Æ7f¿1sùØ6ahiΘsFK3fPI¥fΩΠlÜ9;&'L5ÖH)¥&ÅΣ0Æ1Θì.Y2dt¡q"F

If I interrogate with Voda or 2 degree sim phones I get the message in English as it should be.

old3eyes

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#948804 10-Dec-2013 16:13

Skinny doesn't do GSM??

Regards,

Old3eyes

Printertech

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#948835 10-Dec-2013 16:45

Yes I know. Are you suggesting a GSM phone can't communicate with a WCDMA one?

graemeh

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#948836 10-Dec-2013 16:46

old3eyes: Skinny doesn't do GSM??

LOL. They said the device had a Vodafone card in it. They sent the device an SMS from Skinny and the response was corrupted .:)

LivingSkinny

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#949012 10-Dec-2013 22:28

Printertech: I have a TK-102 GPS tracker with a vodafone card in it. It is only GSM.

When I SMS interrogate it with a Skinny device I get replies similar to this:

+lP_¥ù Æ7f¿1sùØ6ahiΘsFK3fPI¥fΩΠlÜ9;&'L5ÖH)¥&ÅΣ0Æ1Θì.Y2dt¡q"F

If I interrogate with Voda or 2 degree sim phones I get the message in English as it should be.

I would be interested to know what happens if you use a Telecom SIM as we share the same network.

Printertech

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#949081 11-Dec-2013 05:59

I will try to test it with a Telecom phone when I find a mate with one.

Printertech

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#951447 13-Dec-2013 09:26

Update. I have tried to interrogated from a friend's Telecom phone with a Telecom Sim and still get the corrupted reply back as a text. When I interrogate from 2 degrees I get the position, battery charge, imei, etc in the text returned. For some reason Telecom/Skinny can't pass the message.