Thursday - 2 August 2012

Read SMS Using AT Commands (AT+CMGR, AT+CMGL)

The +CMGL AT command can be used to read all SMS messages stored in the message storage area. To list all SMS in message storage, the command line should be:

List All SMS from SIM to Hyper Terminal

Here are the message details that can be retrieved by the +CMGL AT command in SMS text mode from Hyper Terminal:-

+CMGL: <index>,<stat>,<oa/da>,[<alpha>],[<scts>][,<tooa/toda>,<length>]<CR><LF><data>[<CR><LF>

• The index specifying the location of the SMS message in the message storage area.

• Status of the SMS message ("received unread", "received read", "stored unsent", "stored sent", etc).

• Originator/recipient phone number stored in the SMS message header and the type of the phone number.

• Text associated to the originator/recipient phone number in the phonebook.

• Time and date at which the SMS message arrived at the SMSC (available to incoming SMS messages only).

• Body of the SMS message and its length.