Objects

For various (mostly historical) reasons, all objects you get from Gammu are not real objects but rather a dictionaries. This has quite a big impact of usability and will most likely change in the future.

All the objects basically map to C structures, so you might also refer to libGammu chapter.

SMS Object

Object describing single SMS message in a way GSM network handles is (140 bytes of data). You can construct it from SMS Info Object using gammu.EncodeSMS().

Message dictionary can consist of following fields:

SMSC

SMSC information, see SMSC Object.

Number

Recipient number, needs to be set for sending.

Name

Name of the message, does not make any effect on sending, some phones might store it.

UDH

User defined headers for SMS, see UDH Object.

Text

Message text

Folder

Folder where the message is stored

Location

Location where the message is stored

InboxFolder

Indication whether folder is an inbox

DeliveryStatus

Message delivery status, used only for received messages

ReplyViaSameSMSC

Flag indicating whether reply using same SMSC is requested

Class

Message class

MessageReference

Message reference number, used mostly to identify delivery reports

ReplaceMessage

Id of message which this message is supposed to replace

RejectDuplicates

Whether to reject duplicates

Memory

Memory where the message is stored

Type

Message type, one of:

  • Submit - message to be send

  • Deliver - delivered message

  • Status_Report - when creating new message this will create submit message with request for delivery report

Coding

Message encoding, one of:

  • Unicode_No_Compression - unicode message which can contain any chars, but can be only 70 chars long

  • Unicode_Compression - not supported by Gammu and most phones

  • Default_No_Compression - message with GSM alphabet only, up to 160 chars long

  • Default_Compression - not supported by Gammu and most phones

  • 8bit - for binary messages

DateTime

Timestamp when the message was received or sent.

Please note that most phones do no record timestamp of sent messages.

SMSCDateTime

Timestamp when the message was at SMSC.

State

Message state, one of:

  • Sent

  • UnSent

  • Read

  • UnRead

Examples:

# Simple message to send, using SMSC from phone
SMS_1 = {
    'Number': '123465',
    'SMSC': {'Location': 1},
    'Text': 'Hello world!',
}

# Class 0 (on display) message using custom SMSC number
SMS_2 = {
    'Number': '123465',
    'SMSC': {'Number': '+420987654321'},
    'Text': 'Hello world!',
    'Class': 0,
}

UDH Object

UDH dictionary can consist of following fields:

ID8bit

8-bit ID of the message, not required

ID16bit

16-bit ID of the message, not required

PartNumber

Number of current part

AllParts

Count of all message parts

Type

UDH type, one of predefined strings:

  • NoUDH

  • ConcatenatedMessages

  • ConcatenatedMessages16bit

  • DisableVoice

  • DisableFax

  • DisableEmail

  • EnableVoice

  • EnableFax

  • EnableEmail

  • VoidSMS

  • NokiaRingtone

  • NokiaRingtoneLong

  • NokiaOperatorLogoLong

  • NokiaCallerLogo

  • NokiaWAP

  • NokiaWAPLong

  • NokiaCalendarLong

  • NokiaProfileLong

  • NokiaPhonebookLong

  • UserUDH

Text

UDH content

Example:

UDH = {
    "ID8bit": 0xCD,
    "PartNumber": 1,
    "AllParts": 2,
    "Type": "ConcatenatedMessages",
}

SMSC Object

SMSC dictionary can consist of following fields:

Location

Location where the SMSC is stored

Number

SMSC number

Name

Name of the SMSC configuration

DefaultNumber

Default recipient number, ignored on most phones

Format

Default message format, one of:

  • Text

  • Pager

  • Fax

  • Email

Validity

Default message validity as a string

  • NA - validity not available

  • Max - maximum validity allowed by network

  • nM, nH, nD, nW - period defined in minutes, hours, days or weeks, eg. 3W

Example:

SMSC = {
    "Location": 1,
    "Number": "+420987654321",
    "Format": "Text",
    "Validity": "Max",
}

SMS Info Object

Message info dictionary can consist of following fields:

Unicode

Whether to use Unicode for the message.

ReplaceMessage

Id of message which this message is supposed to replace

Unknown

Boolean flag indicating there was some part which Gammu could not decode.

Class

Message class

Entries

Actual message data, see SMS Info Part Object.

Example:

SMSINFO = {
    "Class": 1,
    "Entries": [
        {"ID": "Text", "Buffer": "This is a "},
        {"ID": "Text", "Buffer": "message", "Italic": True},
        {"ID": "Text", "Buffer": " from "},
        {"ID": "Text", "Buffer": "Gammu", "Bold": True},
    ],
}

SMS Info Part Object

Message component can consist of following fields:

ID

Identification of the part type:

  • Text

  • ConcatenatedTextLong - Contacenated SMS, when longer than 1 SMS.

  • ConcatenatedAutoTextLong - Contacenated SMS, auto Default/Unicode coding.

  • ConcatenatedTextLong16bit

  • ConcatenatedAutoTextLong16bit

  • NokiaProfileLong - Nokia profile = Name`` Ringtone`` ScreenSaver

  • NokiaPictureImageLong - Nokia Picture Image + (text)

  • NokiaScreenSaverLong - Nokia screen saver + (text)

  • NokiaRingtone - Nokia ringtone - old SM2.0 format`` 1 SMS

  • NokiaRingtoneLong - Nokia ringtone concatenated`` when very long

  • NokiaOperatorLogo - Nokia 72x14 operator logo`` 1 SMS

  • NokiaOperatorLogoLong - Nokia 72x14 op logo or 78x21 in 2 SMS

  • NokiaCallerLogo - Nokia 72x14 caller logo`` 1 SMS

  • NokiaWAPBookmarkLong - Nokia WAP bookmark in 1 or 2 SMS

  • NokiaWAPSettingsLong - Nokia WAP settings in 2 SMS

  • NokiaMMSSettingsLong - Nokia MMS settings in 2 SMS

  • NokiaVCARD10Long - Nokia VCARD 1.0 - only name and default number

  • NokiaVCARD21Long - Nokia VCARD 2.1 - all numbers + text

  • NokiaVCALENDAR10Long - Nokia VCALENDAR 1.0 - can be in few sms

  • NokiaVTODOLong

  • VCARD10Long

  • VCARD21Long

  • DisableVoice

  • DisableFax

  • DisableEmail

  • EnableVoice

  • EnableFax

  • EnableEmail

  • VoidSMS

  • EMSSound10 - IMelody 1.0

  • EMSSound12 - IMelody 1.2

  • EMSSonyEricssonSound - IMelody without header - SonyEricsson extension

  • EMSSound10Long - IMelody 1.0 with UPI.

  • EMSSound12Long - IMelody 1.2 with UPI.

  • EMSSonyEricssonSoundLong - IMelody without header with UPI.

  • EMSPredefinedSound

  • EMSPredefinedAnimation

  • EMSAnimation

  • EMSFixedBitmap - Fixed bitmap of size 16x16 or 32x32.

  • EMSVariableBitmap

  • EMSVariableBitmapLong

  • MMSIndicatorLong - MMS message indicator.

  • WAPIndicatorLong

  • AlcatelMonoBitmapLong - Variable bitmap with black and white colors

  • AlcatelMonoAnimationLong - Variable animation with black and white colors

  • AlcatelSMSTemplateName

  • SiemensFile - Siemens OTA

Left

Text formatting

Text formatting

Center

Text formatting

Large

Text formatting

Small

Text formatting

Bold

Text formatting

Italic

Text formatting

Underlined

Text formatting

Strikethrough

Text formatting

Protected

Whether message part should be protected (DRM)

Number

Number to encode in message.

Ringtone

Ringtone to encode in message.

Bitmap

Bitmap to encode in message.

Bookmark

Bookmark to encode in message.

Settings

Settings to encode in message.

MMSIndicator

MMS indication to encode in message.

Phonebook

Phonebook entry to encode in message, see Phonebook Object.

Calendar

Calendar entry to encode in message, see Calendar Object.

ToDo

Todo entry to encode in message, see Todo Object.

File

File to encode in message, see File Object.

Buffer

String to encode in message.

Todo Object

Todo entry is a dictionary consisting of following fields:

Location

Location where the entry is stored

Type

Type of entry, one of:

  • REMINDER - Reminder or Date

  • CALL - Call

  • MEETING - Meeting

  • BIRTHDAY - Birthday or Anniversary or Special Occasion

  • MEMO - Memo or Miscellaneous

  • TRAVEL - Travel

  • VACATION - Vacation

  • T_ATHL - Training - Athletism

  • T_BALL - Training - Ball Games

  • T_CYCL - Training - Cycling

  • T_BUDO - Training - Budo

  • T_DANC - Training - Dance

  • T_EXTR - Training - Extreme Sports

  • T_FOOT - Training - Football

  • T_GOLF - Training - Golf

  • T_GYM - Training - Gym

  • T_HORS - Training - Horse Race

  • T_HOCK - Training - Hockey

  • T_RACE - Training - Races

  • T_RUGB - Training - Rugby

  • T_SAIL - Training - Sailing

  • T_STRE - Training - Street Games

  • T_SWIM - Training - Swimming

  • T_TENN - Training - Tennis

  • T_TRAV - Training - Travels

  • T_WINT - Training - Winter Games

  • ALARM - Alarm

  • DAILY_ALARM - Alarm repeating each day.

Priority

Entry priority, one of:

  • High

  • Medium

  • Low

  • None

Entries

Actual entries, see Todo Entries Object

Example:

TODO = {
    "Type": "MEMO",
    "Entries": [
        {
            "Type": "END_DATETIME",
            "Value": datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(days=1),
        },
        {"Type": "TEXT", "Value": "Buy some milk"},
    ],
}

Todo Entries Object

Type

Type of entry, one of:

  • END_DATETIME - Due date (Date).

  • COMPLETED - Whether is completed (Number).

  • ALARM_DATETIME - When should alarm be fired (Date).

  • SILENT_ALARM_DATETIME - When should silent alarm be fired (Date).

  • TEXT - Text of to do (Text).

  • DESCRIPTION - Description of to do (Text).

  • LOCATION - Location of to do (Text).

  • PRIVATE - Whether entry is private (Number).

  • CATEGORY - Category of entry (Number).

  • CONTACTID - Related contact ID (Number).

  • PHONE - Number to call (Text).

  • LUID - IrMC LUID which can be used for synchronisation (Text).

  • LAST_MODIFIED - Date and time of last modification (Date).

  • START_DATETIME - Start date (Date).

Value

Actual value, corresponding type to Type field.

Calendar Object

Calendar entry is a dictionary consisting of following fields:

Location

Location where the entry is stored

Type

Type of entry, one of:

  • REMINDER - Reminder or Date

  • CALL - Call

  • MEETING - Meeting

  • BIRTHDAY - Birthday or Anniversary or Special Occasion

  • MEMO - Memo or Miscellaneous

  • TRAVEL - Travel

  • VACATION - Vacation

  • T_ATHL - Training - Athletism

  • T_BALL - Training - Ball Games

  • T_CYCL - Training - Cycling

  • T_BUDO - Training - Budo

  • T_DANC - Training - Dance

  • T_EXTR - Training - Extreme Sports

  • T_FOOT - Training - Football

  • T_GOLF - Training - Golf

  • T_GYM - Training - Gym

  • T_HORS - Training - Horse Race

  • T_HOCK - Training - Hockey

  • T_RACE - Training - Races

  • T_RUGB - Training - Rugby

  • T_SAIL - Training - Sailing

  • T_STRE - Training - Street Games

  • T_SWIM - Training - Swimming

  • T_TENN - Training - Tennis

  • T_TRAV - Training - Travels

  • T_WINT - Training - Winter Games

  • ALARM - Alarm

  • DAILY_ALARM - Alarm repeating each day.

Entries

Actual entries, see Calendar Entries Object

Example:

CAL = {
    "Type": "MEMO",
    "Entries": [
        {"Type": "START_DATETIME", "Value": datetime.datetime.now()},
        {
            "Type": "END_DATETIME",
            "Value": datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(days=1),
        },
        {"Type": "LOCATION", "Value": "Home"},
        {"Type": "TEXT", "Value": "Relax for one day"},
    ],
}

Calendar Entries Object

Type

Type of entry, one of:

  • START_DATETIME - Date and time of event start.

  • END_DATETIME - Date and time of event end.

  • TONE_ALARM_DATETIME - Alarm date and time.

  • SILENT_ALARM_DATETIME - Date and time of silent alarm.

  • TEXT - Text.

  • DESCRIPTION - Detailed description.

  • LOCATION - Location.

  • PHONE - Phone number.

  • PRIVATE - Whether this entry is private.

  • CONTACTID - Related contact id.

  • REPEAT_DAYOFWEEK - Repeat each x’th day of week.

  • REPEAT_DAY - Repeat each x’th day of month.

  • REPEAT_DAYOFYEAR - Repeat each x’th day of year.

  • REPEAT_WEEKOFMONTH - Repeat x’th week of month.

  • REPEAT_MONTH - Repeat x’th month.

  • REPEAT_FREQUENCY - Repeating frequency.

  • REPEAT_STARTDATE - Repeating start.

  • REPEAT_STOPDATE - Repeating end.

  • REPEAT_COUNT - Number of repetitions.

  • LUID - IrMC LUID which can be used for synchronisation.

  • LAST_MODIFIED - Date and time of last modification.

Value

Actual value, corresponding type to Type field.

Phonebook Object

Phonebook entry is a dictionary consisting of following fields:

Location

Location where the entry is stored

MemoryType

Memory where the message is stored

Entries

Actual entries, see Phonebook Entries Object

Example:

PBK = {
    "Location": 1000,
    "MemoryType": "ME",
    "Entries": [
        {"Type": "Number_General", "Value": "+420123456789"},
        {"Type": "Text_Name", "Value": "Stojan Jakotyc"},
    ],
}

Phonebook Entries Object

Type

Type of entry, one of:

  • Number_General - General number. (Text)

  • Number_Mobile - Mobile number. (Text)

  • Number_Fax - Fax number. (Text)

  • Number_Pager - Pager number. (Text)

  • Number_Other - Other number. (Text)

  • Text_Note - Note. (Text)

  • Text_Postal - Complete postal address. (Text)

  • Text_Email - Email. (Text)

  • Text_Email2 - Second email. (Text)

  • Text_URL - URL (Text)

  • Date - Date and time of last call. (Date)

  • Caller_Group - Caller group. (Number)

  • Text_Name - Name (Text)

  • Text_LastName - Last name. (Text)

  • Text_FirstName - First name. (Text)

  • Text_Company - Company. (Text)

  • Text_JobTitle - Job title. (Text)

  • Category - Category. (Number, if -1 then text)

  • Private - Whether entry is private. (Number)

  • Text_StreetAddress - Street address. (Text)

  • Text_City - City. (Text)

  • Text_State - State. (Text)

  • Text_Zip - Zip code. (Text)

  • Text_Country - Country. (Text)

  • Text_Custom1 - Custom information 1. (Text)

  • Text_Custom2 - Custom information 2. (Text)

  • Text_Custom3 - Custom information 3. (Text)

  • Text_Custom4 - Custom information 4. (Text)

  • RingtoneID - Ringtone ID. (Number)

  • PictureID - Picture ID. (Number)

  • Text_UserID - User ID. (Text)

  • CallLength - Length of call (Number)

  • Text_LUID - LUID - Unique Identifier used for synchronisation (Text)

  • LastModified - Date of last modification (Date)

  • Text_NickName - Nick name (Text)

  • Text_FormalName - Formal name (Text)

  • Text_PictureName - Picture name (on phone filesystem). (Text)

  • PushToTalkID - Push-to-talk ID (Text)

  • Number_Messaging - Favorite messaging number. (Text)

  • Photo - Photo (Picture).

  • SecondName - Second name. (Text)

  • VOIP - VOIP address (Text).

  • SIP - SIP address (Text).

  • DTMF - DTMF (Text).

  • Video - Video number. (Text)

  • SWIS - See What I See address. (Text)

  • WVID - Wireless Village user ID. (Text)

  • NamePrefix - Name prefix (Text)

  • NameSuffix - Name suffix (Text)

Location

Location for the field:

  • Unknown - not define

  • Home - home

  • Work - work

Value

Actual value, corresponding type to Type field.

PictureType

Type of picture which is stored in Value field (only for Picture fields).

File Object

File is a dictionary consisting of following fields:

Used

Number of bytes used by this file.

Name

File name.

Folder

Boolean value indicating whether this is a folder.

Level

Depth of file on the filesystem.

Type

File type, one of:

  • Other

  • Java_JAR

  • Image_JPG

  • Image_BMP

  • Image_GIF

  • Image_PNG

  • Image_WBMP

  • Video_3GP

  • Sound_AMR

  • Sound_NRT - DCT4 binary format

  • Sound_MIDI

  • MMS

ID_FullName

Full file name including path.

Buffer

Content of the file.

Modified

Timestamp of last change

Protected

Boolean value indicating whether file is protected (DRM).

ReadOnly

Boolean value indicating whether file is read only.

Hidden

Boolean value indicating whether file is hidden.

System

Boolean value indicating whether file is system.

Pos

Current position of file upload

Finished

Boolean value indicating completed file transfer.

Example:

FILE = {
    "ID_FullName": PATH,
    "Name": os.path.basename(PATH),
    "Buffer": data,
    "Protected": 0,
    "ReadOnly": 0,
    "Hidden": 0,
    "System": 0,
    "Folder": 0,
    "Level": 0,
    "Type": "Other",
    "Finished": 0,
    "Pos": 0,
}

Divert Type

The divert type can have one of following values:

  • Busy - Divert when busy.

  • NoAnswer - Divert when not answered.

  • OutOfReach - Divert when phone off or no coverage.

  • AllTypes - Divert all calls without ringing.

Call Type

The call type for diverts can have one of following values:

  • Voice - Voice calls.

  • Fax - Fax calls.

  • Data - Data calls.

  • All - All calls.

Call Divert Objects

DivertType

When to do the divert, see Divert Type.

CallType

What call types to divert, see Call Type.

Number

Phone number where to divert.

Timeout

Timeout after which the divert will happen.