RECEIVING OF MESSAGES Received messages are stored in inbox table.
TRANSMITTING OF MESSAGES Transmitted messages are read from table outbox and possible subsequent parts of the same message from outbox_multipart.
DESCRIPTION OF TABLES daemons Information about running daemons.
gammu Table holding single field Version - version of a database schema. See History of database structure for details what has changed.
inbox Table where received messages will be stored.
Fields description:
UpdatedInDB (timestamp)
when somebody (daemon, user, etc.) updated it
ReceivingDateTime (timestamp)
when SMS was received
Text (text)
encoded SMS text (for all SMS)
SenderNumber (varchar(20))
decoded SMS sender number
Coding (enum('Default_No_Compression', 'Unicode_No_Compression',
'8bit', 'Default_Compression', 'Unicode_Compression'))
SMS text coding
UDH (text)
encoded User Data Header text
SMSCNumber (varchar(20))
decoded SMSC number
Class (integer)
SMS class or -1 (0 is flash SMS, 1 is normal one)
TextDecoded (varchar(160))
decoded SMS text (for Default Alphabet/Unicode SMS)
ID (integer unsigned)
SMS identificator (for using with external applications)
RecipientID (text)
which Gammu daemon has added it
Processed (enum('false', 'true'))
you can use for marking, whether SMS was processed or not
outbox Messages enqueued for sending should be placed in this table. If message is multipart, subsequent parts are stored in table outbox_multipart.
Fields description:
UpdatedInDB (timestamp)
when somebody (daemon, user, etc.) updated it
InsertIntoDB (timestamp)
when message was inserted into database
SendingDateTime (timestamp)
set it to some value, when want to force sending after some
planned time
SendBefore (time)
Send message before specified time, can be used to limit
messages from being sent in night. Default value is 23:59:59
New in version 1.29.90.
SendAfter (time)
Send message after specified time, can be used to limit messages
from being sent in night. Default value is 00:00:00
New in version 1.29.90.
Text (text)
SMS text encoded using hex values in proper coding. If you want
to use TextDecoded field, keep this NULL (or empty).
DestinationNumber (varchar(20))
recipient number
Coding (enum('Default_No_Compression', 'Unicode_No_Compression',
'8bit', 'Default_Compression', 'Unicode_Compression'))
SMS text coding
UDH (text)
User Data Header encoded using hex values which will be used for
constructing the message. Without this, message will be sent as
plain text.
Class (integer)
SMS class or -1 (0 is normal SMS, 1 is flash one)
TextDecoded (varchar(160))
SMS text in "human readable" form
ID (integer unsigned)
SMS/SMS sequence ID
Please note that this number has to be unique also for sentitems
table, so reusing message IDs might not be a good idea.
MultiPart (enum('false','true'))
info, whether there are more SMS from this sequence in
outbox_multipart
RelativeValidity (integer)
SMS relative validity like encoded using GSM specs
SenderID (text)
which SMSD instance should send this one sequence, see PhoneID
SendingTimeOut (timestamp)
used by SMSD instance for own targets
DeliveryReport (enum('default','yes','no'))
when default is used, Delivery Report is used or not according
to SMSD instance settings; yes forces Delivery Report.
CreatorID (text)
sender identification, it has to match PhoneID in SMSD
configuration to make SMSD process this message
outbox_multipart Data for outgoing multipart messages.
Fields description:
ID (integer unsigned)
the same meaning as values in outbox table
Text (text)
the same meaning as values in outbox table
Coding (enum('Default_No_Compression', 'Unicode_No_Compression',
'8bit', 'Default_Compression', 'Unicode_Compression'))
the same meaning as values in outbox table
UDH (text)
the same meaning as values in outbox table
Class (integer)
the same meaning as values in outbox table
TextDecoded (varchar(160))
the same meaning as values in outbox table
ID (integer unsigned)
the same meaning as values in outbox table
SequencePosition (integer)
info, what is SMS number in SMS sequence (start at 2, first part
is in outbox table).
phones Information about connected phones. This table is periodically refreshed and you can get information such as battery or signal level from here.
Fields description:
ID (text)
PhoneID value
UpdatedInDB (timestamp)
when this record has been updated
InsertIntoDB (timestamp)
when this record has been created (when phone has been
connected)
TimeOut (timestamp)
when this record expires
Send (boolean)
indicates whether SMSD is sending messages, depends on
configuration directive Send
Receive (boolean)
indicates whether SMSD is receiving messages, depends on
configuration directive Receive
IMEI (text)
IMEI of phone
Client (text)
client name, usually string Gammu with version
Battery (integer)
battery level in percent (or -1 if unknown)
Signal (integer)
signal level in percent (or -1 if unknown)
Sent (integer)
Number of sent SMS messages (SMSD does not reset this counter,
so it might overflow).
Received (integer)
Number of received SMS messages (SMSD does not reset this
counter, so it might overflow).
sentitems Log of sent messages (and unsent ones with error code). Also if delivery reports are enabled, message state is updated after receiving delivery report.
Fields description:
UpdatedInDB (timestamp)
when somebody (daemon, user, etc.) updated it
InsertIntoDB (timestamp)
when message was inserted into database
SendingDateTime (timestamp)
when message has been sent
DeliveryDateTime (timestamp)
Time of receiving delivery report (if it has been enabled).
Status (enum('SendingOK', 'SendingOKNoReport', 'SendingError',
'DeliveryOK', 'DeliveryFailed', 'DeliveryPending', 'DeliveryUnknown',
'Error'))
Status of message sending. SendingError mens that phone failed
to send the message, Error indicates some other error while
processing message.
SendingOK
Message has been sent, waiting for delivery report.
SendingOKNoReport
Message has been sent without asking for delivery report.
SendingError
Sending has failed.
DeliveryOK
Delivery report arrived and reported success.
DeliveryFailed
Delivery report arrived and reports failure.
DeliveryPending
Delivery report announced pending deliver.
DeliveryUnknown
Delivery report reported unknown status.
Error Some other error happened during sending (usually bug in
SMSD).
StatusError (integer)
Status of delivery from delivery report message, codes are
defined in GSM specification 03.40 section 9.2.3.15 (TP-Status).
Text (text)
SMS text encoded using hex values
DestinationNumber (varchar(20))
decoded destination number for SMS
Coding (enum('Default_No_Compression', 'Unicode_No_Compression',
'8bit', 'Default_Compression', 'Unicode_Compression'))
SMS text coding
UDH (text)
User Data Header encoded using hex values
SMSCNumber (varchar(20))
decoded number of SMSC, which sent SMS
Class (integer)
SMS class or -1 (0 is normal SMS, 1 is flash one)
TextDecoded (varchar(160))
SMS text in "human readable" form
ID (integer unsigned)
SMS ID
SenderID (text)
which SMSD instance sent this one sequence, see PhoneID
SequencePosition (integer)
SMS number in SMS sequence
TPMR (integer)
Message Reference like in GSM specs
RelativeValidity (integer)
SMS relative validity like encoded using GSM specs
CreatorID (text)
copied from CreatorID from outbox table, matches PhoneID
pbk Not used by SMSD currently, included only for application usage.
pbk_groups Not used by SMSD currently, included only for application usage.