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data command

Last update:
May 18, 2026
To send binary data to a single destination address in an SMPP DATA_SM PDU, the Data parameter of a SendGatewayMessage function or the return variable of the CFC listener method must have the following fields. For more information about these fields, see the documentation for the SUBMIT_MULTI PDU in the SMPP3.4 specification, which you can download from the SMS Forum at www.smsforum.net/ .

Required fields

FieldContents
command
Must be data.
messagePayload
The message data. To convert data to binary format, use the ColdFusion ToBinary function.
destAddress
The address to which to send the message.
sourceAddress
The address of this application. You can omit this field; the configuration file specifies the application address.

Optional fields

The following optional fields can have default values set in the SMS event gateway configuration file. For information on the default values see Configuring an SMS event gateway in the Developing ColdFusion Applications.
destAddress_npi
destAddress_ton
serviceType
The following optional fields do not have default values:
alertOnMsgDelivery
DestTelematicsId
NetworkErrorCode
SetDpf
callbackNum
DisplayTime
NumberOfMessages
SmsSignal
callbackNumAtag
EsmClass
PayloadType
SourceAddrSubunit
callbackNumPresInd
ItsReplyType
PrivacyIndicator
SourceBearerType
dataCoding
ItsSessionInfo
QosTimeToLive
SourceNetworkType
DestAddrSubunit
LanguageIndicator
ReceiptedMessgeId
SourcePort
DestBearerType
MessageState
registeredDelivery
SourceSubaddress
DestNetworkType
MoreMsgsToSend
SarMsgRefNum
SourceTelematicsId
DestinationPort
MsMsgWaitFacilities
SarSegmentSeqnum
UserMessageReference
DestSubaddress
MsValidity
SarTotalSegments
UserResponseCode

Example

The following example onIncomingMessage method converts an incoming message to binary data, and sends the binary version of the message back to the originator address:
<cffunction name="onIncomingMessage" output="no"> 
<cfargument name="CFEvent" type="struct" required="yes"> 
<!--- Get the message ---> 
<cfset data=CFEvent.DATA> 
<cfset message="#data.message#"> 
<!--- Create the return structure ---> 
<cfset retValue = structNew()> 
<cfset retValue.command = "data"> 
<!--- Sending to incoming message originator; get value from CFEvent. ---> 
<cfset retValue.destAddress = arguments.CFEvent.originatorid> 
<cfset retValue.messagePayload = tobinary(tobase64("echo: " & message))> 
<cfreturn retValue> 
</cffunction>

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