Caller ID

Format

• SDMF - Single Data Message Format
• MDMF - Multiple Data Message Format

SDMF supports a single data type and is used to send the phone number for number only service.

MDMF supports multiple data types and is used to send name and number information. It is structured so that new types of data can be added easily (address?, city?, state?, etc).

Both formats include a value to determine the type of data to follow (data type word), a value to indicate the length of the data (data length word), and a checksum. See below for an example of each format.

SDMF Example

04 12 30 39 33 30 31 32 32 34 36 30 39 35 35 35 31 32 31 32 51

04 - message type word - 4 indicates SDMF 12 - 18 decimal, number of bytes in date, time and phone number 30,39 - 09, September (ASCII) 33,30 - 30, 30th day (ASCII) 31,32 - 12, 12 hour (ASCII) 32,34 - 24, 24 minutes (12:24 PM) (ASCII) 36,30,39 - 609, Area code (ASCII) 35,35,35 - 555, prefix (ASCII) 31,32,31,32 - 1212, sufix (ASCII) 51h = Checksum Word

Thus, the CID string can be summarized as follows:

The message is in SDMF format, consisting of 18 bytes of information, not including the checksum. The call was made on September 30 at 12:24pm. The calling party's phone number was (609)555-1212.

If the calling party's directory number is not available to the terminating central office, the phone number field contains an ASCII 'O'. If the calling party invokes the privacy capability (blocking), the phone number field contains an ASCII 'P'.

The following SDMF string is an example of a call that was blocked. The 50 just before the checksum is the ASCII code for a 'P'.

04 09 30 39 33 30 31 32 32 34 50 12

MDMF Example

80 20 01 08 30 33 32 34 30 39 30 32 07 08 4A 4F 48 4E 20 44 4F 45 02 0A 38 30 30 35 35 35 31 32 31 32 7D

• 80 - Message type word, 80 indicates MDMF
• 20 - Length of data, 32 bytes in date,time,name and number
• 01 - data type, 1 = date & time
• 08 - length of date and time, 8 bytes
• 30,33 - 03, March
• 32,34 - 24, 24th day
• 30,39 - 09, hour
• 30,32 - 02, minutes (9:02am)
• 07 - data type, 7 = name
• 08 - length of name, 8 bytes
• 4A - 'J'
• 4F - 'O'
• 48 - 'H'
• 4E - 'N'
• 20 - ' ' (space)
• 44 - 'D'
• 4F - 'O'
• 45 - 'E'
• 02 - data type, 2 = phone number
• 0A - length of phone number, 10 bytes
• 38 - 8
• 30 - 0
• 30 - 0
• 35 - 5
• 35 - 5
• 35 - 5
• 31 - 1
• 32 - 2
• 31 - 1
• 32 - 2
• 7D - Checksum

  The following is a list of possible data types:

• 1 - date & time
• 2 - phone number
• 4 - number not present
• 7 - name
• 8 - name not present

  If the calling party's directory number is not available to the terminating central office, the phone number and name fields contain an ASCII 'O'. If the calling party invokes the privacy capability (blocking), the phone number and name fields contain an ASCII 'P'.

  From what I have seen, the types 4 and 8 are always followed by a length value of 1 and then either a 'P' or an 'O' to indicate unavailable or blocked, respectively.

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  Checksum

  The checksum value contains the twos complement of the modulo 256 sum of the other words in the data message (i.e., message type, message length, and data words). The receiving equipment may calculate the modulo 256 sum of the received words and add this sum to the received checksum word. A result of zero generally indicates that the message was correctly received. Message retransmission is not supported.