https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sending-variables-to-custom-command-in-plain-text-not-unicode/m-p/3590661#M13278 I'm sending out %noticeplaintext% via SMS to mobile phones, and SMS only supports 69 characters when sent via unicode. If I use plain text I can send 160. My events right now are getting cut off at exactly 69 chars so it must be using unicode. How can I control the encoding of my %noticeplaintext%? My custom command starts a Windows batch file. Contents below:<BR /><BR />---------<BR />@echo off<BR /><BR />start d:\batch\easisms.exe /action=sendlog /quiet /port=3 /mobile=5555555 /msg=%noticeplaintext%<BR /><BR />exit<BR />---------<BR /> Wed, 27 Jul 2005 02:18:05 GMT Alexander Glass 2005-07-27T02:18:05Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sending-variables-to-custom-command-in-plain-text-not-unicode/m-p/3590661#M13278 I'm sending out %noticeplaintext% via SMS to mobile phones, and SMS only supports 69 characters when sent via unicode. If I use plain text I can send 160. My events right now are getting cut off at exactly 69 chars so it must be using unicode. How can I control the encoding of my %noticeplaintext%? My custom command starts a Windows batch file. Contents below:<BR /><BR />---------<BR />@echo off<BR /><BR />start d:\batch\easisms.exe /action=sendlog /quiet /port=3 /mobile=5555555 /msg=%noticeplaintext%<BR /><BR />exit<BR />---------<BR /> Wed, 27 Jul 2005 02:18:05 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/sending-variables-to-custom-command-in-plain-text-not-unicode/m-p/3590661#M13278 Alexander Glass 2005-07-27T02:18:05Z