Sending variables to custom command in plain text not Unicode

[Alexander Glass]

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:

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@echo off

start d:\batch\easisms.exe /action=sendlog /quiet /port=3 /mobile=5555555 /msg=%noticeplaintext%

exit
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