How to Decode Alpha Fields in the STK Menu

REQUESTING SUPPORT for MOBITEK Q24 STK MODEM

Product:  MOBITEK® Q24 STK MODEM (1 SIM card) Expiry Date of Warranty and Support I14-2036-ONEMART
12 Month from 21,March 2014
Which STK API version are you using?
  • version 6
 What is the Operating System?
  • Windows 7
  • 32 bit
Which programming language are you using?
  • VB.net
 SIM Card Used:
  • Name of Operator: ORANGE
  • Memory: 128k
  • 3G activated: Yes
Description of Problem: Case 1 : Network Operator is ORANGE. In this case the Main menu and Sub menu are not display correctly but in my cell phone it’s correct. See the attach screen capture

Orange STK MENU-01

Orange STK MENU in mobile phone (left) compare with STK VB.net (right)

 

Orange STK MENU-02

Orange STK MENU as shown in mobile phone (left) and in VB.net (right)

 
Suggested Solution no. 1  We suggest a work around:-

  • noted down all the values of the menu item that matches the menu in your mobile phone screen, refer table below
  • when you call functions of MOBITEK STK API, you only need to pass the value of the menu item and not the text of menu item as the argument/parameter
Menu Menu Item FUNCTION CALL
Recharger 128
Retour 129
Rapports 130
Option 131
Dernier trans 1 Correct -> SubMenuSelect(1)
Wrong ->  SubMenuSelect(Dernier trans)
Solde 2 SubMenuSelect(2)
Rapport jour. 3 SubMenuSelect(3)
Suggested Solution no. 2 In countries where English is not the primary language, the STK Menu may display alphanumeric string instead of English text. We provide VB.Net sample code to decode the alphanumeric string.The VB.Net Sample Code decodes the alphanumeric string into UCS2 and then decode the UCS2 to display the unicode characters. The sample code is in the MOBITEK Air-Time Reload Development Kit CD.

Example, the alphanumeric string displayed by Orange STK Menu is “810E00C4E5F2EEE9E5F220F4F2E1EEF3AE “, the VB.Net sample code will decode it and convert to “Dernier trans.”. Refer image below.

Decoding Orange STK MENU-01

Decoding Orange STK MENU-01