SMS data extraction problem

RouterOS Scripting
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Hello,

I have a bunch of RB411U with different minor versions of ROS 4, equipped with a Sierra Wireless MC8775 (fw rev. H2_0_8_19MCAP G:/WS/FW/H2_0_8_19MCAP/MSM6280/SRC 2008/08/29 18:28:52).

Within my scripts I have to extract the number of the last received SMS in the inbox, but I almost always receive back an empty value:

[admin@b-fef-sanrossore] > /tool sms  inbox print
 # SRC             TIMESTAMP                      TEXT                                                                                                                                                                 
 0 +391234567890   Dec/28/2010 12:25:37 GMT +1    :cmd secret script disconnect                                                                                                                                         
 1 +391234567890   Dec/28/2010 12:25:45 GMT +1    :cmd secret script disconnect                                                                                                                                         
 2 +391234567890   Dec/28/2010 18:33:07 GMT +1    :cmd secret script status                                                                                                                                             
 3 +391234567890   Dec/28/2010 18:34:41 GMT +1    :cmd secret script connect                                                                                                                                            
 4 +391234567890   Dec/28/2010 18:42:20 GMT +1    :cmd secret script status                                                                                                                                             
 5 +391234567890   Dec/28/2010 19:28:49 GMT +1    :cmd secret script disconnect                                                                                                                                         
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 8 +391234567890   Jan/02/2011 12:50:19 GMT +1    :cmd secret script connect                                                                                                                                            
 9 +391234567890   Jan/02/2011 15:03:05 GMT +1    :cmd secret script status                                                                                                                                             
[admin@b-fef-sanrossore] > :put [/tool sms inbox get 3 text]  

[admin@b-fef-sanrossore] > :put [/tool sms inbox get 5 src]    

[admin@b-fef-sanrossore] > :put [/tool sms inbox get 7 timestamp ]

[admin@b-fef-sanrossore] > :foreach i in=[/tool sms inbox find] do={ :put [/tool sms inbox get $i text] }










[admin@b-fef-sanrossore] > :foreach i in=[/tool sms inbox find] do={ :put [/tool sms inbox get $i src] }










[admin@b-fef-sanrossore] >

The above version is 4.16, but I also tested on 4.11 on different boards (but same model, RB411U) with no luck.
All other features seem to work flawlessly, even within scripts:

[admin@b-fef-sanrossore] > :put [/ip address  get 0 address]
10.10.0.1/24
[admin@b-fef-sanrossore] > :put [/ip route get 1 gateway]
ether1
[admin@b-fef-sanrossore] >

Any suggestions?
Thank you in advance and happy new year.

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samael

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In addition to the previous info, I tried to develop this workaround to avoid that tedious result:

:global smsSender [/tool sms inbox get 9 src]

# ridiculous bug workaround
:if ($smsSender="") do={
# no src number was extracted from the last received SMS, so samuele's number is set.
    :set smsSender "+391234567890"
    :log info "Can't determine the last SMS src number, defaulting to +391234567890."
};

The code above is added in the preamble of the script, just before any reference of the $smsSender variable, to provide an acceptable fallback value of the number.
The :if has no effect as its code is never executed. I’m not a ROS scripting guru but I guess it’s due to the $smsSender variable which is not yet initialized with a value, thus not even empty. Actually, adding an else={} instruction with a debugging output confirms this.

While waiting for some fixes or suggestions from Mikrotik, do you ROS gurus have any hints or workarounds in mind?
Thank you.

–
samael