ConneXions CONX8/1 Single Port, Mains USA Version
CONX8/1MAN 10/00
Issue 4
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Section 3: Technical Information
Numeric Pagers
Numeric pagers will normally allow for up to 20 digits to be transmitted within a message.
Typically the screen will display the first 12 digits and scroll the remainder when prompted by the
user. Characters allowed include 0-9, space, -(hyphen), ‘U’ (letter U for ‘U’rgent), [,] open/close
square brackets, (open square brackets can also be used to identify the letter ‘C’ for ‘C’ancel.
Alphanumeric Pagers
Alphanumeric pagers come in a wide variety of styles and formats. They will accept a full
alphabet in both upper and lower case apart from other ASCII characters in the range 32-122 as
per ISO 646. The screen displays will offer 1,2 or 4 lines of text and will scroll messages of
varying length depending upon their specification (refer to the specific pager manual)
Mixed Pager Applications
Where this is an operational requirement you must specify at the time of ordering the Numeric
and Alphanumeric pager ranges within the logical pager range of 1 to 9,999. E.g. if the unit
employs a telephone interface, this could be ID 1 to 1000 reserved for numeric and 1001 to 9,999
for Alphanumeric. Remember that the range selected must allow for Group Calls as well as
individual pager ID’s. The reason for the range requirement is due to the change in transmitted
data word format under the POCSAG standard.
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