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T
– Alphanumeric character representing the type of paging message to be transmitted:
A = ALPHANUMERIC
,
N = NUMERIC
,
1 = ONE BEEP
,
2 = TWO BEEPS
,
3 = THREE BEEPS
,
4 = FOUR BEEPS
(alphanumeric pagers).
B
– Numeric character representing the data rate, in bits per second, at which the paging message is to be
transmitted:
5 = 512 BPS, 1 = 1200 BPS, 2 = 2400 BPS.
C...C
– 1 to 7 decimal digits representing the capcode of the paging receiver to which the message will be
transmitted. Leading zeroes are not required to be included in a numeric string if you use comma delimiters.
<STX>
– Used to mark the beginning of the message to be transmitted.
If you are using message types 1 to
4 beeps
, this character and all following characters are ignored by the paging system, until another <SOH> is
encountered.
X...X
– A string of up to 500 alphanumeric message characters to be transmitted.
<ETX>
– Used to mark the end of the message to be transmitted.
<EOT>
–
Used to mark the end of a Transmit Paging Message command.
All following characters are ignored
by the paging system until a <SOH> character is encountered.
<CR><LF>
– These optional characters are ignored by the paging system unless contained within a message
string and are used only for formatting output on a PC.
PAGING MESSAGE EXAMPLES:
EXAMPLE 1:
<SOH>A,5,46180,<STX>This is a test<ETX><EOT><CR><LF>
Will send the message “This is a test” at 512 bps to an alphanumeric pager with cap code 0046180.
Note:
The POCSAG alphanumeric character set is the entire ASCII 7 bit character set.
EXAMPLE 2:
<SOH>N,5,0765155,<STX>412-3433<ETX><EOT><CR><LF>
Will send the message “412-3433” at 512 bps to a numeric pager with Cap Code 0765155.
Note:
The POCSAG numeric character set allows Hyphen ( - ), space, left bracket ( [ ), and right bracket ( ] )
characters in addition to the normal numeric character set.
