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APPENDIX I – COMP2 INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS
A COMP2 PROTOCOL PAGING MESSAGE IS FORMATTED AS:
PagerID<CR>Message<CR>
The COMP2 interface supports paging message blocks up to 256 characters in length, group paging,
contact monitoring, and timed messaging. The pager ID can be from 1 to 10 characters in length. Pager ID
field lengths from 5 to 10 digits are assumed to be Extended Pager IDs (
See Appendix E
). Carriage Return
(
<CR>
) and the tilde (
~
) character are the normal delimiters in COMP2 protocol.
A COMP2 PROTOCOL SUPERSET IS ALSO AVAILABLE WHERE THE MESSAGE FORMATTED AS:
PagerIDX<CR>Message<CR>
The message will be delivered using function code value of X. Values of X include:
A
(
1
),
B
(
2
),
C
(
3
), or
D
(
4
).
AN EXAMPLE OF COMP2 MESSAGE USING FUNCTION CODE A AND PAGER ID 101 IS:
101A<CR>Test Message<CR>
CONTROL CHARACTERS RECOGNIZED BY SPS5 V9 SERIES PAGING SYSTEMS IN COMP2 MODE INCLUDE:
•
CARRIAGE RETURN
– <CR> | 13
•
LINEFEED
–
<LF> | 10
•
TILDE
–
~ | 126
•
DELETE
–
<DEL> | 127
CONTROL CHARACTERS GENERATED BY THE V9 SERIES PAGING SYSTEMS IN COMP2 MODE INCLUDE:
•
CARRIAGE RETURN
– <CR> | 13
•
XON
–
<XON> | 17
•
XOFF
– <XOFF> | 19
•
ABANDON TRANSACTION
– <RS> | 30
