Codan Radio MT-4E Paging - Manual (Page 10)

USER GUIDE | MT-4E PAGING SYSTEMS
Chapter 1: Introduction to Paging Page 2
PAGING PROTOCOLS
POCSAG (Post Offi ce Code Standardization Advisory Group)
POCSAG (also known as Radio Paging Code No. 1 or RPC1) is a one-way, 2-level FSK (Frequency
Shift Key) digital encoding format that supports data rates of 512, 1200 or 2400 bps. A mix of different
paging protocols or different POCSAG speeds on the same paging channel is supported. POCSAG
supports tone only, numeric and alphanumeric pagers. It does not support binary data types.
FLEX™
FLEX™ is Motorola’s high-speed one-way paging protocol that supports data rates of 1600, 3200 and
6400 bps. FLEX™ supports numeric, alphanumeric and binary data types and can operate on any
available paging frequency. FLEX™ can operate as a 2-level FSK at 1600 and 3200 bps and as a
4-level FSK at 3200 and 6400 bps. FLEX™ supports tone only, numeric and alphanumeric pagers.
FLEX™ also supports binary data types.
Multitone Mark IV / V / VI / VII
The Multitone Electronics Mark IV, V, VI and VII are one-way, 2-level FSK digital encoding formats,
and can accommodate tone only, numeric display and voice paging. Unlike other digital formats that
transmit a fi xed number of binary ones and zeros in a fi xed period of time, these formats require 2
milliseconds to transmit a binary 0 and 4 milliseconds to transmit a binary 1. The data transmission rate
varies between 250 and 500 bits per second.
GSC (Golay Sequential Code)
Motorola’s Golay Sequential Code paging is a one-way, 2-level FSK digitally encoded format capable
of transmitting tone only, numeric, alphanumeric and voice pages. The pager address information is
transmitted at 300 bps while any numeric or alphanumeric data transmitted to the pager is sent at 600
bps.
SA-206
The Load Management Format SA-206 page type is a non-paging format which is used to transmit
Scientifi c Atlanta’s proprietary protocols using Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) on existing paging
infrastructure.