Codan Radio MT-4E Paging - Manual (Page 9)

MT-4E PAGING SYSTEMS | USER GUIDE
Chapter 1: Introduction to Paging Page 1
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO PAGING
This document is written as an introduction to Codan Radio Communications MT-4E Paging Systems.
The document assumes the reader is familiar with Two-Way Radio Communications systems.
PAGING BASICS
Paging is typically a one-way communications system. When using the paging system, users will send
the paging information through a telephone system (paging terminal) or through a dispatch message
center (paging encoder). Paging information is sent from the paging terminal / encoder to a paging
transmitter (or transmitters), then over the air as an RF signal to everyone with a pager (paging receiver)
in the system coverage area. Paging information will be in either an analog or digital format. An analog
page will consist of a tone and/or voice information. A digital page requires the user to receive either
numeric or alpha numeric information on an LCD display.