Example 1, Example 2, Example 3 – WaveWare SPS-5 v9E User Manual
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<STX> (Hex code 02) is used to mark the beginning of a string of message characters to be transmitted.
For paging message types of 1 to 4 Beeps (defined by the ‘T’ character above), this character
and all following characters are ignored by the paging transmitter, until another <SOH> is
encountered.
This character may have one or no leading commas separating it from the cap code.
X...X
A string of 0 to 256 alphanumeric message characters to be transmitted. For paging message
types of 1 to 4 Beeps, this character and all following characters are ignored by the paging
system, until another <SOH> is encountered.
<ETX> (Hex code 03) is used to mark the end of a string of message characters to be transmitted. For
paging message types of 1 to 4 Beeps, this character and all following characters are ignored by
the paging system, until another <SOH> is encountered.
<EOT> (Hex code 04) is used to mark the end of a Transmit Paging Message command string. All
following characters are ignored by the paging system until a <SOH> character is encountered.
<CR><LF> (CR is Hex code 0D, LF is Hex code 0A)
These characters are ignored by the paging system unless contained within a message string
and are used only for formatting output on a PC.
The <CR> and <LF> characters are optional.
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.
Example 3:
<SOH>N1765155<STX>412-3433<ETX><EOT>
Will send the message “412-3433” at 1200 bps to a numeric pager with cap code 0765155.
Note the lack of commas and the implied leading zeroes on the cap code.