WaveWare CommTech MaxPage User Manual
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4.5.3 Ports
The Ports Menu screen is used to configure the transmitter, telephone interface and RS232
interface. At the Config Mode menu screen, press
to select Ports. The Ports Menu screen
will be shown.
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IMPORTANT: The “PBX” and “RS232” menu items may not be available on all
units as it is a licensed option. Contact your place of purchase to enable these functions.
1.Transmitter
2.PBX 3.RS232
Transmitter
This menu is used to configure transmitter specific settings such as baud rate and ignore busy.
1.
At the Config Mode menu screen, press
to select Transmitter.
2.
This is the Transmitter Menu. You will then see the screen below. The first field for
editing is the Baud Rate. Press any key on the keypad to toggle between 512, 1200 or
2400 bps. This must match the pagers used at the site. Press the
key to move along
to the next field.
Baud rate [ 512]
Ignore Busy [N]
3.
The next field is Ignore Busy. Press any key on the keypad to toggle between Y or N
(Yes or No) in this field. Press the
key to move along to the next screen when
ready.
NOTE: If N is selected, MAXPage will wait until the channel is clear before
attempting to send the message. If Y is selected, MAXPage will always attempt to
send the message straight away.
4.
The first field on the next screen is Pocsag Tone. This field sets the default beep code
sent to the receiving device. Press any key on the keypad to toggle between tone A, B,
C or D. Press the
key to move along to the next field.
5.
The second field is Encoding. This field is only used when serial input from a COMP2
or TAP third party paging system is being utilized and the Lookup ID? field in the
Main Screen > (Enter Config Mode) > Ports > RS232 > Protocol menu is set to [N].
In this case a raw cap code is being supplied within the protocol data, so there is no
way MAXPage can determine how to encode the message in Pocsag. This field sets the
default encoding method. Press the
key to move along to the next screen.
Pocsag Tone [A]
Encoding [Numer]
6.
The next screen is a menu screen for two-tone paging. To enter this menu screen, press
, otherwise press the
key to move along to the next screen saving changes
when ready, where you will be taken back to the first screen of the Transmitter Menu.
Voice Paging
Options
7.
If you choose to enter the Voice Paging Options menu, you will see the screen below.
Two-tone pagers are triggered by two tones sent sequentially. The fields on this screen
determine the length of each of the two tones. The first tone is usually one second or