SHOUT ts User’s Manual Version 1.0.1
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As with contact list, SatTerm is used to create and save canned messages into the
SHOUT ts’ memory. During setup SatTerm requires connectivity between the ts
and a NOC server to synchronize the lookup table of short codes. Sending canned
messages saves bandwidth and airtime cost because it is only short codes that
are being transmitted instead of the entire message body. The short codes are
defined by application developers and not by the ts.
Enter Text option lets user create free-text messages with three on-screen
keyboards. If a canned message is previously selected then the entered free-text
will be appended to the canned message.
After finish selecting a canned message and/or composing a free-text message,
user can either Send the message or Save as Draft. If Send is selected, a Success
screen will appear to indicate that the message has been added to the Outbox.
The ts must then be held with the antennas having full view of the sky. If the
Settings/Include GPS option is turned on then GPS location will be added to the
message. Messages with GPS location takes longer to complete since the ts has to
acquire a GPS fix.
Contacts is an address book with a list of contacts created and saved into the
SHOUT ts’ memory using NAL Research’s SatTerm software. During setup
SatTerm requires connectivity between the ts and a NOC server to synchronize
the lookup table of short codes. As with canned messages, short codes are used
to map real addresses to a lookup table located at a NOC.
Each contact is stored in a three-line format. The first line can have up to 30
characters, the second can have 50 characters and the third can have 30
characters. The information contained in each line is defined by developers and
not by the ts.
Figure below displays an example of the formatted contact
defined by the NAL
Research’s NOC server
. The first line has the contact phone number, the second
line has the e-mail address and the third line has the home address. Upon
receiving a free-text or canned message from the ts that is referenced to a
specific contact, the NAL Research’s NOC server forwards the message to the
email address listed on the second line of the contact. Application developers can
define their own set of rules
with information contained in the contact so that
their NOC servers can use to determine the appropriate response.
Contacts
