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Manual  

 

7900 Pager Programming 

 

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Commtech

Wireless

 

 

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25

 

5.1.9

 

Over The Air 

 

 

Allow Setting Of Time 

Tick  this  field  if  you  would  like  to  enable  the  ability  for  the  time  to  be  altered  using 
special  OTA  commands.  The  commands  available  to  alter  the  pagers  time  are  shown 
below. 

Function 

OTA Command 

_ _ _ _24h time 

[0090][_ _ _ _-0]        

 _ _ _ _AM time 

[0090][_ _ _ _-1]       

_ _ _ _PM time 

[0090][_ _ _ _-2]       

 

Summary of Contents for 7900

Page 1: ...s com Web www commtechwireless com Asia Pacific PO Box 1037 OPDC 6916 PERTH Western Australia Phone 61 8 6240 0000 Fax 61 8 6240 0001 Americas 8301 Cypress Plaza Drive Suite 105 JACKSONVILLE FL 32256 4416 Phone 1 904 281 0073 Fax 1 904 281 0074 EMEA Vindingaard Rinvej 1 DK 7100 Vejle DENMARK Phone 45 8226 7280 Fax 45 8226 7289 ...

Page 2: ...e to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase In the event of notification within the warranty period of defects in material or workmanship Commtech Wireless will replace the defective diskettes documentation and electronic circuitry The remedy for breach of this warranty shall be limited to replacement and shall not encompass any other dam...

Page 3: ...onents 6 3 3 Other Required Components 6 4 PROGRAMMING 7 5 USING THE PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE 10 5 1 User Interface 10 5 1 1 General 11 5 1 2 Display 13 5 1 3 Alerting 15 5 1 4 Misc 17 5 1 5 Reminders 19 5 1 6 Duplicate Messages 20 5 1 7 Folders 22 5 1 8 Out of Range 23 5 1 9 Over The Air 25 5 1 10 Hand Program 28 5 1 11 Tones 29 5 1 12 Names 31 6 APPENDIX 32 6 1 Further Help and Support 32 ...

Page 4: ...e will be no problems when using the 7900 pager Conventions NOTE A note preceded with this symbol indicates secondary information pertaining to the topic under discussion IMPORTANT A Right pointing arrow followed by text in this manner presents important information WARNING Warnings like this alert you to the fact that you might damage your equipment or lose data if you don t follow instructions c...

Page 5: ...ogramming CommtechWireless Page 5 2 ABOUT THE 7900 PAGER Introduction The CommtechWireless 7900 Pager is as clever as it is simple Designed for alphanumeric numeric and tone only paging applications it s a dream come true ...

Page 6: ...This 7900 programming manual 3 3 Other Required Components The following will also be required in order to program the pagers At least one 7900 pager that requires programming The cap codes that the pager will respond to The baud rate of POCSAG data that is being transmitted The frequency of the transmitter A start up message that will be observed when turning on the pager An IBM compatible PC run...

Page 7: ... USB port on the back or front of the PC case This style of connector is shown circled below 2 Plug the other end of the supplied USB cable into the connector on the programming cradle shown below 3 Insert the supplied CDROM containing the programming software into your CDROM drive 4 Browse the contents of this disk using the My Computer icon on your desktop ...

Page 8: ...an one USB programmer can be connected to the PC at a time 8 Click the USB programmer you wish to use The drop down box below should automatically jump to the corresponding pager type If not choose 7900 here and then click the Configure button 9 A new window will then be displayed showing all of the 7900 pagers settings From here you can edit the settings read write settings from to a pager or rea...

Page 9: ... to press down hard so that there is a good contact between the pager and programmer pins 13 Before reading or writing you can always tell if the pager is making good contact with the programming jig by looking at the Status Bar As seen below it will show NO PAGER if it detects no pager or if the pager is not properly inserted 14 Once a good contact is made it will show Pager Inserted ...

Page 10: ...ed the password service123 must be entered in the Advanced Settings Password field The programming screen has five buttons towards the bottom of the window Print Print a hardcopy of all settings to a printer Save Save all settings to a file on the PC Load Load previously saved settings from a file on the PC Write Write the currently displayed settings to the pager Read Read the settings from the p...

Page 11: ...be the various settings within the programming software The software consists of many tabs Each tab will be discussed in detail below Capcodes The 7900 requires an identification address similar to a mobile phone number in order to receive pages The 7900 pager has 6 such addresses that it can respond to ...

Page 12: ...s where you need some of the cap codes to automatically increment after successfully writing NOTE You can press the Manually Increment button to manual increment any of the cap codes as per the setting in these drop down boxes Serial Number Enter the serial number of the pager if you wish to record it in the pagers memory Note that the serial number is by default the same serial number as the stic...

Page 13: ... arrow keys The first line of the LCD contains a small icon for each of the stored messages on the pager The icon will be different depending on if the message is currently selected read unread or locked The second line of the LCD shows message information which changes as you scroll through them This information includes slot number cap code number beep code and receive time Remove All Reference ...

Page 14: ...o the maximum number of messages the pager will hold You can choose between 10 and 60 messages Message Number Display Format When the pager receives a message it gets assigned a slot number Choose Only Number to make the display show just the slot number e g 01 Message Choose Index Total to make the display show the slot number followed by the total number of messages in the pager e g 02 04 Messag...

Page 15: ...p linked to the received A B C or D beep code Urgent call and priority override are always activated Full User Select User can select a beep code A B C D or a melody M1 M2 M3 M4 for the alert tone The pager is not linked to the beep code except urgent call and priority override Semi User Select User can select between tone or melody M1 M2 M3 M4 When tone is selected the tone will be linked to the ...

Page 16: ... V M T with the pagers alert menu not displayed V with the pagers alert menu not displayed TV with the pagers alert menu not displayed Alert Length When a message is received this is the length of time the pagers will beep or vibrate for depending on pager alert settings Replace Tone Only Messages With User Text Tick this option to enable the next function Beep Code A D Replacement Text When the p...

Page 17: ...Fire in Rm5 You can select how the slot number is assigned in this field Date Format This field is used to toggle between the way the date is displayed on the pager Select between DD MM YY or MM DD YY or YY MM DD Ability To Protect Messages From Deletion If this field is ticked the user will have access to the Protect Message option within the Message Delete Menu ...

Page 18: ...t ticked Select Language Choose the language to be used on the pager You can select between UK Russian Spanish French German Italian Thai or USA Changing the language setting changes the display of the day of the week month and the am pm display Number of Keys Leave this field set to 4 for normal operation Backlight control The LCD screen LED backlight can be activated in one of three ways Setting...

Page 19: ...Every This refers to the number of times the pager will remind the user that there is an unread message waiting Select 1 2 5 10 or 15 minutes Number Of Reminder Beeps This refers to the number of times the pager will remind the user that there is an unread message two times or until the message is read Unread Message Indication If the pager contains a message that has not been read by the user an ...

Page 20: ... simply have its receive time updated and the pager will not alert the user at all If this field is unticked and a duplicate message is received the original message will have its receive time updated and the pager will alert Display Duplicate Message Icon If this field is ticked a small duplicate message icon to be displayed on the screen when viewing a duplicate message ...

Page 21: ...d refers to the duplicate message rejection timeout period It can be set to either 1 2 3 or 4 minutes Repeat Message Tone Pattern When the pager receives a duplicate message the pager can emit a tone Using this field you can choose between a Short beep or the Normal alert tone ...

Page 22: ...with wide area paging Each folder is individually configured here Name Each mail box folder can be assigned a four character alphanumeric name This will be provided by your carrier Alert Each mail box folder can be set to alert the user in one of three ways It can be set to Mute emit a Short beep or the Normal beep code tone ...

Page 23: ...unction Enable Warning Message When Out Of Range When the pager detects that it has fallen out of range ticking this field will make the pager display OUT OF SERVICE on the screen Enable Vibrate When Out Of Range When the pager detects that it has fallen out of range ticking this field will make the pager vibrate continuously ...

Page 24: ...nly when the pager is out of range or only when the pager is within range Detect Time This field can be set between 1 2 3 4 5 and 6 minutes If the pager does not detect a POCSAG carrier signal on its set frequency within this time frame it will sense that it is out of range and warn the user according to the settings above ...

Page 25: ... Time Tick this field if you would like to enable the ability for the time to be altered using special OTA commands The commands available to alter the pagers time are shown below Function OTA Command _ _ _ _24h time 0090 _ _ _ _ 0 _ _ _ _AM time 0090 _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ _PM time 0090 _ _ _ _ 2 ...

Page 26: ...Tick this field if you would like to enable the ability to set the alert type beep vibrate mute etc using special OTA commands The commands available to alter the pagers alert mode are shown below Function OTA Command Mute 0093 0 Beep 0093 1 Vibrate 0093 2 Beep Vibrate 0093 3 Allow Cap Code To Be Changed Tick this field if you would like to enable the ability to change cap codes and baud rate usin...

Page 27: ...code 1 beep code C enabled 0095 1C 1 cap code 1 beep code D disabled 0095 1D 0 cap code 1 beep code D enabled 0095 1D 1 cap code 2 beep code A disabled 0095 2A 0 etc etc Allow Custom OTA Commands For The Following The OTA commands used to control pager power off and deletion of all stored messages can be customized if required To enable non standard messages to control these OTA functions tick thi...

Page 28: ...e pager settings including ability to disable enable change cap codes change frequency and baud rate See the user manual for more information Require Password An optional password can be added for extra protection Tick this to require a password Password If the password feature above is enabled enter the password in this field It is a four digit numeric password Default 0200 ...

Page 29: ...Manual 7900 Pager Programming CommtechWireless Page 29 5 1 11 Tones ...

Page 30: ...ity If the pager is set to vibrate mode then this forces the pager to play the A B C or D beep code sent to the pager Manual The pager will keep on alerting until a key is pressed Manual Priority The pager will change from vibrate mode to beep mode and will continue to beep until a key is pressed Manual Urgent The pager will warble the urgent sound until a key is pressed Decoding In addition to a ...

Page 31: ...ch message then received by the pager will then display this text at the end of the message after the time stamp In Message Preview Mode see display tab this information acts as the preview as it changes as the messages are scrolled through Cap Code Beep Code 1 4 Description These fields are where the text you want to associate with each cap code or beep code go Each field can be six alphanumeric ...

Page 32: ...ributor or Dealer sets up most systems Contact your place of purchase with inquiries beyond the scope of this manual This Product is Not Field Serviceable Should a fault develop with the hardware or software contact your place of purchase for the most appropriate form of action Do not attempt to open or repair any of the products as this may void any warranty ...

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