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“The On-Site Wireless Paging Systems for On Premise Paging”

Z-500

Series

Paging System Manual

Version 9.XX and 9.XX

Firmware

InterPage

Z-500

Single

Com Port Paging System

Z-500

Pro

Dual

Com Port Paging System

InterPage

Z-500

Series

Alphanumeric

Paging Systems

“The On-Site Wireless Paging Systems for On- Premise Paging”

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Summary of Contents for Z-500 Series

Page 1: ...00 Pro Dual Com Port Paging System InterPage Z 500 Series Alphanumeric Paging Systems The On Site Wireless Paging Systems for On Premise Paging InterPage Sales 1 800 992 1000 x1 InterPage Fax 561 844...

Page 2: ...lculations Page 32 Appendix D TAP Response Codes Page 33 Appendix E Extended ID Processing Page 34 Appendix F Embedded Control Characters Page 36 Appendix G WaveWare Interface Specifications Page 37 o...

Page 3: ...er See the Label on the back of the Z 500 Series Paging Systems to Identify the Operating Frequency of the Paging System Optional VHF Band Available Industry Standard POCSAG Paging Protocol Covering t...

Page 4: ...ge Throughput by Outputting a Single POCSAG Preamble for the Batch of Messages Default Max Batch Size is 10 Programmable Pager ID as Capcode mode This Mode allows a Pager ID value in the COMP2 or TAP...

Page 5: ...ing Scope Input Mode Using WaveWare Input Mode The InterPage Z 500 Series Paging Encoder s pager database is organized into four sections Pager Families Pager Groups Canned Predefined Messages Setting...

Page 6: ...d multiple pager IDs and messages may be interspersed in a single transmission cycle Optimum message batching occurs when all pagers operate with the same data rate such as 512 bps bits per second The...

Page 7: ...ms where pager cap codes can only be in increments of 8 e g Scope paging systems Default is NOT Enabled Restore Defaults Buttons Clicking on the Button is any Screen where it available will Reset the...

Page 8: ...nd the information gathered together with the service records The frequency of the tests required will vary between applications If a pager has been dropped or is worn by a person involved in an accid...

Page 9: ...ging receiver types for use with the InterPage Paging System Alphanumeric Numeric Tone vibe only with or without multiple tone vibrate cadence features The InterPage Z 500 Series Paging Systems suppor...

Page 10: ...ly control the transmitter The InterPage Z 500 Series Encoder maintains an input buffer which can receive commands from the Host Device while a page is being transmitted When a command is received fro...

Page 11: ...r of the Transmitter unit Plug the RS 232 Cable into an available DB9 serial port connector on the back of a Host Device such as a PC or Nurse Call system or other Host Device If the serial port has a...

Page 12: ...the screen The Software will check for any Conflicts with the Information you have entered If so you will need to correct the problem s and Click OK again to verify all Conflicts were corrected Settin...

Page 13: ...RS 232 serial cable to an Available Com Port The Z 500 Pro or the Z 500 SP will be Auto Detected by the Encoder Setup Software when you Open the Com Port Encoder Software Main Screen Setup the Com Por...

Page 14: ...m Port Part 1 Click the Open Com 2 to Open the Com Port The Software will detect the Z 500 Pro or the SP Paging System and Open the Com Port and the Light will turn Green See Fig 4 Part 2 and 4A Part...

Page 15: ...Dual Com Port or the Z 500 SP Single Com Port Paging System The Software has Opened the Com Port and will now READ the Database Click OK See Fig 5 Fig 5 You MUST read the Database For Programming of t...

Page 16: ...s Pager Families Screen Enter Quantity Pager ID s 7 Digit Cap Code Baud Rate Pager Type and Function code Function Code 4 is normally for Alphanumeric Pagers and Function Code 1 is normally for Numeri...

Page 17: ...e Pager Families programmed previously Note In most cases you would use a Common Pager Cap Code in the Pager themselves instead of using Pager Groups Using a Common Cap code will page all pagers at th...

Page 18: ...to be sent in the Canned Messages Screen When Finished Click OK See Fig 10 Fig 10 Activate Timer If Timer in the group is RED click on the Box to Activate and it will turn Green Timer Message Choose t...

Page 19: ...Messages Screen See Fig 11 Fig 11 Canned Messages Configuration for Both of the Z 500 Series Paging Systems In the Predefined Messages Setup Screen type the Message you want sent 1 Message per Line an...

Page 20: ...Screen See Fig 13 Fig 13 Settings Icon Settings for Both Z 500 Series Paging Systems There are Two New Models of Z 500 Series Encoder The Z 500 Pro Dual RS 232 Serial DB 9 Com Port Paging System This...

Page 21: ...rt Choices are Verbose or Non Verbose and Baud Rates of 300 1200 2400 and 9600 with Connection Settings of N 8 or E 7 C Advanced Encoder Settings Button Click on this Button to open the Advanced Encod...

Page 22: ...ig 16 The following are Global and affect BOTH Com Ports A Carrier Detect 0v B Transmitter Duty Cycle 66 and Carrier Signal Detection is ON Checked C Data Encoding Polarity Normal D Max Messages per B...

Page 23: ...and TAP COMP1 COMP2 WaveWare and Scope B Settings for the Com Port Choices are Verbose or Non Verbose and Baud Rates of 300 1200 2400 and 9600 with Connection Settings of N 8 E 7 or 0 7 C Restore Defa...

Page 24: ...Fig 16A Default Settings For the Z 500 SP Single Com Port Settings Screen Advance Encoder Settings Default Settings As Shown Fig 16A A Carrier Detect 0v B Transmitter Duty Cycle 66 and Carrier Signal...

Page 25: ...e Fig 17 Fig 17 Programs the Z 500 Series Encoder Database and All Settings On the Main Screen of Encoder Setup Program Click on the Read Encoder Icon to see the Database information Used when you wan...

Page 26: ...file name or you may also add it to the file name yourself Recommendation After Reading the System for the First Time and Before you Edit the Configuration Save the Database You could name it Default...

Page 27: ...want to test It MUST match the Pager ID in the Database B Pager Message Type the Message you want to send to the Pager C Message Archive When you type a Message B you have the choice to save it by Hig...

Page 28: ...Range Test Setup In this screen you can use the Default Test message or type any message in the Base Message Field A See Fig 23 Fig 23 Range Test Setup A Base Message Use Default Message Test or any...

Page 29: ...lid the Response will show the Pager Information B and if the ID is NOT in the Pager Families Database it will be Invalid and the Response will show Pager ID is Invalid See Fig 24 Fig 24 Lookup ID Fun...

Page 30: ...onfigure the paging system for other serial communication parameters Please refer to Appendix B Com Port Settings for details on serial communication parameters The InterPage Z 500 Series Paging Encod...

Page 31: ...ess is optional The InterPage Z 500 Series Paging Systems will automatically login a Host Device and process the paging message if it recognizes a properly formatted TAP message block at any point in...

Page 32: ...ging messages valid characters are the numbers 0 through 9 hyphen and space Control Characters can be embedded into paging messages so that high end alpha pagers and paging data receivers can respond...

Page 33: ...Block and a checksum error occurs the paging system will respond with an error message and a NAK CR which tells the Host Device to resend the transaction See Appendix D TAP Response Codes for more inf...

Page 34: ...her Simplex or Duplex Operation COMP2 means that the Data Formatted as PagerID CR Message CR or GroupID CR Message CR will cause the Message to be delivered to the Specified Pager ID or Group ID TAP N...

Page 35: ...orm STX ID CR Message CR ETX TXString Chr 2 txtID Text Chr 13 txtMessage Text Chr 13 Chr 3 Calculate and append checksum j 1 Sum 0 Do Until j Len TXString B Mid TXString j 1 D Asc B Sum Sum D j j 1 Lo...

Page 36: ...pager ID Pager ID field contains illegal characters This message is accompanied by an RS 511 Invalid pager ID not in database Pager ID was legal and 1 to 4 characters in length but didn t match databa...

Page 37: ...represented in either numeric or alphanumeric format All Extended ID fields must be between 5 and 10 digits in length to cause the paging system to perform Extended ID processing Incorrect formatting...

Page 38: ...ps 08A24 Same result as above 0008124 Same result as above 0000008124 Same result as above 11A53 Causes delivery of an alphanumeric message with function code 3 to capcode 0000011 at 512 bps 0000011A5...

Page 39: ...character to be embedded The SUB character needs to be passed to the InterPage Z 500 Series Paging Encoder as a HEX character In the InterPage Z 500 Series Paging Encoder Setup software you can embed...

Page 40: ...o configure the Com Port on the encoder board using the Z 500 Series Encoder Setup Software Please refer to Appendix B Com Port Settings for details on configuring communication protocols Your InterPa...

Page 41: ...N Numeric 1 One Beep alphanumeric pagers 2 Two Beeps alphanumeric pagers 3 Three Beeps alphanumeric pagers 4 Four Beeps alphanumeric pagers B Numeric character representing the data rate in bits per...

Page 42: ...g 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 pa...

Page 43: ...system immediately following a command if the command was understood by the paging encoder SOH NAK EE EOT The NAK response is sent by the paging encoder to the host system immediately following a com...

Page 44: ...1 4 was transmitted 02 Invalid Data Rate Indicates a data rate other than 5 1 or 2 was transmitted 03 Invalid Capcode Indicates an invalid capcode was transmitted Invalid capcodes are 0 7 2007664 200...

Page 45: ...500 Series Paging Encoders to monitor for interference using the Carrier Detect mode If the Carrier Detect mode is turned ON the paging encoder will hold paging messages in queue until an offending c...

Page 46: ...ammed settings using the Status command The Status command is formatted as follows SOH S EOT Where the S requests the paging encoder to respond with the status of its current programmed settings The S...

Page 47: ...de CARRIAGE RETURN CR 0D LINEFEED LF 0A Control characters generated by the WaveWare Paging Encoder in COMP1 Protocol mode when software flow control mode is active include XON XON 13 XOFF XOFF 11 In...

Page 48: ...unction code controlled COMP2 message using Function Code A and Pager ID 101 is 101A CR Test Message CR To configure your InterPage Z 500 Series Paging Encoders to use the COMP2 Paging Protocol you ma...

Page 49: ...ows the possibility of an extra or missing CR character to cause the host system and the paging system to get out of synch with each other causing multiple paging messages to be rejected by the paging...

Page 50: ...Z 500 Series Paging Encoders to use the Scope Paging Protocol you may be required to configure the Com Port on the encoder board using the Z 500 Pro Encoder Setup Software Please refer to Appendix B C...

Page 51: ...phanumeric character representing the function code value to be delivered with the message A One Beep B Two Beeps C Three Beeps D Four Beeps Example 1 AN0046180DThis is a test CR Will send the message...

Page 52: ...Series Paging Systems will respond immediately to Paging Message commands with a status message in one of the following formats Page Queued Okay CR LF The Page Queued Okay response is sent by the pag...

Page 53: ...ontrol string on the serial port When programming the InterPage Z 500 Series Paging Encoder pager database each of the ten pager groups of up to 20 pagers per group in the pager database can be associ...

Page 54: ...tem and it also lights up if an Error is found within the Encoder System RS 232 DB 9 Connector Pinout Both Ports 1 CD not used 2 RD data output by paging encoder typically required 3 TD data received...

Page 55: ...POWER GREEN LED Shows Power is Applied RF TX GREEN LED Shows Transmission of Page RF CD GREEN LED Shows Carrier Detect DATA GREEN LED Shows RS 232 Cable is Attached PROGRAM RED LED Shows when In Out o...

Page 56: ...square ft 5 Multi building facility 6 Vicinity of seaports and shipyards 7 Pager reception problems occur 8 Excessive carrier signal detection conditions occur at the paging system You can monitor fo...

Page 57: ...ency as the Paging System 7 Pager uses POCSAG paging protocol CARRIER DETECT If the Carrier Detect mode is activated and you find that paging transmissions are delayed for significant periods of time...

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