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uP Checksum

Executing this test calculates the uP checksum. The pager 
transmits the last byte of the total uP checksum in HEX 
format.

(pager-generated value)

RAM Test Pattern

Executing this option tests the external RAM. All RAM 
address lines are exercised.

P

 (Passed test)

F

 (Failed test)

Display Test Pattern

Executing this test allows you to type the display pattern for 
testing the LCD display. After pressing 

c

, a small window is 

displayed, prompting you to type several test patterns. It is 
recommended that the test pattern length be a factor of 120, 
with 120 being the maximum. Examples are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 
7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, 60, and 120.
Type the number of bytes (in HEX format) to be downloaded 
and press 

c

. The pattern is displayed. To exit this test, first 

type 

00

. Then press 

c

.

(small window displayed)

Key Test

Executing this option tests all of the buttons on the pager. 
Hold down a button and press 

c

. The name of the button 

(which is one of the values listed in the next column) should 
be displayed in this field. Repeat this procedure until all of the 
buttons have been tested.

Function

Read

Left

Right

Down

Up

Vibrator Off

NOTE: 

Before running this test, run the 

Vibrator On

 test.

Executing this test turns the vibrator off after it has been 
turned on by running the 

Vibrator On

 test.

(N/A)

Vibrator On

Executing this test turns the vibrator on and keeps it on until 
you run the 

Vibrator Off

 test.

(N/A)

Alert Off

NOTE: 

Before running this test, run the 

Alert On

 test.

Executing this test turns the alert off after it has been turned 
on by running the 

Alert On

 test.

(N/A)

Alert On

Executing this test turns the alert on and keeps it on until you 
run the 

Alert Off

 test.

(N/A)

Backlight Off

NOTE: 

Before running this test, run the 

Backlight On

 

test.
Executing this test turns the backlight off after it has been 
turned on by running the 

Backlight On

 test.

(N/A)

Backlight On

Executing this test turns the backlight on and keeps it on until 
you run the 

Backlight Off

 test.

(N/A)

Receiver Connect Test

Executing this test allows you to set the values to HI or LOW 
for each of the possible combinations of four different receiver 
lines (ACLK, A0, A1, and A2).

Set All Low

(all combinations of these 

4 lines)

EXIT

Send CGROM ID

The result of running this test is the display of two bytes of the 
CG-ROM ID in ASCII format.

T4 

(Traditional Chinese)

P3 

(Simplified Chinese)

FFFF 

(no CG-ROM 

present)

Field Name

Description

Value(s)/Results

Product Family Alpha Elite

    PAGER PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE

Using Your PPS

Summary of Contents for Alpha Elite

Page 1: ...Unication CO LTD Document No PMA Elite 001 Revision 2 0 Provided By Provided Date 2004 08 20 ABSTRACT Alpha Elite Pager Programmer Guide Alpha Elite PPS Manual...

Page 2: ...2 0 The information contained in this document is the exclusive property of Unication CO LTD It shall not be disclosed distributed or reproduced in whole or in part without written permission of Unica...

Page 3: ...cument No PMA Elite 001 Revision 2 0 The information contained in this document is the exclusive property of Unication CO LTD It shall not be disclosed distributed or reproduced in whole or in part wi...

Page 4: ...P AGER P ROGRAMMING G UIDE Product Family 56A Unication Group Alpha Elite...

Page 5: ...f law or otherwise assign sublicense under or transfer this agreement for any right of interest in this agreement or delegate performance of any of its obligations under this agreement without the pri...

Page 6: ...produce in any form the copyrighted computer program Accordingly any copyrighted Unication computer programs contained in the Unication products described in this manual may not be copied or reproduce...

Page 7: ...in Menu 9 Service Menu 11 Adjust H ardware T uned 13 T est Mode 14 Code Options Single 17 Prompts 21 More Prompts 24 Alert Screen 26 Password OT A Programming Options 30 F eatures Options 33 More F ea...

Page 8: ...eed to type is printed in boldface type Default values are shown like this When information from the screen is referred to in the text it looks like this When you need to press a key on the keyboard t...

Page 9: ...iv June 7 2004 June 7 2004 PAGER PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE Product Family Alpha Elite...

Page 10: ...age includes all cables necessary for connection between the computer the power source and the Pager Mechanical Interface Pager Mechanical Interface included in the Programming kit This fixture is des...

Page 11: ...rogram uses COM1 as the default communications port If both a serial port and a modem are used on the computer it is recommended that COM1 be used as the serial port If COM1 cannot be used change the...

Page 12: ...for Reading or Programming 1 Turn the pager on 2 Remove the Pager Mechanical Interface insert refer to Exploded View Dia gram and Parts List on page 52 by prying it out with the flat tip of a screwdr...

Page 13: ...ng on your computer If you are using Microsoft Windows exit Windows to the DOS prompt 2 Place the Product Family 56A pager programming software diskette into your A drive 3 At the DOS prompt type A an...

Page 14: ...he installation The Product Family 56A FLEX software password if entered in the PF56A FLEX SW Password field above prevents unauthorized users from running your program If no password is required leav...

Page 15: ...r Destination Drive field C PF56AFLX ARC any path Com Port This is the communications port used to connect the computer to the Programming Interface Press the Spacebar to display available values NOTE...

Page 16: ...d PF56AFLX The pathname is the directory path where the PF 56A FLEX software is installed 4 Type PF56AFLX and press E A brief introductory message is displayed 5 Press any key to continue Software Pas...

Page 17: ...changes and save the configuration using the Program menus These steps are shown graphically below Getting Help The A key is used for help Screen help is available whenever you see F1 Help in the low...

Page 18: ...rvice Menu on page 11 c Selecting this key reads the pager configuration and then displays the Code screen with all of the current values displayed You can continue from here to change any values and...

Page 19: ...addresses are automatically updated to reflect the next pager in the sequence For more information about the Code Sequential screen go to Code Options Sequential on page 22 g Selecting this key allows...

Page 20: ...original r c Selecting this key displays the Adjust Hardware Tuned screen This screen allows you to make adjustments to the pager clock and LCD For more information about this screen go to Adjust Har...

Page 21: ...hile in Quick Page mode the pager emits a short chirp and increments the counter by one whenever a page is received Because the counter contains only four digits it will reset to 0000 after the 10 000...

Page 22: ...e Field Description Value s Clock Second Adjustment This field allows you to set the crystal of the pager to adjust for seconds lost negative values or gained positive values in a 24 hour period 0 1 2...

Page 23: ...e pager j Selecting this key returns you to the Service menu NOTE You can also press F After you select a test to run by highlighting it you must press c to actually run it Also it is very important t...

Page 24: ...Before running this test run the Vibrator On test Executing this test turns the vibrator off after it has been turned on by running the Vibrator On test N A Vibrator On Executing this test turns the...

Page 25: ...The pager will then reset after 4 5 seconds because the autocoast supply fails to supply the current required to keep the B After this test has finished and the pager has been reset the Test Mode scr...

Page 26: ...ve selected c Select this key to display the next Code screen which contains information about addresses 5 through 8 NOTE After displaying the next Code screen press Q to advance to Code screens 3 and...

Page 27: ...be changed as needed user defined value Operating Mode This field determines whether the pager has the capability at the user s discretion to emit both audible and vibrate alerts Standard or only vibr...

Page 28: ...16 This field allows you to establish a specific address to have the history option either enabled or disabled The history option allows the pager to store up to 4 history messages per maildrop No Ye...

Page 29: ...TAL Maildrop Memory field 3k 5k 10k 16k 21 5k 27k 32k TOTAL Maildrop Memory Display only The values for both this field and the TOTAL Personal Memory field are typed when the pager is first programmed...

Page 30: ...ion Menu Display field on the Features screen is set to either Both or Prompts Only uppercase characters are accepted Pressing Ar resets a highlighted source prompt to its default value Function Key D...

Page 31: ...d character set to which all alphanumeric function types are remapped NOTE The selected value in this field must work with the value in the International Prompt field for example Spanish and LA C Span...

Page 32: ...er TONE ONLY 1 5 FAX 6 VOICE MAIL 7 EMAIL 8 any user speci ed value Group Prompt This field indicates the text displayed when a message from an unknown source has been received by the pager GROUP any...

Page 33: ...Display field on the Features screen is set to either Both or Prompts Also because each of the fields on this screen represents the text displayed if this functionality is selected no field by field...

Page 34: ...ion about this screen see Password OTA Programming Options on page 32 H Select this key to display the Features screen For more information about this screen see Features Options on page 35 I Select t...

Page 35: ...lly D Select this key to display the Prompts screen For more information about this screen see Prompts on page 23 F Select this key to display the Password OTA Programming screen For more information...

Page 36: ...accessed using the pager s Function menu Yes No Programmable Pleasing Alert This field determines whether you can create custom pleasing alert cadences If Custom is selected a special menu displays al...

Page 37: ...Alarm If Yes is selected you can attach an alarm to a particular message with a specified time to initiate the alert Yes No Auto Alarm Turn On With this field selected and any type of alarm selected...

Page 38: ...ge number of personal messages when they are being read The slot or message number is displayed at the beginning of each message Display Slot Display Msg Display Neither Show Source This field sets th...

Page 39: ...are programming a single pager or sequentially D Select this key to display the Prompts screen For more information about this screen see Prompts on page 23 F Select this key to display the Alert scre...

Page 40: ...tion is set to Yes a password is required to read the pager s programmed feature set or program the pager with a new feature set When activated the Changing Local Password screen is immediately displa...

Page 41: ...al Password Enable OTA Programming and Silent OTA Programming follows the above procedure After a password has been enabled for a function the program reads the pager while performing that function an...

Page 42: ...y to display the Prompts screen For more information about this screen see Prompts on page 23 e Select this key to display the Alert screen For more information about this screen see Alert Screen on p...

Page 43: ...t be automatically deleted Yes No Maildrop Message Notebook This field enables the notebook function for maildrop messages Messages can be added to and stored within the notebook When a message is sto...

Page 44: ...words with 2 bit errors or more are received the errored character flash on the display Yes No Message Continue Indicator This field allows or disallows the pager to indicate when a message contains...

Page 45: ...ssages can be deleted NOTE This option does not apply to the following messages unread messages messages with alarms messages with unacknowledged expired alarms locked messages or notebooks Yes No Fie...

Page 46: ...een For more information about this screen see Prompts on page 23 e Select this key to display the Alert screen For more information about this screen see Alert Screen on page 28 F Select this key to...

Page 47: ...er message printing is allowed using the pager s Function menu No Yes Automatic Print This field defines whether incoming messages can be automatically printed through the serial interface port No Yes...

Page 48: ...Tone Only Source This field determines whether the pager can display the source for a tone only page None 1 4 5 8 1 8 Field Name Descriptions Value s Product Family Alpha Elite PAGER PROGRAMMING SOFT...

Page 49: ...guration file to the hard drive and then immediately program the pager NOTE Use this key to program sequential pagers when you need to save each configuration file in the sequence g Select this key to...

Page 50: ...screen is displayed Type the file name in the File Name field If you want to add a comment about this file press E and type your comments When you are finished press H g Select this key to display the...

Page 51: ...rint the pager configuration NOTE Your printer must connected to either a serial port or a parallel printer port g Select this key to display the previous menu h Select this key to display the next me...

Page 52: ...elect this key to display the Comm Setup options screen For more information about this screen see Comm Setup Options on page 47 g Select this key to display the Color Options screen NOTE This option...

Page 53: ...install process to use password protection Function Key Description h Select this key to save your selections If you do not save this configuration it will only be valid for the current session j Sel...

Page 54: ...some RAM resident desktop organizers reserve a communications port for their own use NOTE The program uses COM1 as the default communications port If both a serial port and a modem are used on the co...

Page 55: ...he Setup Menu to display this screen Function Key Description e Select this key to change all of the options to the default values h Select this key to save any changes you have made on this screen j...

Page 56: ...rmation Keep the Pager Mechanical Interface spring loaded contacts clean and make sure the RJ 11 plugs are properly seated in the receptacle on the Mechanical Interface and the Programming Interface T...

Page 57: ...parts depot listed below MAIL ORDERS Replacement Parts Manuals Unication Co Ltd Hsinchuang City Taipei Taiwan R O C 5F No 6 Wu Kung 5Rd Send written orders to the following addresses CUSTOMER SERVICE...

Page 58: ...itions exist reset one device opposite of the other port The programming software reports a Data Communications error and never reads the pager Check the Programming Interface cable for correct instal...

Page 59: ...ensure a basic entry is present for required information Field This is an area on the screen in which you enter information Highlight Bar The cursor is not represented by a single character space but...

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