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Appendix E – Extended ID Processing
The WaveWare TAP Interface and both COMP2 interfaces support ID field lengths from 1 to 10 digits.
The ID field can be formatted as follows:
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Standard Method - ID field lengths from 1 to 4 digits will cause a pager database lookup. ID fields of this
format must contain numeric digits only. The numeric ID value will be compared to the ID values stored in the
WaveWare v 8 Paging Encoder’s onboard pager database.
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Extended ID Method - ID field lengths from 5 to 10 digits will cause Extended ID processing. Extended ID
processing assumes that the last 3 digits of the ID field define paging message encoding attributes, while the
preceding digits define the pager capcode. Extended ID processing allows you to avoid the process of
configuring a pager database in the
WaveWare v 8 Paging Encoder.
Extended ID fields should be of the form:
CCCCCCCERF , where C represents the Cap Code, E represents Message Encoding Type, R represents RF Data Rate,
and F represents Function Code.
The Extended ID field can be 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 of
extended ID fields causes a
<NAK> response combined with an explanation message.
CCCCCCC is a 2 to 7 digit numeric value representing a pager capcode. Leading zeroes are optional except in the case
of capcodes 8 and 9, which should be represented with at least one leading zero, e.g. 08 or 09.
E is the message encoding type, where “ 0 ” (zero), “ n ”, or “ N ” represent “numeric encoding”, and “ 1 ”, “ a ”, or “ A ” represent
“alphanumeric encoding”. The numeric values for E are provided to support numeric-only ID fields in paging control
software.
R is the RF data rate, where “ 5 ” represents 512 bps, “ 1 ” represents 1200 bps, and “ 2 ” represents 2400 bps.
F defines the function code to be delivered, where “ 1 ” is function code 1, “ 2 ” is function code 2, “ 3 ” is function code 3, and
“ 4 ” is function code 4. A function code of “ 0 ” is also valid. A function code of “ 0 ” causes the default function code for a
particular Message Encoding Type (“ E ”) to be substituted. The default value for F is “ 4 ” when the E value is “alphanumeric
encoding”, and “ 1 ” when the E value is “numeric encoding”.
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