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C...C
One to seven decimal numeric digits representing the capcode of the paging receiver to which the
message will be transmitted. Cap Codes are seven digit strings. Cap Codes that begin with leading
zeroes do not require the leading zeroes to be included in this numeric string, if you use comma
delimiters. If comma delimiters are not used, you must include leading zeroes.
Note:
This numeric string may have one or no leading commas separating it from the data rate.
<STX>
(Hex code 02) is used to mark the beginning of a string of message characters to be transmitted.
For paging message types of 1 to 4 Beeps (defined by the ‘T’ character above), this character
and all following characters are ignored by the paging transmitter, until another
<SOH>
is
encountered. This character may have one or no leading commas separating it from the capcode.
X...X
A string of 0 to 256 alphanumeric message characters to be transmitted. For paging message
types of 1 to 4 Beeps, this character and all following characters are ignored by the paging
system, until another
<SOH>
is encountered.
<ETX>
(Hex code 03) is used to mark the end of a string of message characters to be transmitted. For
paging message types of 1 to 4 Beeps, this character and all following characters are ignored by
the paging system, until another
<SOH>
is encountered.
<EOT>
(Hex code 04) is used to mark the end of a Transmit Paging 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 paging system unless contained within a
message string and are used only for formatting output on a PC.
The
<CR>
and
<LF>
characters are optional.
Example 1:
<SOH>A,5,46180,<STX>This is a test<ETX><EOT><CR><LF>
Will send the message “
This is a test
” at 512 bps to an alphanumeric pager with Cap Code 0046180.
Note:
The POCSAG alphanumeric character set is the entire ASCII 7 bit character set.
Example 2:
<SOH>N,5,0765155,<STX>412-3433<ETX><EOT><CR><LF>
Will send the message “
412-3433
” at 512 bps to a numeric pager with Cap Code 0765155.
Note:
The POCSAG numeric character set allows Hyphen
( - )
, space, left bracket
( [ )
, and right bracket
( ] )
characters in
addition to the normal numeric character set.
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