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Appendix B – DIP Switch Settings
You may be required to configure the DIP switch bank in the paging encoder to establish the appropriate operating
mode and serial communication parameters.
Your
WaveWare Paging System
typically communicates with a PC or other host system via RS-232 at 9600 Baud,
8 data bits and 1 stop bit. You can configure the paging system for other serial communication parameters.
The available operating modes include TAP Verbose, TAP Non-Verbose, COMP1, WaveWare, COMP2 Verbose,
and COMP2 Non-Verbose.
COMP2 means that data formatted as PagerID/GroupID<CR>Message<CR> will cause the Message to be delivered
to the specified PagerID or GroupID. TAP and COMP2 Verbose means that the paging system will include human
readable messages after each paging request is received. TAP Non-Verbose reduces the paging system human
readable response to 3 digit numeric codes. In the COMP2 Non-Verbose mode the response is reduced to none at
all. The Non-Verbose modes are useful in situations where you want to minimize the serial data throughput
requirements, which tend to allow paging messages to be delivered more quickly. Refer to Appendix A for a
definition of the TAP protocol and Appendix I for a definition of the COMP2 Verbose and Non-Verbose protocol.
COMP1 means that any data received on the serial port will be sent to all pagers in group one stored in the pager
database. Refer to Appendix H for a definition of the COMP1 protocol.
Independent of operating modes, you can configure the serial port baud and parity, and you can configure whether
hardware or software flow control is used.
DIP Switch Settings
* NOTE: Hardware and software flow control signals are operational only when the “Flow Control Before Serial Response”
option is enabled in the Advanced Encoder Setup section of the encoder setup software.
