June 7, 2004
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Product Family Alpha Elite
PAGER PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE
Scope of this Manual
Scope of this Manual
This manual contains the following sections:
• Getting Started—contains information about equipment requirements,
hardware and software installation, and how to start the Product Family 56A
Programming Pager Software (PPS) after installation.
• Using Your PPS—contains the screens used to read and program a pager or
pagers.
• Technical Description—provides a technical description of the Pager
Mechanical Interface.
• Troubleshooting Guide—provides possible solutions to problems encountered
during installation or programming of a pager.
• Glossary—provides a glossary of technical terms associated with a PPS.
Product names are subject to change without notice. Some product names are
available only in certain markets.
Information Presentation
This manual presents different types of information in different ways:
• Information you need 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, the key is represented
graphically. For example, instead of “Press the Enter Key,” you will see “Press
E
.”
Special characters are used to emphasize certain conditions.
Field Description Information
Any screen that contains fields is followed by a table of field descriptions. These
tables are divided into the following columns.
1.
Field Name
—shown exactly the way it appears on the screen.
2.
Description
—a complete description of what the field is for, how you can use
it, what the valid entries are, and how a specific entry in this field can affect
the status of another field.
3.
Value(s)
—lists all the available values and where applicable, the
default
.
Where no value exists, N/A (not applicable) is shown.
Á
Note: Emphasizes additional information pertinent to the subject matter.
G
Caution: Emphasizes information about actions which may result in equipment
damage.
E
Warning: Emphasizes information about actions which may result in personal
injury.
