Quick Start Guide
Your
SPS- 5
v
9
Series Paging Systems should include:
1- Rubber Duck Style Antenna, 1- Power Supply, 1- Serial Cable, 1- Package of Mounting Hardware and 1-
Product Support CD. A Second RS-232 Cable is available for Purchase if Required.
Notes:
The
Frequency, Cap Code(s)
,
Watts and other Information
are
“Labeled”
on the
Back
of the unit.
The
SPS-5
will
“Auto Detect”
the
Encoder Setup Software
for
Pager Database Programming
.
The attached
Host System
will usually need to send a
3-Digit Pager ID
to the
SPS-5
Paging System
.
After
Programming the Database
, attach the
Serial Cable
to the
Host System
that
Initiates the Page
.
Installation:
The
SPS-5
has
Mounting Holes
on the
Back
of the Unit
for
Wall Mounting
.
Remove
the
Front Cover
to access these
Mounting Holes
and use the
Screws and Anchors
provided.
Programming
the
SPS-5
Paging System:
Note: The
Red
LED will be Lit when you “Read/Edit/Program”.
Attach the
SPS-5
Paging System
to a Laptop or Desktop Computer running Windows XP Pro or Windows 7 Pro.
Install the
“Encoder Setup v
9
”
Program from the
“Product Support CD”
. This Program does “
Both
”,
v
9
and
v
9
S
.
Com Port:
Choose the
Com Port (
Number
)
you will use and then
Click
on the Com Port
Button
to Open the Port.
The
RED
light
next to the
Com Port Button
will then turn
“GREEN”
to show that the port is
Open
.
The
Software
will tell you that the
“Encoder Database will now be Read”
and you
MUST
click
OK
.
Note:
You
MUST
read the
Database
BEFORE
Adding or Changing the Database information.
Pager Database:
Click on the
Pager “Families”
Icon
(Far Left)
to Add or Change the Quantity of Pager(s), Add or Change the Pager ID
Number(s) and Add or Change the Cap Code(s) and Baud Rate(s).
The
Function Code
is
“Normally”
set to 4 for
Alphanumeric Pagers
and set to
1
for
Numeric Pagers
.
After
Entering
all the
Pager Information
click the
“OK”
Button
at the bottom of the screen.
The Software will check for any
Conflicts
with the Information you have entered. If so, you will need to correct the
problem(s) and Click
“OK”
again to verify all
Conflicts
were corrected.
Settings:
Click on the
“Settings”
Icon
(In the Middle)
in order to setup the
Communications
“Protocol”
for the Com Port used
with the
Host System
.
In the
Encoder “Settings”
Screen
, choose the
“Protocols”
needed for
Communications
with the
Host System
along with the other
Com Port
settings as needed.
A
dvance Settings:
The
“Advance Encoder Settings”
were configured before shipment, but if you need to access those settings the
password is
maint
, (not case sensitive).
If you are not sure how to set the
“Advanced Encoder Settings”
, you can click on the
“Restore Defaults”
Button
to
set it to
“Factory Settings”
and click
“OK”.
Click
on the
“Program Encoder”
(Green Down Arrow)
Button
to
Program
the
SPS-5
Encoder.
Testing
the
SPS-5
with
Pagers:
Click on the
“Test Encoder Icon”
on the
Main Screen
(Far Right)
to send a
“Test Page”
to a pager. The Test
Encoder function should “reboot” the encoder into the protocol, baud, and parity that the encoder was programmed
to operate at. The status bar on the Test Encoder window should display the protocol, baud, and parity that the
encoder is currently operating at. The Test Encoder window should adjust to the features that the selected protocol
supports.
Enter the
Pager ID
Number in the
“PIN”
or
“Cap Code”
Field of the pager you want to test. (For TAP, PET, and
COMP2 protocols, using the Pager Families section of the pager database, a
3-Digit
Number should be entered in
the PIN field. For other protocols, you may want to enter a full 7 digit cap code value).
Enter a
Message
that you want to
send
to the pager.
The
GREEN
“RF TX LED”
on the paging system should light up for a few seconds while the message is being sent to
the pager.
You can observe the
Com Port Log
at the bottom of the screen to see the paging system status as each message is
sent.
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