Appendix E – Extended ID Processing
The
WaveWare v
9
Series TAP Interface
and
COMP2
interfaces support ID field lengths from 1 to 10 digits.
The ID field can be formatted as follows:
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
9
Series Paging Encoder’s
onboard pager database.
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 cap code. Extended ID processing allows you to avoid the process of
configuring a pager database in the
WaveWare v
9
Series 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 cap code. Leading zeroes are optional except in the case
of cap codes 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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