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Operating the transceiver from a computer
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pagecall command
Use the pagecall command to send a written message to another station. The
receiving station automatically sends an acknowledgment response when the call is
received.
Syntax
pagecall <destination>[@<network>] "<message>" [from <self
address>[@<network>]]
where:
<destination>[@<network>] is the address [and network] of the station to
which you want to send the message.
NOTE
The permitted message length depends on the type of call system, the
Privacy Mode selected, and the character set (see Table 34).
Table 34: Variations in message length
Call system Privacy Mode Character set Maximum message length
(number of text characters)
ALE Plain ASCII-64 83–90
ALE None ASCII-256 64–84
ALE Group ASCII-256 50
ALE Registered ASCII-256 50
Codan Selcall None ASCII-127 64
Codan Selcall Group ASCII-256 64
Codan Selcall Registered ASCII-256 64
NOTE
ASCII-64: This protocol uses all upper-case and numeric characters and
some punctuation characters.
NOTE
ASCII-127: This protocol uses all printable ASCII characters up to
decimal 127.
NOTE ASCII-256: This protocol uses full binary encoding of all 8-bit characters.
NOTE
For more information on:
address syntaxes see page 254, Addresses in commands
call options see page 256, ALE call options
recognised variables see page 256, Recognised variable expansion