System information

236 Observer General Options
• Server IP address—IP address of the pager service provider.
• Port number—port number of the pager service provider.
For Protocol-Based Paging Services (TAP or UCP)
• PIN (destination)—provided by your pager service provider.
• Login ID, if any—provided by your pager service provider.
• Password, if any—provided by your pager service provider.
• Message type—alphanumeric (sends numbers and letters to a pager), numeric
(generates only numbers), and tone (messages transmitted via tone).
• Maximum message length—the maximum number of lines your paging service
provider supports.
• Modem line—allows you to select the modem to use.
• Modem connection speed—allows you to select the speed your modem will connect
to the pager service provider.
• Data bits—the number of bits used in communication by the service provider.
• Parity—many communication programs add an extra bit of data (a parity bit) to each
group of bits sent together as a check to whether they all arrived. Parity checking can
be selected to be “Even” (a successful transmission will form an even number) or
“Odd.” If the service provider does not use parity checking, the selection should be
sent to “None.”
• Stop bits—communication programs send 1 or 2 bits to tell the program at the other
end that it is beginning or ending a data transmission.
Most service carriers use either 7E1 (7 data bits, even parity, 1 stop bit) or
8N1 (8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit).
• Protocol—the communication protocol used by the paging service provider.
For a Voice-Based Paging Service
• Paging service phone number—the pager number.
• Delay before sending messages—the number of seconds to pause before sending
messages.
• Preliminary dial sequence—the numbers to be dialed after the paging service number
prior to sending a message.
• Closing dial sequence.