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Sensorsoft Alert User Manual
Appendix C - Pager Tutorial
Sensorsoft Alert supports three methods that can be used to issue alerts to your paging device. The
following section will help you determine what method of delivery you can use.
What type of paging device do you have?
There are four main types of paging devices:
1. Digital cell phones with text messaging service
2. Alphanumeric pagers
3. Numeric pagers
4. Two-way Email Pagers (e.g. RIM Blackberry)
What delivery method does your paging service provider use to send messages to your paging device?
There are five main methods that are used to deliver messages to your paging device:
A. I have software for my computer that sends messages to my pager using my modem.
B. I use one paging device to send messages to a second paging device.
C. I dial the pager’s phone number and wait for a voice that tells me to punch-in my call-back phone
number with a Touch Tone™ (DTMF) key pad.
D. I send an email to the paging device using an email address that was given to me by my paging
service provider.
E. I go onto my paging service provider’s web site and send a message using a web page.
What method should I use to have messages sent to my paging device?
Using your answers from the last two questions, you can find out what method you should be using to send
messages to your paging device.
A B C D E
1 Digital Phone SMS SMS N/S SMTP SMS
2 Alphanumeric Pager SMS SMS N/S SMTP SMS
3 Numeric Pager SMS SMS N/S SMTP SMS
4 Two-way Email Pager SMS SMS N/S SMTP SMS
N/S – Not Supported
Please note that your paging service provider may not make all of the above methods available to you.
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