Specifications

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5. From the Site Manager screen, click File > New Site. Set up the new site as shown below. Then click OK:
6. With the Modem Test site selected, click Messages > Edit. Then type a short message in the AlphaNET
Message Editor window that appears:
7. Send the test message to the sign by clicking File > Transmit > To Selected Sites > OK:
8. If the test message does not appear on the sign, make sure the transmitting modem is on and connected to
the appropriate COM port on your computer. Also, try turning the sign off and then on again.
Site Name — name this new site
Modem Test.
Compatibility — see “Alpha and
AlphaEclipse sign data formats” on
page 13.
Use an Editor transmit site — check
this.
Connection Device = the modem
connection device you previously
created.
Phone Number — the telephone
number of the receiving modem. This
can include “9” and an area code if
necessary.