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Page Center User Manual MNT-PC-VB
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3 Two-way Radio and Telephone Operation
The PAGE CENTER has a built-in radio transceiver enabling it to communicate with other two-way radios and
to receive over-the-air commands to generate pages, connect to the telephone system, dial phone numbers and
answer incoming telephone calls. The telephone interface may be utilized for generating pages or initiating
phone patches with two-way-radios.
To remotely control the PAGE CENTER with a two-way radio or from a telephone, the two-way radio or
telephone must be equipped with a DTMF encoder. All commands sent to the PAGE CENTER are entered via
the DTMF keypad, and in most cases, the commands are similar to the ones used locally on the PAGE
CENTER's built-in keypad. The two-way radio operation of the PAGE CENTER is a standard feature, but it
must be enabled before it will work
3.1 Sending Pages from the Two-Way Radio
This section describes how to send a page with the PAGE CENTER using a DTMF keypad-equipped two-way
radio. The PAGE CENTER and the two-way radio must have previously been configured to communicate on
the same channel, and utilize the same CTCSS tones.
To send a page to a pager from the two-way radio, you must:
1. Send
*9 to alert the PAGE CENTER that you intend to send a page.
2. If desired, optionally listen to the receiver for the "Enter Pager Number" prompt, which is a sequence of
three beeps. A series of alternating high and low beeps indicates an error in the command sequence or a
timeout occurred. If voice prompts have been enabled, then a voice message will be heard instead of the
beeps.
3. Enter the digits of the pager number you wish to page. If the pager's number is less than three digits in
length, then press the
*key to terminate the pager's number. Note that the *key is not used to terminate
three digit pager numbers.
4. If desired, optionally listen to the receiver for a low / high beep sequence, which signifies that the pager
number was accepted. A series of alternating high and low beeps indicates an error in the pager number or
a timeout occurred. If voice prompts have been enabled, then a voice message will be heard instead of the
beeps.
5. Enter the numeric digits you wish to send to the pager. Do not enter any digits if you only wish to "beep"
the pager. Note that the following DTMF keys have special meanings:
DTMF Key Pager Character Comments
* - Hyphen character
# {none} Send the page
A Space character
B ] Right bracket
C [ Left bracket
D U Urgency indicator
6. Press the # key to send the page.
To send a new message to the same pager again, you may:
1. Type
*0 to alert the PAGE CENTER that you intend to send a page to the same pager number as before.
2. Continue from step 4 of the instructions above to input the new message to be sent.