Specifications

Appendix F – Embedded Control Characters - 16
Appendix E – Extended ID Processing
The WaveWare TAP interface and the COMP2 interface support ID field lengths from 1 to 10 digits. The ID field can
be formatted as follows:
• Standard Method - ID field lengths from 1 to 4 digits will cause a pager database lookup. ID fields of this format
must contain numeric digits only. The numeric ID value will be compared to the ID values stored in the SPS-5
Paging System’s onboard pager database.
• Extended ID Method - ID field lengths from 5 to 10 digits will cause Extended ID processing. Extended ID
processing assumes that the last 3 digits of the ID field define paging message encoding attributes, while the
preceding digits define the pager capcode. Extended ID processing allows you to avoid the process of
configuring a pager database in the SPS-5 Paging System
Extended ID fields should be of the form:
CCCCCCCERF, where C represents the capcode, E represents Message Encoding Type, R represents RF data rate,
and F represents Function Code.
The Extended ID field can be represented in either numeric or alphanumeric format. All Extended ID fields must be
between 5 and 10 digits in length to cause the paging system to perform Extended ID processing.
Incorrect formatting of extended ID fields causes a <NAK> response combined with an explanation message.
CCCCCCC is a 2 to 7 digit numeric value representing a pager capcode. Leading zeroes are optional except in the
case of capcodes 8 and 9, which should be represented with at least one leading zero, e.g. 08 or 09.
E is the message encoding type, where “0” (zero), “n”, or “N” represent “numeric encoding”, and “1”, “a”, or “A”
represent “alphanumeric encoding”. The numeric values for E are provided to support numeric-only ID fields in
paging control software.
R is the RF data rate, where “5” represents 512 bps, “1” represents 1200 bps, and “2” represents 2400 bps.
F defines the function code to be delivered, where “1” is function code 1, “2” is function code 2, “3” is function code
3, and “4” is function code 4. A function code of “0” is also valid. A function code of “0” causes the default
function code for a particular Message Encoding Type (“E”) to be substituted. The default value for F is “4” when
the E value is “alphanumeric encoding”, and “1” when the E value is “numeric encoding”.
Following are valid example Extended ID fields causing Extended ID processing:
08A20 – Causes delivery of a standard (function code 4) alphanumeric message to capcode 0000008 at 2400 bps
08A24 – Same result as above
0008124 – Same result as above
0000008124 – Same result as above
11A53 – Causes delivery of an alphanumeric message with function code 3 to capcode 0000011 at 512 bps
0000011A53 – Same result as above
11N53 – Same result as above, but with numeric encoding
038N52 – Causes delivery of a numeric message with function code 2 to capcode 0000038 at 512 bps