Specifications

Introduction

Your SPS-5

Paging System allows you to send paging messages to one or more persons via pagers, and devices

that incorporate POCSAG paging data receivers. You can setup automatic transmission of messages or you can

compose messages on the fly and transmit them immediately.

When you attach your paging system to a PC or other Host Device, plug in the provided serial cable and power

adapter plug , and install and activate your paging software, you will be ready to make full use of the paging system.

The SPS-5 Paging System can have a pager database programmed using the WaveWare Paging Encoder Setup

Software, or you can immediately use the SPS-5 Paging System without programming.

The SPS-5 paging system is synthesized and must be specified at time of purchase. Available as VHF model (148-174

MHz) or UHF model (440-470 MHz)

Your SPS-5 Paging System, using V6.35 plus firmware, has the following capabilities:

• Serial port controlled operation via RS-232 serial port, with DIP switch configurable communication parameters.

Baud rates of 300, 1200, 2400, and 9600, with None, Even, and Odd parities. Default setting is 9600 N81.

• 1 to 5 Watts effective radiated power with range depending upon terrain and obstructions.

• The SPS-5 paging system is synthesized and must be specified at time of purchase. Available as VHF model

(148-174 MHz) or UHF model (440-470 MHz). Default frequencies are 467.800 MHz and 464.600 MHz.

• Industry standard POCSAG paging protocol covering the full range of paging functions, including:

⇒ 512, 1200 and 2400 bps RF data rates, auto-switching

⇒ tone/vibe only, numeric and alphanumeric paging message formats

⇒ multiple tone/vibration patterns

• Support for multiple paging control protocols, including:

⇒ TAP v1.8 (variations also known as IXO and PET)

⇒ Extended TAP (TAP compatible extended interface supporting embedded control characters and paging

message encoding parameters appended to the pager ID)

⇒ Simplex TAP, a single serial command string composed of a standard TAP message block. NOTE: Simplex

TAP is the recommended interface protocol for system developers.

⇒ COMP1, delivery of <CR> or <CR><LF> delimited data to one or more pagers

⇒ COMP2, a command string composed of PagerID<CR>Message<CR>

• Programmable Carrier Detect mode, which allows the automatic delay of transmission while a nearby transmitter

of the same frequency is operating. Default is Carrier Detect On.

• Programmable on-board pager database, supporting approximately 6,000 pagers. The pager database is not

required for WaveWare protocol and Extended TAP protocol. Windows 95 software called WaveWare Paging

Encoder Setup is provided for pager database programming, range testing, and general messaging.

• Onboard watchdog timer to keep the paging system on-line at all times

• Hardware or Software Flow Control, DIP switch selectable. Default is Hardware Flow Control

• Verbose or Non-Verbose TAP Modes, DIP switch selectable. Default is Verbose TAP

• Programmable transmitter duty cycle management On or Off. Default is Duty Cycle On

• Remote administration of Pager Database. Pager database can be modified using specially formatted TAP paging

messages.

• Programmable Timer Triggered Messaging function, allowing the paging system to monitor the host system, and

automatically deliver alert paging messages if the host system does not communicate to the paging system

within a two minute time cycle. Operates concurrently with TAP mode only.

• Programmable Contact Monitoring function, causing delivery of alert paging messages upon a Contact Close or

Contact Open event, or both events. Operates concurrently with TAP mode only.