Specifications

Obtaining Pagers for Your Paging System

You can use a wide variety of paging receiver types with SPS-5 Paging Systems, including tone/vibe, numeric,

alphanumeric, and wireless message centers.

You can obtain WaveWare compatible paging receivers from many sources, including Motorola, NEC, Panasonic,

and others. The paging receivers that you obtain for use with the SPS-5 Paging Systems should meet the following

basic specifications:

• Frequency - All paging receivers used with the SPS-5 Paging System must be of the same frequency and

must match the frequency of the paging system transmitter. See the label on the WaveWare Transmitter

Unit to identify the operating frequency of your paging system.

• POCSAG - All paging receivers used with the SPS-5 Paging System must be POCSAG compatible.

POCSAG is the paging protocol most frequently used in the paging industry.

• Pager Type - You can mix different paging receiver types in a WaveWare installation. You can obtain the

following paging receiver types for use with the SPS-5 Paging System:

⇒ Tone/vibe only, with or without multiple tone/vibrate cadence features. SPS-5 Paging Systems support

pagers with multiple tone/vibrate features. WaveWare Tone/Vibe Pagers have two capcodes and have

multiple tone/vibrate features.

⇒ Numeric

⇒ Alphanumeric

⇒ WaveWare Wireless Message Centers (allow group message notification on scrolling multicolor LED

displays, using SPS-5 Paging Systems to communicate to the message centers)

• Paging Data Rate - You can mix different paging data rates (baud rates) in a WaveWare installation. The

data rate of the paging receivers can be your choice of 512, 1200, or 2400 bps (bits per second).

• Capcodes - Each paging receiver used in an SPS-5 Paging System installation must have one or more

capcodes (addresses) programmed into it. Each paging receiver used with a particular WaveWare

installation, regardless of paging receiver type, must have a unique capcode programmed into it, in order to

be able to transmit messages to that individual paging receiver. Contact your paging systems dealer for

capcode assignment information.