Specifications

Paging System Operation
Your WaveWare v9 Series Paging Systems includes a UHF Transceiver and an onboard Single or Dual RS-232 Serial
Com Port for communications, and encodes paging messages for RF transmission using the industry standard POCSAG
paging protocol. The Programmable RS-232 communications allow you to interface the encoder to a PC or to other
devices and systems that use RS-232 serial communications (Host Devices). Other models of WaveWare v9 Series
Paging Systems products include encoder only models, and the combination of the paging encoder with VHF and UHF
radio transceivers.
Amplification Kits are also available when more than 5 watts of power is required to obtain better coverage of a site.
The types of paging receivers that are compatible with your WaveWare v9 Series Paging Encoder include:
 Any POCSAG compatible paging receiver operating on the same frequency as the paging transmitter (in the
UHF band) and operating at 512, 1200, or 2400 bps data rate. Pagers of this type include alphanumeric,
numeric, and tone/vibe models and can be obtained from WaveWare Technologies, Motorola, NEC,
Panasonic, and others.
 WaveWare Wireless Message Centers operating at the same frequency as your paging system. WaveWare
Wireless Message Centers are normally configured to receive at a 512 bps data rate.
The WaveWare v9 Series Encoders may be controlled by a PC, or other control system, that is running software
designed to interface to the encoder. WaveWare wireless communication systems software is designed to take full
advantage of the features of your WaveWare v9 Series Paging Encoder. The TAP Interface Protocol is defined in this
handbook to allow you or others to develop software or devices to directly control the transmitter.
The WaveWare v9 Series Encoders maintains an input buffer, which can receive commands from the Host Device
while a page is being transmitted. When a command is received from the Host Device, the v9 Series Encoders respond
with a message back to the Host Device. The v9 Series Encoders encode the paging messages into POCSAG paging
format and transmits the encoded paging message to the paging receivers of your choice.
PC Software developed to utilize the WaveWare v9 Series Paging Encoders can be designed to maintain a simple
database of pager ID numbers, or the software can be designed to allow definition of paging receiver attributes, including:
 Pager Type
 Alphanumeric
 Numeric
 Tone/Vibe Only, with or without multiple tone/vibrate cadences
 Cap Code - The unique address assigned to each paging receiver
 Function Code - Also known as alert type, allows four different tone/vibrate cadences to be performed by the
pager. The TAP, PET, COMP2, SCOPE, and WaveWare protocols provide support for variable Function Codes.
 RF Data Rate
(Also called the Pager’s Baud Rate)
 512 bps
 1200 bps
 2400 bps
Refer to Appendix A – TAP Interface Specifications, for details on how to communicate to the WaveWare v9 Paging
Encoder via the TAP Protocol.
The WaveWare v9 Paging Encoder unit may require the Programming of the Serial Com Port Settings and Protocols to
change communication interface parameters.
Refer to Appendix B – “Com Port Settings” for information on how to program the Com Port Settings and Protocols, as
required.
If you want to use the TAP Interface Protocol with 1 to 4 digit pager IDs, you will need to configure a pager database
(also known as a lookup table), using the WaveWare v9 Paging Encoder Setup software. You can obtain the WaveWare
v9 Series Paging Encoder Setup Software from the Product Support CD or from the WaveWare web site, at:
http://www.wirelessmessaging.com/SPS-5_Software.html
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