Specifications

The Operational Modes available for paging using the TAP Paging Protocol include:

 System Identification Command

 Paging Session Login

 Paging Operation

 Paging Session Logout

SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION COMMAND

The System Identification command allows installation programs and other software applications to poll serial ports for the

existence of a WaveWare v9 Series Paging Encoder using the Standard ATI Command. This can be used for a

supervised process (also called keep-alive) where the host system periodically polls the paging system for a response.

When the WaveWare paging transmitter recognizes a command formatted as ATI<CR>, the transmitter responds with the

following message:

WaveWare Paging Encoder v9.00<CR>

(The firmware version number is subject to change)

PAGING SESSION LOGIN

The v9 Paging Session Login mode allows a Host Device, sometimes called a Remote Entry Device, to initiate

communications with the paging system. With the WaveWare v9 Series Paging Systems, the Login process is optional.

The WaveWare v9 Series Paging System will automatically login a Host Device and process the paging message if it

recognizes a properly formatted TAP message block at any point in its operation.

The Host Device initiates the Login process by transmitting a carriage return <CR> character every two seconds until the

paging system properly responds or until the Host Device times out and notifies the operator of a bad connection. The

paging system will respond with “ID=<CR>” (Note: the quotation characters are used here only for reference and are not

included in the transactions). The “ID=<CR>” will not be repeated or timed out by the paging system.

The Host Device should respond to the paging system with:

The WaveWare v9 Series Paging System will then respond with:

110 1.8<CR>WaveWare Paging Encoder v9.00<CR><ACK><CR>

The “110 1.8” message indicates that the system conforms to TAP specification version 1.8 and should be backward

compatible with earlier TAP implementations. The paging system then notifies the Host Device that it is ready to accept

messages as follows:

This completes the Login process.

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