WaveWare SPS-5 v9E - Manual (Page 40)

(Hex code 02) is used to mark the beginning of a string of message characters to be transmitted.
For paging message types of 1 to 4 Beeps (defined by the ‘T’ character above), this character
and all following characters are ignored by the paging transmitter, until another is
encountered.
This character may have one or no leading commas separating it from the cap code.
X...X A string of 0 to 256 alphanumeric message characters to be transmitted. For paging message
types of 1 to 4 Beeps, this character and all following characters are ignored by the paging
system, until another is encountered.
(Hex code 03) is used to mark the end of a string of message characters to be transmitted. For
paging message types of 1 to 4 Beeps, this character and all following characters are ignored by
the paging system, until another is encountered.
(Hex code 04) is used to mark the end of a Transmit Paging Message command string. All
following characters are ignored by the paging system until a character is encountered.
(CR is Hex code 0D, LF is Hex code 0A)
These characters are ignored by the paging system unless contained within a message string
and are used only for formatting output on a PC.
The and characters are optional.
Example 1:
A,5,46180,This is a test
Will send the message “This is a test” at 512 bps to an alphanumeric pager with cap code 0046180.
Note: The POCSAG alphanumeric character set is the entire ASCII 7 bit character set.
Example 2:
N,5,0765155,412-3433
Will send the message “412-3433” at 512 bps to a numeric pager with Cap Code 0765155.
Note: The POCSAG numeric character set allows Hyphen ( - ), space, left bracket ( [ ), and right bracket ( ] ) characters in
addition to the normal numeric character set.
Example 3:
N1765155412-3433
Will send the message “412-3433” at 1200 bps to a numeric pager with cap code 0765155.
Note the lack of commas and the implied leading zeroes on the cap code.