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that begin with leading zeroes do not require the leading zeroes to be included in this
numeric string, if you use comma delimiters. If comma delimiters are not used, you
must include leading zeroes.
Note: This numeric string may have one or no leading commas separating it from the
data rate.
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
leading commas separating it from the capcode.
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
transmitted. For paging message types of 1 to 4 Beeps, this character and all
following characters are ignored by the paging system, until another
encountered.
string. All following characters are ignored by the paging system until a
character is encountered.
system unless contained within a message string and are used only for formatting
output on a PC. The
Example 1:
will send the message “This is a test” at 512 bps to an alphanumeric pager with capcode 0046180.
Note: The POCSAG alphanumeric character set is the entire ASCII 7 bit character set.
Example 2:
will send the message “412-3433” at 512 bps to a numeric pager with capcode 0765155.
Note: The POCSAG numeric character set allows Hyphen (-), space, left bracket ([), and right bracket
(]) characters in addition to the normal numeric character set.