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From: CRW@icf.hrb.com (Craig R. Watkins)
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Subject: Re: Generic Programming Characteristics of Cellular Phones
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Date: 28 Jan 91 16:47:40 GMT
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In article <16452@accuvax.nwu.edu>, CRW@icf.hrb.com (me) writes:

> A)	<nothing similar found>
> B)	<nothing similar found>
> C)	EXp ?			0 or 1
> D)	MIN Mark
> E)	MIN Mark		bit

> Is this whether the mobile sends both MIN1 and MIN2?  If so, I thought
> that was at the request of the carrier, not the phone?

I believe the phone or the system can request this.
  
> A)	access method		1 or 0
> B)	access			1 digit
> C)	<nothing similar found>
> D)	<nothing similar found>
> E)	<nothing similar found>

> I'm not sure what this is?  Any Radio Shack phone owners that can tell
> us?  This might have something to do with accessing the reverse
> control channel (just a wild guess).

I now believe that these two categories are one in the same, ie:

A)	access method		1 or 0
B)	access			1 digit
C)	EXp ?			0 or 1
D)	MIN Mark
E)	MIN Mark		bit

EXp is the bit that controls "access method" which determines whether
the mobile will send both MIN1 and MIN2 on every access attempt.  I'm
assuming that MIN Mark is another name for this (half because of its
name and half from the process of elimination).  Can anyone confirm
this?

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