Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!bu.edu!telecom-request From: 0002293637@mcimail.com (Krislyn Companies) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Alphanumeric Pagers Message-ID: Date: 10 Mar 91 10:43:00 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 28 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 194, Message 2 of 6 David Dodell writes ... > My local paging company has started to offer Alphanumeric paging > using the newer style Motorola pagers (similiar in size to a large > Bravo digital pager) ... they want to rent me a Motorola terminal for > $10/month, but they did disclose the access number locally. > I find this hard to believe, any one know the format so I could write some > scripts. I have an alpha pager with Metromedia Paging in the Boston area, and they willingly gave me the technical instructions to create messages via their system. (I've gotten all the way to the end but am still having a problem figuring out how to format their checksum ...) They also told me there are several commercial programs (around $25) which can be run on a PC to dial in and send an alpha message. Problem is, I don't know that the broadcast system the Metromedia has here is the same as the one you have there. So there's no guarantee that my three to five pages of instructions would work on your vendor's system. Put some pressure on them to get the spec or try another vendor. Paul Wilczynski