Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1991 17:10:46 -0500 From: "John A. Weeks III" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Two Beepers, One Number Reply-To: "John A. Weeks III" Message-ID: Organization: NeWave Communications Ltd, Eden Prairie, MN Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 420, Message 5 of 10 Lines: 30 In article levitt@zorro9.fidonet.org (Ken Levitt) writes: > The units are identical in every way (including frequency) except for > the serial number. I would like to have both units beep when the > signal comes in so that I could carry one unit and my partner could > carry the other. Only one of us would be on call at any given time, > but it would be nice to not have to pass the unit back and forth > constantly. As long as you expect to pay for service for two pagers and not just one, I am sure that your paging service would be more than happy make this change for you. > The serial number seems to be contained on a long white plug in chip > that is labeled "Motorola Permacode Code Plug". The permacode sets the code that the page will respond to. These are replacable parts, and most pager service centers and many paging services carry spare code plugs, but few carry duplicate code plugs. You would end up having to order a new code plug. Expect to spend $100 or so for the new code plug. If your paging service has two duplicate code plugs of a different code, it might end up cheaper to change both pagers to a new code. John A. Weeks III (612) 942-6969 john@newave.mn.org NeWave Communications, Ltd. ...uunet!tcnet!newave!john