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Appendix G – WaveWare Interface

Specifications

This appendix is included for those who want to develop their own paging control software or add an interface

for the WaveWare Paging System to their existing software applications. You can choose to use the WaveWare

paging protocol defined in this appendix, the TAP paging protocol, defined in Appendix A – TAP Interface

Specifications, COMP1, or COMP2, defined elsewhere in this manual.

A simple definition of the difference between the WaveWare and TAP protocols is that the WaveWare protocol

is a dedicated connection that doesn’t require a login process and it assumes that the Host Device maintains a

database of all paging parameters associated with a pager, including Capcode, Encoding Method, and RF Data

Rate. The TAP protocol requires a connect and disconnect process and assumes that the Host Device only needs

to maintain a database of pager reference numbers called PINs, and that the paging system maintains a database

of all paging parameters associated with each PIN. The WaveWare interface supports paging messages up to 512

characters in length while the TAP interface supports paging messages up to 256 characters in length, group

paging, contact monitoring, and timed messaging. Each protocol has its advantages and disadvantages, but both

accomplish the process of causing POCSAG encoded paging messages to be delivered to local area pagers.

To configure your WaveWare Paging System to use the WaveWare paging protocol, you may be required to

configure the DIP switch bank in the paging transmitter. Please refer to Appendix B – DIP Switch Settings, for

details on configuring communication protocols. As a quick reference, the DIP switch setting for the WaveWare

interface is DIP switch 6 in the off position and all other DIP switches on, which tells the system to operate in

WaveWare interface mode, with communication parameters of 9600N81.

Your WaveWare Paging System typically communicates with a Host Device via RS-232 at 9600 Baud, 8 data

bits and 1 stop bit. The eighth data bit is ignored (no parity). You can configure the paging system for other

serial communication parameters. Please refer to Appendix C – DIP Switch Settings, for details on serial

communication parameters.

The paging system maintains an input buffer which can receive commands from the Host Device while a page is

being transmitted. The input buffer should be able to contain approximately ten paging messages before getting

full. When a command is received from the Host Device, the paging system responds with a message that

includes error messages if the command was not understood or not properly transmitted. The normal response

will echo the paging request command along with a status message.

The paging system can use hardware handshaking (CTS) to control the flow of paging message commands from

the Host Device. Alternatively, the paging control software could use the response messages as a means of

handshaking between the paging transmitter and the paging control software.

The paging transmitter encodes paging messages into POCSAG paging format and transmits the encoded paging

message. If the Carrier Detect function is enabled, transmissions will be delayed while interfering signals are

detected.

To use group paging in WaveWare mode, simply use the WaveWare Encoder Setup software to setup a group

list in TAP mode. The software can also be used to setup contact monitoring, for more information on contact

monitoring, read Appendix K – Contact Monitoring Function. The Host Monitoring function, which affects

group paging, of the WaveWare Paging Encoder System can be reset in WaveWare mode only if the

PPHRESET option is active. For more information on Host Monitoring, its functions and how to reset it, refer

to Appendix J – Timed Messaging.

The commands available for serial port controlled paging using the WaveWare Paging Protocol include:

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