Get Ascii Command Line Interface

[tpeterson]

If I use sendpage.exe to send message, is there any way to send a capcode/id/pin that is not already in the page gate database or listed as a recipient? I have another application that needs to send pages and can through page gates serial interface. The problem is that this other application has a large capcode/id/pin database that I would not want to try to keep updated in page gate. I thought about importing the list on a scheduled bases but I am not sure what format would work.

[Tech Support]

If you have a 5000 recipient license, you can use the ad-hoc function in the program. You create a single ad-hoc recipient, then reference that recipient by the sendpage command line. Just as an example, let's say you create an ad-hoc user named ah:

sendpage ah;7815920 message

[NotePage Sales]

The license can be confirmed in the PageGate Admin's Registration screen.

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[tpeterson]

Is there a particular was that Get Ascii needs to be configured to support ad-hoc paging? I can't seem to get any command line pages to go through. I never see them even pending. The command appears to be sucessful when I send, but I don't see anything in any logfile.

[tpeterson]

Okay - So it appears I have to use the sendpage.exe from the directory specified in the Polling Directory. I can now send pages to listed recipients, but not to my newly created ad hoc recipient. I created a recipient named ah and had to enter a cap code so I enetered 1234567. From a windows shell i enter sendpage ah;1218219 test page. The Get Ascii log tells me that 1218219 is not a valid recipient.

Thanks for the help.

[tpeterson]

Also, if I can send an ad-hoc page through the Get Ascii interface, how does Page Gate determine which carrier to send the page through?

Thanks

[Tech Support]

You have to tie each ad-hoc recipient to a carrier, just like a normal recipient. It's why you'll need an ad-hoc recipient for each carrier.