Carriers

Description - Carrier objects contain the information needed to connect to paging terminals. If you will be connecting to outside paging service providers, you may need to contact them to obtain some of the necessary settings.

Functions (accessible by right-clicking on the object)
Add - this allows you to add a new carrier
Cancel Messages - this will cancel all pending messages for all carriers
   

Carrier(s)

Description - Under the main carrier object you will see carrier objects for each new carrier you have setup.

Functions (accessible by right-clicking on the object)

Delete - this will delete this carrier. Note: carriers cannot be deleted if there are recipients currently setup to use it.

Cancel Messages - this will cancel all pending messages for this carrier

Settings

Carrier - a name that identifies the carrier. This name cannot be changed later.

Protocol - PageGate supports seven different protocols for delivering messages to paging carriers: GSM, SMTP (email), SNPP, TAP, Tone, UCP, and WCTP. GSM is used when PageGate is connected directly to a wireless modem or mobile phone. SMTP is used to send messages to carriers over the internet using this email protocol. SNPP and WCTP are paging protocols designed to use the internet for delivery. TAP and UCP are used to send alphanumeric and numeric messages to a carrier by connecting to a modem at the paging carrier. Tone is used to send numeric messages to a carrier by sending touch tones (some carriers don't support TAP with their numeric pagers). Some of the fields described below don't apply to some of the delivery methods and may not show.

Failover - if a message fails delivery to its original recipient, a failover recipient can be set that will then receive the message(s).

Phone Number - the phone number to connect to the carrier's paging terminal, or if a common phone number is used for touch tone delivery

Host - the host name of the machine at the carrier that will accept the messages over the internet.

Port - the TCP/IP port number that the host at the carrier is accepting messages on (usually 444 for SNPP and 80 for WCTP)

Baud Rate - the baud rate to use when connecting to the paging terminal. 1200 baud is the most common setting

Parity - the type of parity to use when connecting to the paging terminal (e = even, o = odd, n = none). Even parity is the most common setting

Stop Bits - the number of stop bits to use when connecting to the paging terminal. 1 stop bit is the most common setting

Init String - an init string can be set to change modem settings before the carrier is called. In most cases an init string is necessary to reliably connect to most carriers. See the section 'Init Strings' for more information

Max Chars - the maximum number of characters that the paging terminal will accept in a single message. Some carriers accept as little as 80 characters. Others accept over 1000. 240 is a common limit.

Password - some carriers require a password to accept messages. Most don't require a password.

Msg Limit - this settings forces PageGate to disconnect from the carrier after sending this number of messages. This is helpful with some carriers that limit the number of messages they can receive in a single connection, but don't do this correctly. A setting of 0 (zero) means no limit and should be used in most cases.

Drop not-printable characters - many pagers don't accept formatting characters like carriage returns, line feeds, and tabs. Check this box if you don't want these 'not printable characters' sent out in the message.

Pulse Dial - If touch-tone dialing is not available in your area, check this box to dial using pulse.

Wait String - this settings is used in conjunction with the Tone delivery method. See the section 'Sending Touch Tone Messages to Numeric Pagers' for more detailed information.