Pager Variable Settings

For sending pager alerts, RSC is designed to operate with any modem paging service that complies with the Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol (TAP). If you want to support both dial-in to the RSC modem and dial-out to pagers, you should set the RSC serial port baud rate and pager baud rates to 9600.

Use the following settings to enable and configure pager alerts. Use of pager 2 is optional; you do not need to enter settings for pager 2 if you are using a single pager. In this table, the characters -> indicate menu hierarchy; for example, Alert Settings->Pager means open Alert Settings and then choose Pager.

Table B-2 Pager Alert Settings

GUI Setting	Configuration Variable Setting
Alert Settings->Pager    Send RSC alerts to pagers	page_enabled true
Alert Settings->Pager->Pager 1    Number: phone number to dial PIN: pager user's PIN	page_info1 number@ID
Alert Settings->Pager->Pager 1->Advanced    Baud Rate: 9600  Parity: even  Stop Bits: 1  Data Bits: 7  Password: password Modem Init. String: see "Modem Initialization Strings"	page_baud1 9600 page_parity1 even page_stop1 1 page_data1 7 page_password1 password page_init1
Alert Settings->Pager->Pager 2    Number: phone number to dial PIN: pager user's PIN	page_info2 number@ID
Alert Settings->Pager->Pager 2->Advanced    Baud Rate: 9600  Parity: even  Stop Bits: 1  Data Bits: 7  Password: password Modem Init. String: see "Modem Initialization Strings"	page_baud2 9600 page_parity2 even page_stop2 1 page_data2 7 page_password2 password page_init2

Pager Phone Number

Pager phone numbers are the number for the paging service's TAP connection, and not the number for voice page notifications. It must be a phone number that connects to a modem that adheres to the TAP protocol. You may need to contact your paging service to obtain this number as well as other pager configuration parameters.

Pager phone numbers must include the complete string to dial; for instance, if your internal phone network requires a 9 before the number, include it. You can include a comma (,) after the 9 if a pause is required in order to wait for a dial tone. For example, 9,8005551212.

Storing Configuration Strings in the Modem's NVRAM

Use the rscadm modem_setup command to set modem configuration. Arguments to the modem_setup command consists of attention (AT) commands. Then store the settings in the modem's NVRAM.

Use the following initialization:

• Turn off RTS flow control.

• Reset modem when DTR drops.

• Set the serial port to fixed baud rate for incoming calls.

Modem Initialization Strings

Use the modem initialization strings for pagers 1 and 2 to allow RSC to set modem parameters required by the paging service during modem setup. The initialization string consists of attention (AT) commands.

The variables page_init1 and page_init2 have a maximum length of 15 characters, and are not stored in the modem's NVRAM. Settings in the page_init1 and page_init2 variables complement or override the settings you store in the modem's NVRAM memory using the rscadm modem_setup command. Note that if you use a different phone number or paging service for pagers 1 and 2, you may need to enter different initialization strings for each pager.

See "Setting Up the MultiTech Modem" for the MultiTech II modem initialization string, and see "Setting Up the Courier V.Everything Modem" for the Courier V.Everything modem initialization string.

Pager Passwords

The pager passwords are the password for the TAP paging service. In most cases in the United States, this password is not used. However, some paging services (for instance, in the United Kingdom) require a password.