Page Center User Manual MNT-PC-VB PAGE CENTER On-Site Communications System User Manual Firmware Version 307D31 Sonik Technologies Corp. 310 Via Vera Cruz San Marcos, CA 92069 PH: 760-752-1011 Fax: 760-752-1411 Email: sales@sonik.
Page Center User Manual MNT-PC-VB Table Of Contents 1 2 3 4 Installation ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Environment........................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Licensing............................................................................................................
Page Center User Manual MNT-PC-VB 7.6 COMP2 ................................................................................................................................................ 27 7.7 ASCII control characters...................................................................................................................... 27 8 Pager Database Transfer .............................................................................................................................. 28 8.
Page Center User Manual MNT-PC-VB 1 Installation 1.1 Environment The PAGE CENTER is designed for an indoor office environment. Ambient air temperature should be between -10 and +40C, and relative humidity in the 20-80% range. Operation outside of this range may cause damage to the unit. 1.2 Licensing This product operates in the commercial two-way radio communications band. A license to operate on a particular frequency must be obtained from the FCC.
Page Center User Manual MNT-PC-VB 2 Local Operation 2.1 Overview The PAGE CENTER is a desk top system that provides paging and wireless two-way communications. With an Intel 32 bit processor at its core, and 4 megabytes of FLASH memory, the PAGE CENTER can handle the wireless communications needs of the small office or a large plant. PAGE CENTER features: Stand-alone operation with built-in keypad and LCD display. Two built-in RS-232 serial ports for advanced paging applications.
Page Center User Manual MNT-PC-VB To facilitate sending pages to a large number of different pagers, groups of pagers may be set up in the PAGE CENTER. A group is first assigned a number, and the members of the group are programmed into the group pager database. Once a group is set up, a page may be sent to all the members of the group simply by sending the page to the given group. 2.2 Keypad The built-in keypad is used to program the unit, and to manually enter pages.
Page Center User Manual 2.5 MNT-PC-VB Sending a page The PAGE CENTER is ready to send a page when the LCD display shows: PAGER NO = This means the PAGE CENTER is waiting for you to enter the pager number to which you which to send a page. Using the keypad or an external keyboard, enter the number (not the CAP code) of the pager you wish to page. Once you enter the pager number, press the F1 key. There are three standard types of pagers supported by the PAGE CENTER.
Page Center User Manual MNT-PC-VB The procedure for sending a group page is the same as for the individual page described in the above procedure. Group pages generally take longer to send out, so you may find the PAGE CENTER will take a bit longer to return to the PAGER NO= prompt when a group page is sent. 2.7 Tone Paging Some pagers can receive tone or numeric pages.
Page Center User Manual MNT-PC-VB 3 Two-way Radio and Telephone Operation The PAGE CENTER has a built-in radio transceiver enabling it to communicate with other two-way radios and to receive over-the-air commands to generate pages, connect to the telephone system, dial phone numbers and answer incoming telephone calls. The telephone interface may be utilized for generating pages or initiating phone patches with two-way-radios.
Page Center User Manual 3.2 MNT-PC-VB Placing Telephone Calls from the Two-Way Radio Two-way radios can place "autopatch" telephone calls through the PAGE CENTER to a telephone line connected to the rear of the PAGE CENTER. The PAGE CENTER operates in a simplex mode. In other words, it can only receive or transmit at any given time, and not both simultaneously. If it is transmitting, it cannot receive, and when it is receiving, it cannot transmit.
Page Center User Manual 3.4 MNT-PC-VB Receiving Telephone Calls at the Two-Way radio The PAGE CENTER can also be used to route telephone calls from the telephone line to two-way-radios. To initiate a phone call from the telephone interface: 1. Dial the phone number of the telephone line connected to the PAGE CENTER. 2. The PAGE CENTER will answer the phone in a manner determined by the settings of the "Remote Paging" and "Call Forwarding" modes as set in the Configuration Menu.
Page Center User Manual 3.5 MNT-PC-VB Sending Pages using the Telephone Interface This section describes how to send a page with the PAGE CENTER using a DTMF keypad-equipped telephone. Note that the phone will not be answered until any "radio paging" command sequence in progress is completed. To send a page to a pager from the telephone interface, you must: 1. Dial the phone number of the telephone line connected to the PAGE CENTER. 2.
Page Center User Manual MNT-PC-VB 4 Unit Setup The PAGE CENTER supports numerous functions and operating modes. These are programmed via a series of menus. The following table lists configuration parameters and menus within the PAGE CENTER unit that the user may wish to modify. Operating parameters are stored in non-volatile memory, and will not need to be reconfigured during the life of the product unless the user wishes to change them. The default settings from the factory are shown in BOLD.
Page Center User Manual Reset FLASH Memory (Key 8 held down during power up) RESET FLASH? PASSWORD = 42983 RESET FLASH? NO YES Program Mode (Key "-" held down during normal operation) PASSWORD = 7531 1 ASSIGN PAGER PAGER NO = CAPCODE = TYPE = POCSAG 512 POCSAG 1200 POCSAG 2400 TWO TONE GROUP TONE FUNC = TONE NUMERIC ALPHA TONE ONLY TONE+ALERT TONE+VOICE ACTIVE? YES NO SAVE CHANGES? YES NO 3 TEST PAGE PAGING PAGER 0 4 ALARM PAGES ALARM NUMBER = ALARM x PAGER ENTER ALARM MESSAGE 2 ASSIGN GROUP SELECT GRO
Page Center User Manual To exit the configuration mode, press the - key. Note that values are not permanently stored until the Configuration Mode is exited by pressing the - key. If the unit is turned off, or power is lost before the - key is entered, changes to the configuration are not stored. 4.1.1 Serial Port Setup Each of the two serial ports may be configured independently. The table above lists the parameters which may be programmed.
Page Center User Manual 4.1.10 Transmit and Receive Frequencies Enter the desired transmit or receive operating frequency using the number keys. The decimal point will automatically be entered. Use the DEL key to delete any correct entries. Press the F1 or "-" key to accept the new frequency. 4.1.11 Transmit and Receive Signaling Carrier Squelch operation may be desirable if there are no other users on the channel and there is no interference.
Page Center User Manual 5 Program Mode The Program Mode is used to program CAP codes, add pagers, delete pagers, assign pagers to groups, configure the alarm pages, and set up various features of the PAGE CENTER. To enter the programming mode, press the dash "-" key on the keypad or the ESC key on the external keyboard. The PAGE CENTER will prompt you to enter the password.
Page Center User Manual • ALPHA (pager beeps and displays numbers and letters.) The function type for TWO TONE pagers or GROUP TONE pagers is one of the following: • • • TONE ONLY (send page tones only) TONE+ALERT (send an alert sound after the page tones) TONE+VOICE (permit phone caller to speak to the pager after sending page tones.) Press the arrow keys to cycle through the list of functions. Press the F1 key when the correct function is displayed. 5.
Page Center User Manual deactivate a pager. Once the pager number for this group is set, press the F1 button. The following prompt will appear. GROUP X = numeric SELECT GROUP FUNC 4. Using the arrow keys, select the function (numeric, alpha or tone) for this pager group. Members of the group may be of any type, but this selection will determine the prompt to the user when a page to this group is initiated. Press F1 when your selection is made.
Page Center User Manual Alternatively, alarm pages may be initiated from an external keyboard. Hold down the CTRL key and then press a number key which corresponds to the alarm input number to send the "Alarm Low" message. Hold down the SHIFT key also to send the "Alarm High" message. Note that the alarm inputs are not protected from lighting, so the wires must not be run out of doors. See Section 10.2 for details regarding the wiring of the alarm input connector.
Page Center User Manual Key DEL F1 F2 F3 F4 Character Displayed _ {none} {none} # * F Function Insert a pause in the dialing sequence Delete the previous character Save the phone number and exit the entry mode DTMF # key DTMF * key Flash hook 3. Press F1 to save the phone number. 4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 as desired, then press the "-" key to exit to the main programming menu.
Page Center User Manual 6 Diagnostics 6.1 Built-in Diagnostics If the user selects DIAGNOSTICS MODE from the Configuration Menu, the PageCenter goes into a diagnostics mode which allows the operator to exercise many of the PageCenter’s hardware functions and to help troubleshoot any problems with connections to the unit. Connections to the phone line, radio, speaker and microphone may be independently toggled for any desired test configuration.
Page Center User Manual 7 Serial Port Protocols The PAGE CENTER paging transmitter supports three different serial port communication protocols. Each protocol has its own uses, and the correct one for one application may not be the correct one for another. The PAGE CENTER must be configured to support the desired protocol, and only one protocol may be used at a time.
Page Center User Manual After initiating a page, and receiving the ID= prompt, the Entry Device can respond in one of two different ways. One way puts the PAGE CENTER into an Automatic Mode, and the other ways puts it into a Manual Mode.
Page Center User Manual Manual Entry of a Page Entry Device PAGE CENTER Action M ENTER PAGER NUMBER: PagerID Enter Alpha Message: or Enter Numeric Message: Message Sending Message... MessageSent or Can't Deliver to xxxxxxx or Too Slow. Goodby. or Two many errors. Goodby. 7.2 Comment The Entry Device tells the PAGE CENTER transmitter that it wants to manually send a POCSAG page, by ending the M.
Page Center User Manual 7.2.3 EOT Whenever the PAGE CENTER terminates a session by sending the sequence, it will drop the DTR signal on the RS-232 signal for 250mS. This will normally cause any modem connected to it to disconnect. 7.3 Sending Multiple-Line Pages If you wish a message to continue on another line of a multi-line pager, you cannot send the return into the serial port. Use the TAB character instead of a .
Page Center User Manual 7.6 COMP2 COMP2 allows a "dumb terminal" to be used to send a page, although any device that can output RS-232 data can be used. It has the added capability of selecting which pager to send the data to. All data entering the serial port is sent to a pre-set pager. The reception of a initiates the page. If the last is not sent within 15 seconds, the PAGE CENTER will abort this transaction, and begin waiting for a new entry.
Page Center User Manual 8 Database Transfer For convenience managing databases containing a large number of pagers, for backup purposes and to facilitate cloning databases from one unit to another, the PAGE CENTER database may be uploaded and downloaded from a host computer which is connected to either serial port which is configured for the TAP protocol. 8.
Page Center User Manual RADIO {T-REF} {T-FREQ} {T-CTCSS} {BW} {R-REF} {R-FREQ} {R-CTCSS} {CD} {DATA} {TYPE} Signifies that this line is data for the radio transceiver Transmit reference frequency in Hz Transmit frequency in Hz Transmit CTCSS code (-1 = CTCSS off) Transmit Bandwidth (0= wide, 1= narrow) Receive reference frequency in Hz Receive frequency in Hz Receive CTCSS code (-1 = CTCSS off) Carrier detect inversion on/off Transmit data inversion on/off Transceiver type code AUTODIAL Signifies that th
Page Center User Manual AUTODIAL,1,18005551212,[0D] AUTODIAL,2,,[0D] AUTODIAL,3,,[0D] AUTODIAL,4,,[0D] AUTODIAL,5,,[0D] AUTODIAL,6,,[0D] AUTODIAL,7,,[0D] AUTODIAL,8,,[0D] AUTODIAL,9,,[0D] PAGER,0,ALPHA,9,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D] PAGER,1,NUMERIC,0,POC2400,Y,Y,0,0,[0D] PAGER,2,NUMERIC,2,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D] PAGER,3,NUMERIC,100303,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D] PAGER,4,NUMERIC,4,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D] PAGER,5,NUMERIC,5,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D] PAGER,10,NUMERIC,10,POC2400,N,Y,0,0,[0D] PAGER,11,NUMERIC,11,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D] PAGE
Page Center User Manual DONE is received by the PageCenter, it will copy the database into its FLASH memory only if no errors were detected. 8.3.1 Erasing Pagers or Groups from the Database Uploading the database file to the PageCenter only adds and re-programs the pagers and groups specified. It does not erase other pagers with entries stored in the unit's memory. If you want the pager database erased, use a text editor to add a line before the first PAGER entry in the database.
Page Center User Manual 9 Firmware Updating The firmware in the PageCenter can be loaded with firmware updates via the serial port number 1 (lower of the two serial ports). Note that you might need to reset the Flash memory and reload the database of pagers after you load the new firmware into the unit. Before updating the firmware, it is recommended that the pager database be downloaded and saved as described in the "Retrieving the Pager Database" section of this manual.
Page Center User Manual 10 External Connectors 10.1 External Transceiver The PAGE CENTER may utilize an internal transceiver, an external transmitter, or an external transceiver. A 15 pin D-sub connector is located on the rear of the PAGE CENTER to facilitate interfacing an external transmitter or external transceiver to the PAGE CENTER. The pin-out of this connector is as follows: External Transceiver I/O Connector Pin Out Pin Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Function Ground B+ for the radio.
Page Center User Manual The control lines on the serial port are used for controlling the flow of data and the peripheral attached to the port. The most signals provided for on RS-232 serial interfaces are shown in the following table: Pin # 3 2 7 Name TXD RXD RTS* 8 CTS* 4 DTR* 1 9 6 5 DCD* RI* DSR GND Typical RS-232 Serial Signal Functions Transmit data from the computer to the PageCenter. Receive Data from the PageCenter to the computer. Request to send data.
Page Center User Manual 11 Specifications Principles of Operation The PageCenter is a multi-functional unit which can be used to communicate between the built-in speaker/microphone, pagers, two-way radios and the telephone interface. The internal circuitry is comprised of numerous elements as shown on the block diagram below.
Page Center User Manual External keyboard interface ................................................Standard PS/2 Telephone interface ............................................................RJ-11 female, DTMF signaling DTMF signaling timing ......................................................> 40 mS (telco receive mode) > 100 mS (radio receive mode) 100 mS (telco transmit mode) Alarm/data inputs................................................................8 RF Section RX channel spacing ..........
Page Center User Manual 12 Alignment 12.1 Adjustments The following table lists the internal adjustments. Reference Designator R9 R20 R16 R32 R34 R41 R60 R52 R69 Function Squelch/carrier detect threshold level. Receive audio level. RX audio bias. CTCSS encode level. Adjust for 10% of full-system deviation w/CTCSS encoder on. Paging data level. Adjust for 90% full system deviation w/POCSAG data being transmitted. Voice limiter. Adjust for 95% full system deviation with loud audio into the mic. Mic gain.
Page Center User Manual 11. Send a 1200 bps test signal to the transmitter using Test Function 1. Adjust R34 for 4.0 kHz / 2 kHz (0 to peak) deviation. 12. Unkey the unit. 13. Enable a 100 Hz CTCSS encoder on the transmit frequency. 14. Key the transmitter with the F3 key. Adjust R32 for +/-500 Hz deviation of the CTCSS tone. 15. Measure the transmitter's power level to verify that it is set to the desired level with the internal jumpers. 12.2.3 Telco Interface 1.
Page Center User Manual 13 Appendix A - Frequency Coordinators The following is a list of frequency coordination agencies. Contact the agency which coordinates frequency assignments for the industry your business is in. 13.1 For frequencies designated with an "IW" in Section 90.35 of the Commission's rules: UTC, The Telecommunications Association Attn: Frequency Coordination Department 1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1140 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 872-0030 Fax: (202) 331-7639 13.
Page Center User Manual Industrial Telecommunications Association, Inc. Attn: Frequency Coordination Department 1110 North Glebe Road, Suite 500 Arlington, Virginia 22201 Phone: (703) 528-5115 Manufacturers Radio Frequency Advisory Committee, Inc.(MRFAC) Attn: Frequency Coordination Department 1041 Sterling Road, #106 Herndon, Virginia 20171 Phone: (703) 318-9206 Fax: (703) 318-9209 Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers c/o Industrial Telecommunications Association, Inc.
Page Center User Manual 14 Appendix B - Regulatory Compliance Information Statements 14.1 Federal Communications Commission Part 68 Statements: This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC rules. Located on the equipment is a label that contains, among other information, the FCC registration number and ringer equivalence number (REN.) If requested, this information must be provided to the telephone company.
Page Center User Manual Caution: Users should not attempt to make such connections themselves, but should contact the appropriate electric inspection authority, or electrician, as appropriate." 2. The Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) of this device is 0.6 NOTICE: The Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) assigned to each terminal device provides an indication of the maximum number of terminals allowed to be connected to a telephone interface.
