>
> >You may want to check out an article which appeared in the SysAdmin Journal
> >Vol. 3 No. 2 (March/April 1994) entitled "UUCP + Pager = Automated Warning
> >System" by Carlos Francisco Gomez (cfg @
netcom .
com). Although he also
> >reported a 50% success rate :-( he blamed most failures on the paging service
> >company.
>
> Would suspect the problem may be one of timing vs the modem. When I dial
> my pager, you have the connection time plus a message time then three beeps
> signalling that it is ready for input. The window that is open for
> input of the desired number is pretty small before it autohangsup. I do not
> know of a modem that can recognize the beeps (if some one does know of
> one that would be interesting) so you have to "guess" at the delay. Too long
> or too short and it will not go through.
>
> Not sure but calling an internal voice mail system might work better if you
> get some sort of signal from that.
>
> Warmly,
> Padgett
ALL pager companies that I have talked to (Dayton/Cincy. area and
SF Bay area) have data lines for pager signaling, at least for alpha
pagers, if not both. These data lines are often 1200 baud (baud until
9600, right?) and have two modes: the standard protocol modem (called
IXO and something else) which consists of control character protocol
and checksummed blocks and another 'manual' mode. The manual
mode allows you to enter a pager 'company' identifier, pager ID,
and a message (usually limited to 240 or 120 for alphas, although
I've had up to 2048 working). When it accepts the message, it
is being sent and you can send another.
I've done this several times in sometimes irritating environments.
sdw
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