CalAmp PC-UC-2 User Manual
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7M303-1 Rev A2
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Some keyboards are extremely sensitive to the high RF fields present when an antenna
is connected directly to the rear of the
is connected directly to the rear of the
Peoplefinder II
. The keyboard may stop functioning properly after the
Peoplefinder II
transmitter is turned on. If this situation occurs, it is recommended that the antenna be mounted at
least several feet from the
Peoplefinder II
or that a different brand of keyboard be used.
2.4 Display
There is a two-line, twenty-character LCD display on the
Peoplefinder II
. The three LEDs on the top right side of the
unit indicate the state of the transmitter, whether the channel is busy, and the programming mode.
2.5 Sending a page
The
Peoplefinder II
is ready to send a page when the LCD display shows:
This means the
Peoplefinder II
is waiting for you to enter the pager number to which you wish 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
you enter the pager number, press the F1 key. There are three standard types of pagers supported by the
Peoplefinder II
. They are: tone-only, numeric and alpha-numeric. An option is available which supports two-tone
pagers as well. Depending upon what type of pager you are sending the page to, one of the following sequences
will take place:
will take place:
1. POCSAG tone-only pagers
If the pager is a tone-only type, it does not have a display. A page sent to it will cause it to beep.
When a page is sent to it, the display will show
When a page is sent to it, the display will show
TONE PAGER
while it is sending the page over-the-air to the
pager. This will take about one second, after which it will display
PAGE ACCEPTED
for a couple seconds, and
then return back to the
PAGER NO=
prompt.
2. Numeric and alpha-numeric pagers
If the pager is designated as a Numeric pager or an Alphanumeric pager in the
Peoplefinder II
database, then the
LCD display will show
NUMERIC PAGER
or
ALPHA PAGER
for one second, and then the LCD display will show
ENTER
MESSAGE
. The user enters the message using the keypad into line 2 of the display. If the message is longer
than the length of the display, the display will automatically scroll down to the next line as the message is
entered. Pressing the DEL key deletes the previous character entered. Once the data is entered, press the
F1 key to send the page. The display will show
entered. Pressing the DEL key deletes the previous character entered. Once the data is entered, press the
F1 key to send the page. The display will show
PAGE ACCEPTED
for a couple seconds and then the display will
return back to the
PAGER NO=
prompt.
Note that:
Only messages with numbers may be sent when using the built-in keypad.
Alphanumeric messages may be sent to alphanumeric pagers when using an external keyboard or the
computer interface.
computer interface.
The POCSAG characters "[", "]", "-", "space" and "U" may be sent to numeric pagers when using the
external keyboard, mobile radio or the computer interface.
external keyboard, mobile radio or the computer interface.
3. Two-tone pagers
Two tone pagers accept a sequence of two tones. The CAPCODE is a number between 0 and 999. A large
number of standard tone plans are supported by the
number of standard tone plans are supported by the
Peoplefinder II.
Pagers with non-standard tone frequencies
PAGER NO =