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PAGER,102,ALPHA,1020,POC512,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,103,TONE,1030,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,104,NUMERIC,1040,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,105,ALPHA,1050,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,105,ALPHA,1050,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,106,TONE,1060,POC2400,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,107,NUMERIC,1070,POC2400,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,108,ALPHA,9,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,109,ALPHA,9,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,110,ALPHA,10,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,115,NUMERIC,0,,Y,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,123,ALPHA,123,POC512,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,125,ALERT,131195,TWO-TONE,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,300,TONE,3000,GROUP-TONE,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,301,TONE,30000,GROUP-TONE,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,400,TONE,4000,GROUP-TONE,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,500,TONE,5000,GROUP-TONE,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,510,TONE,655380000,TWO-TONE,N,Y,20,20,[0D]
PAGER,556,ALPHA,0,,Y,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,599,NUMERIC,599,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,998,NUMERIC,997,POC1200,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
PAGER,999,TONE,12345,POC2400,N,Y,0,0,[0D]
GROUP,1,1,23,,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,999,104,104,105,105,105,104,106,107,108,106,109[0D]
GROUP,5,556,3,,123,122,121[0D]
GROUP,15,115,5,,123,10,1,23,20[0D]
GROUP,16,17,3,,100,103,106[0D]
DONE[0D]
Restoring/Uploading the Database
If the database is stored on a disk in the format shown above, it may be re-loaded into the OSMAC Base Station. Use a
terminal emulation program to send the ASCII file into either serial port in a plain-text format. The serial port must be
configured for TAP protocol.
The Base Station will answer every line that is sent with an OK> if the line is acceptable, or ER> if there is an error. If
any error(s) occur during uploading, a message will be displayed at the end of the upload sequence and the information
received will not be saved. If this occurs, reduce the data rate transfer of the communication port in use or enable the
hardware flow control, then retry the upload operation.
Note: The “DB1[0D]” sequence in the first line notifies the base station that a database file will be sent. The word
“DONE” at the end of the file informs the base station that the database file transmission has ended. Once the word
“DONE” is received by the base station and no error is detected, it will immediately save the database into its FLASH
memory.
Erasing Satellites or Groups from the Database
Uploading the database file into the OSMAC Base Station can only add and re-program the satellite(s) and satellite
group(s) specified. The process does not erase other satellites with entries already stored in the unit memory.
If the user wants to erase the satellite database, use a text editor to add a line before the first “PAGER” entry in the
database. The only characters on the line should be:
ERASEDATABASE[0D]
This line will tell the OSMAC Base Station to clear the database before it adds the new satellites and groups from the
ASCII file. If you only wish to erase the group information, and not the individual satellites, put a line in the file that
reads:
ERASEGROUPS[0D]