RE: Pager Companies -- MIDRANGE-L

I used to be able to dial into ARCH's Paging terminal (when they were still
MobileComm) and get a command prompt for which I could then enter pager
number (enter), then the message (enter) and it would page the pager.  If it
was an alpha pager I could type in the alpha message.  Have not done it in
years, but I am sure the interface is still there.  All it would take is a
scripting-like program.  Wait for the correct prompts and respond with the
appropriate key strokes.  I am sure that this is available with other paging
companies as well.  The trick is to get the paging terminal number.  Pagenet
for example use to sell a software called quick page that let you dial in
via a pc to send messages.  You may have to dig a little to find a customer
support person that will even know about doing this.  I have found most of
them lacking in the technical aspects of the paging systems they are
supporting.  Anything beyond changing pager options or resetting the pager,
you would have to find some one who cares enough to know how things work in
the system.  You just have to keep asking until you get the right person, or
find the right question that they will understand what you are trying to do
is possible.  I will stop now before going into a long rant.




Joe Giusto II
Programmer/Analyst
Ritz Camera
Beltsville, MD
301-419-3209 x347
410-813-2812 x347

 -----Original Message-----
From:   owner-midrange-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]
On Behalf Of Debbie Panco
Sent:   Wednesday, May 30, 2001 1:22 PM
To:     MIDRANGE
Subject:        Pager Companies

Group,

This may be a bit off topic, but I am sure that many of us carry pagers
for work purposes.  We are not very satisfied with our current pager
company (Arch) and are looking for a replacement.  I am looking for
some feed back regarding companies serving the Northeast Ohio
area.  Good experiences?  Bad experiences?  A company whom you
would or wouldn't refer?

Also, is there anyone who is doing in-house paging from their AS400
possibly using RPG/ICF file as opposed to utilizing an external
software product like Robot?   We currently use an RPG program
to page our programmer on call.  It is very basic and only dials the
pager number and upon making a connection a "tone only" page
is sent to the pager (analog, not digital).  We would like to refine
this to send a numeric page to the pager (digital).

If this is a little too off topic, you may respond to me privately.


Thanks,

Deborah Panco
Senior Systems Analyst / Project Leader
United Consumer Financial Services
dpanco43@ix.netcom.com
440-835-6674

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