Re: AS400 Paging to anywhere

You have a few options, but it depends on the carrier. You are lloking for a
supported protcol that the AS/400 can also implement.

For Phones the actual over the air is call Short Messageing Services (SMS)
and is usaaly a text message between 120 and 140 characters in length, each
carrier sets this as an option.

To interface to the carrier you need an interface protocol;

    TAP = Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol  - Dial up ASCII/Async Usaly 2400
7E1.
    SNPP = Simple Network Paging Protocol - RFC-1864 Internet Socket based.
    WCTP = Wireless Communication Transfer Protocol - An XML Based Internet
Protocol.
    TNPP = Telocator Network Paging Protocol  - Usally ASCII/Async Switch
Protocol.
    SMPP = Short Messaging Paging Protocol - Usally ASCII/Async Switch
Protocol.

    SNPP has some good Perl implementations !

Good Luck,
Jeffrey Silberberg
CompuDesigns, Inc.
(770) 399-9464

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Gibbs" <david@midrange.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: AS400 Paging to anywhere


> At 05:35 PM 6/13/2001, you wrote:
> >We are looking into a way to send text pages from the AS400 to Cell
phones
> >or pagers in Americas, Europe and Asia.  We do send pages using a Vendor
> >product in the Americas.
> >Anyone know if  this can be done to Cell phones?
>
> I think the major cell phone vendors in America support the TAP
> protocol.  I know that SprintPCS does.
>
> If the vendor supports TAP, then you can use the same software to send to
> pagers & cell phones.
>
> As for software, I recommend AGAINST Help/Systems Robot Alert
> software.  It's fine software, and works well, but only with THEIR other
> software products.  It has no independent ability to monitor for QSYSOPR
> messages & send pages when appropriate.
>
> david
>
>
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