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20-62 VHF & UHF TRANSMITTER
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Sea Air and Land Communications Ltd, 10 Vanadium Place, Addington, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand June 2020
Gent is Honeywell’s open protocol that allows their fire system components to communicate with
each other. Their open protocol allows flexibility in the choice of products that can be integrated
into their solutions, including the Salcom 20-62.
GPS and Pulse Count protocol is used for irrigation equipment transmitters. The protocol allows the
20-62 to be connected to a GPS receiver. $GPGGA GPS messages are stored by the 20-62, so
when required the position can be transmitted as a paging message.
SMS protocol is different from other industry protocols like TAP or TNPP. SMS is a scripted protocol,
which allows total control over all aspects of code and communication.
Scope compatible protocol allows a Salcom transmitter to be interfaced to Scope compatible
paging encoders and panels. The serial command contains the CAP code, message type, level,
message information and the baud rate. The maximum message length is 30 characters.
COMP1 allows unformatted ACSII strings to be sent as paging messages to contacts in the Cap
database. As an example, this allows connection of the paging transmitter to a device with a
serial printer output. Due to the message being sent to all contacts successively, it is
recommended that the database be kept to a minimum.
Format is Message<CR>
COMP2 defines the database contact in the serial string and messages are only sent to that
contact. Strings are delimited with either tilde or carriage return character and can be
synchronised by prefixing the command with three <DEL> control characters.
Format is Pager ID<CR>Message<CR> or Pager ID<Tilde>Message<Tilde>
Note: Both COMP1 and COMP2 do not send acknowledgements. Serial commands can be
terminated in a carriage return for immediate transmission but any unterminated string is sent after
a 10 second delay. Full protocol details available on request.
12-32 Input Expansion Unit protocol is a variation of Salcom and PET protocols. It allows a Salcom
20-62 transmitter to directly replace the 11-10, 11-62 and 12-62 transmitters. It allows backwards
compatibility for 1200 Baud messaging in the 12-32 input modules.
12-36 Paging Telephone Voice Interface protocol is generated by the SALCOM 11-36 or 12-36
Telephone Interface. This allows the user to connect via a phone and initiate numeric calls or pre-
programmed alphanumeric calls. This is now supported by the standard “Salcom” protocol.
12-84 Protocol is used by the Salcom 12-84 POCSAG receiver to generate a serial message string
including the CAPcode which can be decoded directly by the 12-62. Typically used for store and
forward.