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Boomer II User Manual & Integrator’s Guide ________________________________ Message Routing and Migration
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DataTAC Messaging (DM)
DM allows one terminal to communicate with up to ten other terminals
by routing a message through the DataTAC system network. As such,
DM provides the protocol for basic E-mail functionality. System
differences with regard to DM appear mainly as differences in DM
syntax.
DM Message Types
Peer-to-peer communications uses two types of messages:
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Generate (originator-to-network)
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Receive (network-to-destination)
Each message type must include its own type of header. Within each
system, each type of header has small differences in syntax. The charts
graphically compare the headers across systems.
Highlights of DM Differences
Each of the three DataTAC systems varies slightly according to how it
implements DM. Use the table below to identify the system differences
by DM attribute.
DM attribute
DataTAC 4000
Systems
DataTAC
5000Systems
DataTAC
6000Systems
Address length 8 bytes 14 bytes 14 bytes
Error reporting Does not include an
error number prefix
as part of the error
text.
Includes an error
number prefix as part
of the error text.
Does not include an
error number prefix
as part of the error
text.
Time-stamping Yes Yes No
Message storage Configurable 10 messages 100 messages
DataTAC Messaging Implementation Differences