Specifications

Alphanumeric Messaging
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**00 = “Please call”
**01 = “Arnold”
**02 = “Urgent”
You could send the message:
“Please call Arnold 820-6363 Urgent”
by keying:
**00**01820*6363**02
You can string the messages together as in the above example, and intermix canned
messages with numbers. With a careful choice of words you can cover most situations
without needing to set up lots of canned messages.
Once you have determined a standard set of phrases, typically you would print it out and
publish it for all users’ reference.
Please note the following special situations:
1. If you want to key in a Canned Message over the voice prompt, you must first
press * to cancel the prompt, THEN enter the **01 (or whichever message
number). Otherwise, the first * would be seen as the “cancel the voice prompts”
key, then the remaining “*01” would go to the pager as “-01”.
2. If you need to send the sequence “**” (two asterisks) to a pager, you have two
choices:
a. You can set up one of your canned messages with the message “**”.
b. You can use the special key sequence “#7” which sends “**”. You might
remember the key this way: the “7” key is “PRS” on the phone keypad - the S
stands for Stars.
3. If you need to send the sequence “--” (two dashes) to a pager, you have two
choices:
a. You can set up one of your canned messages with the message “--”.
b. You can use the special key sequence “#3” which sends “**”. You might
remember the key this way: the “3” key is “DEF” on the phone keypad - the D
stands for Dashes. This was done for easy use of NEC pagers (and others)
where the pagers have their own canned messages that are activated by two
dashes.
Refer to the topic Canned Message Database on page 160 for instructions on
programming canned alpha messages.
Touch-Tone Speller
Using the Touch-Tone Speller feature, it is possible to spell out any message. The Touch-
Tone Speller feature uses any touch-tone phone as an alpha entry terminal.