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By far the most common way to send full-text messages to pagers is through the TAP protocol. The Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol (TAP) is the paging industry's method of a computer talking to a paging terminal. NTpage implements TAP Version 1.8. The Telocator Alphanumeric input Protocol (TAP) has become the paging industry standard protocol for sending page requests from automated equipment, computers and other data-entry devices to radio paging systems. The TAP protocol primarily is used to forward one or more alphanumeric pages over a single telephone connection. TAP is a digital communications protocol, which operates through dial up modems or dedicated RS-232 serial I/O connections. Nearly 100% of paging systems in the U.S.A. and a large percentage of paging equipment outside of the U.S., provide public access TAP connectivity. If you would like specific details of TAP, you can download the spec from http://www.pcia.com/protocol/links.htm NTpage implements the TAP protocol through the TAP32.DLL component. This DLL is a derivative of the Power Page DLL (http://www.inventivelabs.com) and has been implemented at thousands of locations. NOTE: To troubleshoot the TAP32.DLL, see the Administrator program for setting up the TAP log file. |
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