Paging Software

Pagers are still widely in use in situations where mobile phone reception is unreliable or where radio transmitters cannot be used. Pagers are reliable, have a long battery life and are a good solution for quick personal or group messaging.

Paging providers offer access points to their paging network to give customers the means to send messages to their pagers. Traditionally most paging providers used access points via the TAP protocol over an analog modem connection but more and more paging providers now offer Internet access points. The access points are used by the paging software to send the messages and provide feedback if the message is accepted or rejected.

Send Messages to Pagers

The paging software uses the access points of the paging companies to send the pager messages. Because Diafaan SMS Server supports most of the paging protocols in use today, you can use the access method that is most suitable for your need. And if the paging provider offers more than one access method, you can use the Backup Gateway option in the paging software to route the message through a different access point if the preferred one is down.

Paging protocols

Diafaan SMS Server supports the following paging protocols:

protocol	connection	description
TAP	Modem	Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol (TAP, also known as IXO or PET) is an industry standard and is the main communications protocol for paging over a modem connection in the US, Canada, South America, Australia, and the majority of Europe.
UCP 01	Modem and Internet	Universal Computer Protocol (UCP) is primarily used to connect to short message service centres (SMSC) for mobile phones. In Europe it is also used to send pager messages over a modem- or Internet connection.
SNPP	Internet	Simple Network Paging Protocol (SNPP) is a relatively simple Internet protocol that can be used to send messages to pagers and mobile phones.
SMTP (email)	Internet	Email is widely used to send messages to pagers and mobile phone. Since the email system is not time sensitive and it is not known if the paging provider received the message, it is not ideal for use with urgent paging or SMS messages. The SMTP service can also be used to send messages to normal email users.
WCTP	Internet	Wireless Communication Transfer Protocol (WCTP) facilitates sending messages to pagers and mobile phones over a plain (http) or secure (https) HTTP connection.