Agilent Technologies 8648A Operation And Service Manual page 70

Operation Reference
Function
where,
BI: Block Information
AF: Address Field
VF: Vector Field
MF: Message Field
IB: Idle Block
POCSAG
Setting the Data Rate and Pager Type The parameter menu for the data rate and the pager
type looks like the following:
• DATA RATE
512 512 bps
1200 1200 bps
2400 240012 bps
• PAGER TYPE
Numeric type
NUMERIC:
Tone only type
TONE ONLY:
ALPHANUM 7BIT: 7-bit coded alphanumeric type entered by hex-binary code
ALPHANUM 8BIT: 8-bit coded alphanumeric type entered by hex-binary code
ALPHANUMERIC: 7-bit coded alphanumeric type
NOTE
The ALPHANUM 7BIT and ALPHANUM 8BIT types can be used for displaying
two-byte special characters, for example, Chinese characters, through a conversion
table.
The following examples show how the actual bit streams are transmitted if "B0A1" is
set to the message (MESSAGE NO. 6):
1b-22