Installation

To install InfoRad Wireless software in Windows 95/98?ME/NT4/2000, click on the Start button and select Run. Type in A:SETUP or B:SETUP in the Open: line and click OK. Follow the prompts for installation.

InfoRad Wireless Software needs the Receiver ID Number (typically the seven-digit Pager Number) and the Messaging Service connection settings (baud rate, data bits, parity, stop bit). Your Paging/Wireless Messaging Service should have these numbers for you.

Messaging Service Connection Properties

From the menu bar, click Edit, Messaging Services, highlight the service's name and then click Edit, then from "Send essages via" select "direct serial connection".

Select matching COM Port and Port Settings for the serial cable connection from the paging terminal to the pc.

If you are having difficulty setting your pc to communicate with the paging terminal, you can try using HyperTerminal to test your connection. HyperTerminal is a software bundled with MS Windows 95/98/NT found in your Programs either under Accessories in MS Windows 95/NT or in Communications in Windows 98.

When you start HyperTerminal it will first ask for a Name for the connection. Type in "Test" for a name and press Enter. With the down arrow at the Connect Using box, choose the Com Port (MS Windows Communications Port) which is where the serial cable is connected. This will then grey-out the other options, click OK. Next it will show your Port Settings. Set the Baud Rate/Bits Per Second to 1200 or 300 (or whatever baud rate the terminal is set to), the Data Bits to 7, Parity to Even, and the Stop Bits to 1 (these are typical settings for paging terminals). Set the Flow Control to None.

You will then see a blank Text Box you can type in. Press the [Enter] key. The paging terminal should then return "ID=" if it is set to automatic paging. If you are not getting anything in return, then you do not have the proper connection settings to the paging terminal.

Consult your paging service about the connection properties needed for a direct serial connection.

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