Press the Down key to move through the characters, press the Function key to change the values.Ħ. Press the Function key (third from top) to change to ĥ.
The default password is 0000, press the Down key (2nd from top) to move right until the RIC (capcode) page is shown.Ĥ. Hold the Up and Read buttons down for about 3 seconds until the password is shown.ģ. Hand Programming the Alphapoc 602R, GP2009N and Ganray PagersĢ.
Here’s the GP2009N User Manual and the GP2009N Programming Software which allows you to set the frequency and up to eight RIC codes. The pager is hand programmable for RIC, freq and baud. Just tell the seller, witoptech, the POCSAG frequency and your capcode (RIC) and she will pre-program it for you and all you’ll have to do is add an AAA battery and you’re good to go.
I purchased a new Chinese GP2009N pager on ebay for $95 delivered with 3-day shipping (yes, 3-day shipping from China to the East Coast USA). Pager sellers use the term “capcode” for the pager ID and may not understand the term RIC (capcode = RIC). You must also set your capcode (Channel Access Protocol code) or RIC (Receiver Identification Code) which functions as the pager ID. We can use a pager to receive POCSAG pages but the pager must be POCSAG capable (most are) and programmable to use 439.9875 MHz.
Click on Pi-Star’s “Configuration/Expert/SSH Access”, log in, then enter “tail -f /var/log/pi-star/D*” to view all real-time POCSAG activity including message text. We can view actual POCSAG message contents in the Pi-Star log. To get to the SSH Access command line select Configuration/Expert/SSH Access and sign in. Then issue this command (with your target callsign and message) at the SSH Access command line: sudo pistar-dapnetapi K9OJ “This is a test message, please ignore it” USER and PASS are your login credentials (not your transmitter callsign and Authkey). Enter your TXAREA, for the USA use: us-all. You must put your DAPNET website () user name and password in the DAPNET API section found at Configuration/Expert/DAPNET API. We can use the Pi-Star SSH command line to send POCSAG messages: Send an SMS message to Private DMR Contact 262994 in this format: callsign “space” message text. We can send POCSAG messages by using a DMR SMS message.
We can use the Android DAPNET app to send messages. POCSAG activity can also be seen on the “Live Logs” page. The latest POCSAG activity will show on the Pi-Star dashboard. Radio Frequency POCSAG: 439.987.500 (worldwide)ĭAPNET AuthKey: Your transmitter’s authorization key assigned by DAPNET Node Callsign POCSAG: what you registered it as, usually your callsign Then set the POCSAG Configuration (near bottom of page) Main ConfigurationĮnable POCSAG mode in “MMDVMHost Configuration”, click “Apply Changes”, fill in the “POCSAG Configuration” section near the bottom of the page and click “Apply Changes” again. On main Configuration page enable POCSAG mode and click “Apply Changes”.
Must upgrade to Pi-Star 3.4.16 or later Pi-Star POCSAG Setup Must upgrade MMDVM modem to 1.4.0 or later You will receive an email with your transmitter’s node callsign (usually your call sign) and a transmitter authorization key. Sign in with the new DAPNET account then open another support ticket and request a new transmitter.
To get your hotspot ready to transmit POCSAG you start with a request for a new DAPNET Account: Open a support ticket and request a new account with RIC (pager ID) at: The RIC code (capcode) will be your pager “address”, similar to your DMR ID. If the hotspot is busy with another mode POCSAG messages will be stored until the other mode’s hang time ends and then the stored messages will be transmitted. Your hotspot will transmit POCSAG messages on a POCSAG frequency then change back to your regular hotspot frequency. POCSAG is an acronym for Post Office Code Standardization Advisory Group which developed the code for the British Post Office. See the DAPNET wiki for a basic overview of POCSAG. You can configure your Pi-Star hotspot to transmit these messages on the worldwide POCSAG frequency of 439.9875 MHz (or any other frequency you choose). POCSAG is a one-way pager protocol that is carried by DAPNET (Decentralized Amateur Paging Network) which was developed by German Amateurs.
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