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r Pro v3.0

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Sent Messages

The  Sent Messages   log shows  information  about messages  that have been  sent.  Information  is  only shown

for messages  sent during  the current session  of the r  Pro.  This log displays  whom  the message

was  sent to, when  it was  sent to the paging  server, the current message  status,  and the beginning  of the actual

message.   The  Refresh   button will update  the displayed  information.   The  Requeue   button will resend  the

highlighted  message.   The  Copy  button allows  you to copy this message  information  back into the main

r  Pro screen.   The  Close   button will  close  the log screen.   The  Sent Messages   log can be accessed

by choosing   Sent  form the  View  menu, or by clicking  on the  Sent  label on the r  Pro s  main  screen.

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Spell Check

If the spell  checking  option  is  enabled  on the general setup  screen,  messages  can be checked  for spelling

errors  before  they are sent.   The r  Pro uses  Microsoft Word s  spell  checking  utility that is  luded  in

Word 97 or newer.  MS Word must  be installed  in order for r  Pro to be able to spell  check messages.

A message  can be checked by double clicking  anywhere in the  Message  Text  area, or by choosing   Check

Spelling   from the  Tools  menu.

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Touch  Tone  Delivery

Touch messages  are messages  sent by calling  a pager s  phone  number  and sending  a series  of tones  (like a

touch tone phone)  as a message.   The tones  are converted to their  equivalent numbers  and sent to the

recipient s  pager.   Some  paging  carriers  do not accept  messages  for numeric  pagers  via the regular TAP

(IXO/PET) protocol.   They only accept  touch tone numeric  messages.   r  Pro  supports  delivering

numeric  messages  in this manner,  but it is  not the preferred method.   This method  of message  delivery has  no

provisions  for error detection/correction  or message  confirmation.   It is  sometimes  known  as  blind  dialing 

because  there  is no way to really know if the other end actually received the message.

How to setup a recipient for touch tone messages:

First a  Tone  carrier  must  be setup.  Only a single   Tone  carrier  may be needed  to send  message  to all your

numeric  pagers.   To make a carrier a  Tone  carrier, choose   Tone  as  the  Delivery Method  on the carrier  setup

screen.   The default wait string   ,,@  should  work for most  pagers.   If you need to use  different wait string  for

different pagers,  you will need  to create multiple   Tone  carriers (one for each  unique wait string  needed).   The

wait string can  be changed  to support  pagers  with different  input methods.

The comma  (,) is  used  to pause  (about one second)

The at sign  (@) is  used  to wait for silence  (about five seconds  of silence)

The default wait string will  dial the pager s  number,  pause  for a couple  of seconds,  and then wait for a five

second  period  of silence  (after the beeps  or greeting  message)  and then send  the message  (touch tones).

To setup a recipient to use  touch tone  delivery, simply  choose  the carrier  you just  setup as  a  Tone  carrier and

put the numeric  pager s  phone  number  in the  Phone  Num   field on the recipient setup  screen.   If you have

setup  several carriers  with different  wait strings,  choose  the carrier  that will  work with this  pager s  service

provider.  With this setup,  r  Pro will  dial the phone  number  setup  in the recipient s   Phone Num   field,

pause  according to the commas  or @ in the carrier s   Wait String  field, and then send  the touch tone message.

Some  paging  providers use  a common  phone number  for all numeric  pagers.  The user  must  dial this number,

wait for a tone, dial their pager s  ID number,  wait for another message,  and then type the numeric  message.

This can  be accomplished  in r  Pro by setting  the  Tone  carrier s  wait string  to wait a predetermined

amount  of time (using  commas  and or an @ symbol).  This would   be the wait time between sending  the

pager s  phone  number  and sending  the actual touch tone  message.   On the recipient setup  screen,  in the

recipient s   Phone  Num   field, put the paging  company s  common  phone  number  followed  by a few commas  or

an @ symbol,  and then the pager s  phone number.   This  will give the following  results:   The phone  number  will

   ,  .