C•CURE 800/8000 Software Configuration Guide - Tyco Security ...

E-mail and Paging General InformationThis kind of paging setup operates best within warehouses, in buildingswith a maximum of 3 or 4 floors and 100,000 square feet, and outdoorswithin a quarter mile of the terminal. (Some local paging systems mayhave a greater range.)• By contracting with a paging service, a carrier, such as SkyTel ® orPageNet ® . When you use a paging service to send a page message fromC•CURE 800/8000 to the recipient’s pager device, the transmission takesplace in two stages:• You send the message to the paging service.• The paging service transmits the message to the recipient’s pager.There are two methods for transmitting the page message fromC•CURE 800/8000 to the paging service, the carrier:• Via dialup connection (modem)—This method uses a modem connectedto C•CURE 800/8000 Server to dial up the carrier and transmit the pagemessage. This requires a modem, different from the one you may be usingto communicate with an apC, that is Telephony ApplicationProgramming Interface (TAPI) compliant. It is configured on theWindows control panel of C•CURE 800/8000 Server machine. Mostmodems today are TAPI-compliant, and only configured TAPI modemsappear in the drop-down list box on the Paging tab of the SystemVariables dialog box. To send a page via a dialup connection, you needthe phone number of your carrier’s modem line, which is different fromtheir voice line.• Via Internet connection (e-mail)—This method uses Internet e-mail totransmit the page message from the C•CURE 800/8000 Server to thecarrier. Not all carriers support this feature. You must have an accountwith an ISP to use this method of communication with your carrier. Tosend a page via Internet connection, you need the Internet (e-mail)address of your carrier.NOTENot all carriers use both modem and Internet (e-mail) access. Your pagingservice will tell you the way to access them and provide you with themodem phone number and/or Internet address.16–4 C•CURE 800/8000 Software Configuration Guide