Alpha-Text Paging

[breslinc]

I need to know if you can select data and send it to someone via alpha-text paging to their pager or cell phone that can receive text or alpha pages. It would be a great help for my techs to not have to call in for details of my customers.

thanks in advance
Chris

 

[gol4]

Yes You can. You will need to learn TAP protocol or SNPP based on what your provider accepts Or you can send it using SMTP or an e-mail most providers accept that. If your programming skills are at entry level then another option is to look at something like Page.ocx just add to your form, a few lines of code and off you go. Will need to pay a few bucks but a time saver.

 

[breslinc]

Page.ocx? Never heard of it. i'm pretty well versed in access and have my friend that does it for a living but he's never heard of a way. Can you explain more about page.ocx?


Thanks
Chris

 

[gol4]

Sorry for slow response. Had some work to do. Do a search for page.ocx and you will see it is a marketed product. there are some others but I had some early success with this one.

 

[breslinc]

Actually, i found out that most pagers (just about all of them) have a way you can email their pager with a message. Its easy to send an email from Access.


Thanks for all the help.


Chris

 

[gol4]

Chris,
You are correct e-mail is the simpliest to implement. The advantage to TAP and SNPP is you receive immediate notification of a problem that affects your message. Email is quite reliable but the first time I had an urgent message show up several hours after it was sent I was forced to find another solution. Plus I can format the way my message looks to a greater degree.
I am glad you found a solution. But I would encourage those who do a lot of paging to look into SNPP.