STATION ID - 7047/3.12 9x Datakit Network FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY This is a 9x system, restricted to authorized persons and for official 9x business only. Anyone using this system, network or data is subject to being monitored at any time for system administration and for identifying unauthorized users or system misuse. Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that any evidence of criminal activity revealed through such monitoring may be provided to law enforcement for prosecution. Paging dictionary created: 3-15-99 by: chamele0n Aight, some of you know i work in a paging store, but if you dont, i work in a paging store. its called TSR Wireless, and its in Connecticut, but also a chain. (we got the most powerful store in the whole chain, thank you. cuz of my elite selling sk33ls.) anyhow, i picked up quite an array of vocabulary on the matter, so i figured i'd jot it down and inform all you niggas who would like to go either into the paging retail industry, or the paging E-your-local-paging-service-out-of-money-while recieving-free-paging-service business. this article focuses on motorola units, mainly because they're the most popular, and imho the best. i didn't edit this article, so i'm sure there are typos and whatnot.. use your best judgement and dont be a bitch.. they always say, a rose in a pile of shit is still a rose.. take that to heart niggaz.. p.s. if you like my writing sk33lz, email me at three1337@hotmail.com and i'll write a follow up on it, including new pagers, how to hack the service, and SE info so you dont get your pager disconnected.. ------------------------------------------------------ Advisor®: motorola's first alphanumeric pager. also, the first in their line of units called the "Advisor" series. did not incorporate FLEX, nor did it have a large memory nor was it very dependable. But, it was the first in its class, and lead the way for all the others. AdvisorPRO® FLx: one of motorolas successful alphanumeric units, also part of the Advisor series, incorporated FLEX, with a large 2 line display and a wide variety of features, including large memory (9,000 character storage) 8 selectable alerts and a protective carrying clip. Also, it brought in a new feature called Optimax, which made the screen look 3-D. AdvisorGold FLx®: a new alphanumeric idea, this unit was a pioneer in the Advisor series, incorporating both FLEX, and a 4 line display not seen before in such a moderatly-sized unit. Optimax was still being uses, much of the features are identicle to the Pro, but the 4 line display wins over a lot of business, and its a complete success. AdvisorELITE®: the new granddaddy of alpha units, its new business face and powerful interface is more than needed. with motorola's new StarTac cell phone being released soon, they figured they needed a counter partner to monopolize the wireless industry. the elite has a new silver face plate, the long awaited "E-Luma light" display and a Zoom feature which beats both the Pro and the Gold, because it did both. the Optimax display is still used and the Elite did very well, still being sold today. alarms: programmable options that many pagers have. they often offer 3 styles. daily (goes off once per day) Event (programmable to a specific day/time) and hourly (programmable up to 60 minutes) alerts: the different sounds available for pagers, such as the standard beep, or the assending tones, or whatnot.. its choosable. alpha-numeric: a form of page message that uses both alpha characters aswell as numbers. (ie text messaging) back clip: the clip on the back of the unit to clip to a belt barcode: its the lines and spaces on the back to scan the serial number from battery life: the length of time a pager will be able to work before the battery dies board: the PC board inside the pager which contains all the parts, like the freq. crystal, the antennae, the LCD screen, etc.. Bravo FLx®: motorolas 1st powerful top view numeric pager. it was the second in production to incorporate the FLEX technology into it, and was a great hit. comes in Ice, cranberry ice, bihimi blue, teal green, midnight black and rootbeer. Pager was a complete success, and still in production today. BR850®: this unit is a very interesting one.. it looks almost identical to the 550, but has all the power of the 750. it's like a mutation. all features are the same, except it has a 60 slot memory, and a new volume control. you can set it to either Loud or Soft, and its really a phat idea.. besides that, the unit is aimed more to the business market instead of the youth market, so it has business QuickNotes instead of lifestyle QuickNotes Bravo Express FLx®: the side view pager with the straight buttons, numeric and a little outdated, mainly because its discontinued.. hold 20 msgs, 5 selectable alerts, and much like the Bravo FLx but sideways, also has FLEX. business QuickNotes: same idea as LifeStyle QuickNotes, but its aimed at the corporate/business market instead of the youth. i dont remember them off hand, but they are like "Running late", "Next mtg at" "Mtg canceled" "Mtg moved to" and "great mtg" its kinda unoriginal, but its alright. capcode: the alpha/numeric string on the back of any unit used to track all pagers in the world. (for TSR, it begins with an E, an A, or numbers) cp1250 FLx®: the newest of the big alphas.. this is a new series, tho.. its the CP series.. 8line display, E-luma backlight, HUGE memory, and it brings in both FLEX and Optimax.. the memory can hold over 60,000 characters, in 5 different folders.. DATAcase is amazing on this unit, and the storage is never-ending.. plus all you window lovers, this big boy has a trash can. yep, you heard right, a trash can, so you dont accidentally erase your girls number for that o-so-special blowjob she wants to give you.. DataCast: information services from the service provider or from CNN/other services.. its like News, sports, stock reports, weather, entertainment, words of wisdom, horoscopes, etc.. its fun, and it is sent every so often to a special maildrop section of the pager.. directory: like in the Jazz, a certain amount of slots which allow you to program names and telephone numbers for later reference, or display.. E-Luma Glow light: a new type of backlight, its light blue, which lights the entire background of the LCD screen just like an Indiglo® watch.. really nice.. on all the units, from Elite up, and on all LS units from 350 up.. Express Extra FLx®: side-view pager, a lot smaller than Ultra/Bravo, with Flex, 3 buttons, and a bit more powerful, but delicate as a fag.. if you breath on this unit, it will break.. holds 20 messages, 7 alerts, single alarm, auto time, and generally a good unit, but delicate. comes in a million colors too, including white, which is only available from our company.. FCC ID: its a 7 digit alphanumeric number which states the patents and all the info on the transmission allowances from the FCC.. in my opinion, the FCC are profiteering gluttons who dont need to be worryin' bout pagers, but they do.. anyhow, if its scratched off, you could get fined, but no one ever shows their pager to FCC agents, so its safe for you to destroy this number.. FLEX: a chip inside newer motorola pagers (pronto and later) which allows extended battery life, higher page dependibility (more likely not to miss a page) and the highest technology in paging. here's how it works, it widens the scan area for the unit to pick up signal. see, a pager is an antennae, in a sense. all its purpose, aside for the bells and whistles, is to sit around waiting for a signul to come its way. once it gets a signul, it transmits that burst of energy into readable information, depending on the pager type (alpha or numberic) the only downside wit this, is normal pagers (without FLEX) can only scan into the 10,000ths of a freqency, which means if your unit, without flex, was on a freq of 929.2125, it would only be able to scan that freqency, ending in a lot of missed messages. now if that same pager had a flex chip, it'd allow the unit to scan 929.2125xxxxxx because as you know, paging service is only radio signuls, so it does alter, slow down or speed up all the time. the flex helps with those signul impurities. plus its like a digital cellie verses an analog celli with battery life, its about 5x longer, and with it, the unit can have many more advanced features. its like a microcomputer in a smaller form. freq (or frequency): the UHF frequency of the unit. each paging company uses a specific frequency, or frequencies for their units, to keep that company's paging apart from other companies, to make sure cross paging (or a message going to the wrong pager) doesn't happen. most pagers now a day use freqs in the range of 929.xxxx to 931.xxxx (TSR uses 929.2125 [called their '91' freq] 929.4375 [called their '94' freq] and 929.6525 [their nationwide freq]) some units, however, use a freq in the range of 4xx.xxxx which makes the page slower, because its a slower band speed. if a company (or an individual) happens to change the freq of their unit, to a freq used with major companies, they will be able to SE service (hint, hint) freq. crystal: a small crystal inside the pager which determains the units freq. range, it can be changed to another if you'd like to take your unit to another service holster (also known as carrying clip, case, slide clip): the little plastic piece that the pager locks into, also has a belt clip Jazz®: in my opinion, the coolest alpha pager ever made. I had a jazz for many months, and its awesome. its smaller than a tic-tac box, and even more cool. it only hold 13 msgs, but comes equiped wit built in DataCast, a single line Optimax display, 9 selectable alerts, 6 alarms and a slew of other elite shiznits.. the coolest part is this is the first motorola pager to have a directory, a 10 slot alpha/numeric number storage, so if someone numerically pages you from xxx-xxx-xxxx it will say "Joe xxx-xxx-xxxx" pretty cool.. LCD screen: the screen which displays all your messages and information about pager menus and what not.. LifeStyle/Bravo Classic: no Flex, but i love these pagers.. its the old boxy top view with the switch on the side.. it'd rock one in a second. time stamp and 16 message slot, but its still elite. plus interchangable parts, which motorola pretty much did away with now, damn proprietary bitches.. lifeStyle QuickNotes: a new feature on synchronized pagers which allow you to type in a special code when the page r number is called, that is **xxx (xxx being a 3 digit code) to make words print out on a numeric pager.. (ie, if you enter **143, it will print "I LOVE YOU" and if you hit [**143*xxxxxxx] it will print "I LOVE YOU - xxx-xxxx", where "xxx-xxxx" is a number that you want to be reached back at..) LS350®: the first in the new line this year, its a top view synchronized unit, with 3 sounds, and a huge memory folder. these units use the folders to store messages instead of lock.. it can hold 30 messages and has a backlight, but not E-luma.. FLEX is on all LS units.. LS550®: much like the 350, except it has e-luma, a larger memory bank (40 slot), alarms, introducing a new feature called QuickNotes, and 5 selectable alerts instead of 3. LS750®: the only sideview in the LS series, it incorporates all of these: e-luma, 50 slot folder, FLEX, 3 alarms, 7 alerts, QuickNotes, and a new form of buttons.. a group button.. it's awesome.. it looks like this: ( x ( - ) o ) - the o is the light, the x is OK and - is Select this pager is nice, but like the Express, it's delicate.. we got a lot of returns from this unit. Memo Express FLx®: this is the pager that came before the Wordline, it was identical to the Bravo Express/Ultra Express in the setup, but much more powerful. a pretty small display and memory, but a thin handy unit. tight battery life tho message: word to name the information that comes over the pager when the unit is paged (ie a numeric message is the numbers that show up when you're paged, alphanumeric message is the text that shows up) message Folder: an area to store messages instead of lock feature message length: the maximum amount of characters a pager can hold per page (most numeric messages must be 20 characters or less, most alpha must be 120 or less. in alpha, many services will send the rest of the message in a second page, which is extremely handy) message Lock: an option to keep messages saved instead of placing them in a folder message slots: a number assigned to each pager to tell how many messages the unit can hold before it erases or overwrites them Optimax display: a crazy type of display on alpha units which makes the text look 3D PageFinder®: the largest pager i've ever seen.. its compared to a cp1250 and elite hybrid, its large, and bulgy and used only with SkyTel's Destination system, a 1.5 way paging service with confirmed message delivery.. it has a neat clear holster and was quite popular. includes Flex and e-luma, with a 4/8 line display Pronto FLx®: the worlds gayest unit.. all it does it page and vibrate, with time display. its a top view, with FLEX, but a shitty light and thats bout it.. holds like 8 messages, and no timestamp.. discontinued too.. Renegade: even gayer than the pronto, no Flex, one button, no time. all it does is page. discontinued, too.. Serial number: its a long ass 10digit number with alpha characters which determains your pager from any other in the world.. synchronized pager: new technology, such as in the LS350-LS850.. it allows the pager to be scan-programmed later (with a little scanner like at Stop&Shop that shoots the laser for price checking) its a handy thing.. you can see if your pager is synchronized, by looking to see if there's an infred port somewhere on the unit. also, synchronized pagers do away with the hassle of changing freq crystals later.. test page: its a page the system sends out to check if a unit is responsive, usually when it is purchased by the customer Timestamp: an option to stamp the time and date on messages when they arrive, so you can go back later.. Ultra Express FLx®: identical in features as the Bravo Express except the buttons are slanted instead of straight.. Wordline FLx®: this unit is much like the jazz, aside from being a bit larger, and minus the directory.. it adds a few memory slots more, and subtracts the "NO PAGES" message when you hit the View button.. Still has Optimax and FLEX, but not worth the money. Also, was discontinued recently to make room for the new JAZZ comin' out in late '99