Alarm Cast Administrator Provider: Direct

Do one of the following to configure the Direct provider option.

• Select the Providers folder in the Alarm Cast Administrator left-pane. Click New Provider on the toolbar. Select Direct in the Devices field.
• Expand a Direct device folder in the Alarm Cast Administrator left-pane. Select the Providers folder. Click New Provider on the toolbar.

Direct is automatically selected in the Devices field.

Direct provider tabs are as follows.

• Details Tab
• Connection Tab
• Common Tabs for Providers

Details Tab

Select the Details tab; options are as follows.

Field		Description
Server
	Name	Name associated with the provider. Note: The name helps users identify the provider; it does not affect Pager functionality.
	Coverage	Geographical area in which the provider can deliver messages.
	Device	Device to associate with this Provider. Note: Select the device from the dropdown list
Protocol
	Max. Connection	Not required.
	Max. Transactions	Not required.
	Alpha Length	Maximum length of alphanumeric pages allowed by the provider.
	Numeric Length	Maximum length of numeric pages allowed by the provider. Messages longer than this will be split into segments and sent automatically.
	Protocol	Language used for communicating with the messaging service provider. In this case, TAP.
Communications
	Byte Size	Number of data bits encoding a character. The value can be 7 or 8.
	Parity	Method of detecting some errors in transmission. The parity bit in each character can be set to any of the following. None Odd Even Mark Space. Note: None means that no parity bit is sent at all.
	Stop Bits	Stop bits sent at the end of every character allow the receiving signal hardware to detect the end of a character and to resynchronize with the character stream. Options are 0, 1, 1.5, and 2. Electronic devices usually use one stop bit.
	Speed	Rate of the transmission.
	Modem Compression	Read-only.
	Error Correction	Read-only.

Connection Tab

Select the Connection tab; options are as follows.

Field		Description
Address 1
	Address	Not applicable.
	User Name	Optional.
	User Password	Optional.
Address 2
	Address
	User Name	Optional.
	User Password	Optional.
Description
	Notes	Optional.

Click Save.

Result: The provider will be listed under the Provider folder as well as the Device - Provider sub-folder of the modem device it is associated with.