Configuring a pager for a person recipient

You can configure a person recipient to receive notification messages by pager if you have configured the pager notification method.

To configure a pager for a person recipient

  1. On the navigation bar, click Alerts.

  2. Click the Active Alerts tab.

  3. Under Notification Tasks in the task pane, click Configure recipients.

    The Configure Recipients dialog box appears.

  4. Click New, click Person in the Recipient Type dialog box, and then click OK.

  5. In the Name field, type the name of the recipient that you want to configure.

  6. Click the Pager tab and select the appropriate options as follows:

    Enable

    Select this check box to activate this notification method for the recipient.

    Carrier Phone

    Type the area code and phone number to access the paging service provider's modem. The paging service number may be different from the number you enter to manually enter a page.

    Country/region name and code

    Enter the country or region name and country code in which the pager is located.

    Pager Pin

    Type the pager identification number provided by the paging service provider. You will have a pin if you use TAP services and in most cases, the number is the last seven digits of the pager's phone number.

    Advanced

    Enables you to configure additional settings for the pager.

    See step 7.

    Test

    Enables you to test the notification configuration for the recipient.

    Enable (Limit the number of notifications sent)

    Select this check box to activate the option.

    Notify me a maximum of x times within x minutes

    Type the total number of notifications you want sent to the recipient for all alerts generated within the specified number of minutes. After the specified number of notifications have been sent, additional notifications are not sent until the specified minutes have been reached. The maximum number of minutes that can be set is 1440, which is the number of minutes in a day.

    Reset the notification limits after x minutes

    Select this check box to enter the number of minutes that must be reached before the notification limits are reset. When the time limit has been reached, the number of notifications sent is reset to zero.

    Enable (Limit when notifications can be sent)

    Select this check box to activate the option and configure the length of time the recipient is available for notification.

    Schedule

    Enables you to select the days and times when notifications can be sent to the recipient.

    See Scheduling notification for recipients.

  7. Click Advanced to configure the following advanced pager setup options in the Advanced Pager Information dialog box:

    Password

    Type the password for the pager, if one is required.

    Message Length

    Type the maximum number of characters you want to use for messages. The number is determined by the paging service provider.

    Retrys

    Type the number of times you want the paging service provider to retry the page. The number is determined by the paging service provider.

    Pager type

    Numeric

    Select this option if you are configuring a pager that accepts only numbers.

    Alpha-numeric

    Select this option if you are configuring a pager that accepts letters and numbers.

    Modem Baud Rate

    Select the speed of the modem. The speeds that appear are limits set by the paging service; select the appropriate speed regardless of the modem speed rating.

    Data bits, Parity, Stop bit

    Select the communication protocol. In most cases, you should use the Windows default.

  8. Click OK to save the settings in the Advanced Pager Information dialog box, and then click OK to save the pager configuration settings.

More Information

Editing recipient notification methods

Editing recipient notification properties

Assigning recipients to alert categories for notification