1985 MetroMedia IXO Device
Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol (TAP) is an industry-standard protocol for sending short messages via a land-line modem to a provider of
pager
A pager (also known as a beeper or bleeper) is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric or voice messages. One-way pagers can only receive messages, while response pagers and two-way pagers can also acknow ...
and/or
SMS
Short Message/Messaging Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile devices exchange short text ...
services, for onward transmission to pagers and mobile phones.
TAP, initially known as Motorola Page Entry (PET) was adopted in September 1988, by the
Personal Communication Industry Association
Personal may refer to:
Aspects of persons' respective individualities
* Privacy
* Personality
* Personal, personal advertisement, variety of classified advertisement used to find romance or friendship
Companies
* Personal, Inc., a Washington, ...
. TAP defines an industry standard for sending alphanumeric messages to pagers.
TAP was also known as IXO protocol. Originally, devices like the IXO Device were used to send Alphanumeric Pages using TAP. Later,
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. () was an American Multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company split into two independent p ...
would create a similar device called the
AlphaMate.
TAP Communication Protocol
The standard protocol is ASCII with XON/XOFF flow control, using a 10-bit code (1 start bit, 7 data bits, even parity, 1 stop bit). No echo shall be employed in full duplex mode.
[Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol (TAP), Version 1.8, February 4, 1997]
See also
*
Simple Network Paging Protocol
Simple Network Paging Protocol (SNPP) is a protocol that defines a method by which a pager can receive a message over the Internet. It is supported by most major paging providers, and serves as an alternative to the paging modems used by many tele ...
(SNPP)
*
Wireless Communications Transfer Protocol
Wireless Communications Transfer Protocol (WCTP) is the method used to send messages to wireless devices such as pagers on NPCS (Narrowband PCS) networks. It uses HTTP as a transport layer over the World Wide Web
The World Wide Web ( ...
(WCTP)
References
External links
Directory of TAP Dialup Numbersfrom avtech.com
from notepage.net
Universal TAP Gatewayfrom tapgateway.com
* http://www.braddye.com/a_entry.html
* http://www.tapgateway.com/files/TAP_V1P8.pdf
* http://www.pageone.co.uk/downloads/developer/TAP_Document.pdf (version 1.7)
Mobile telecommunications standards
Network protocols
Radio paging
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