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 communication, wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays Alphanumericals, alphanumeric or voice messages. One-way pagers can only receive messages, while response p ...
and/or
SMS
Short Message 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 phones exchange short text messages, t ...
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. 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 telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. It was founded by brothers Paul and Joseph Galvin in 1928 and had been named Motorola since 1947. Many of Motorola's products had been ...
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 (WCTP)
References
External links
Directory of TAP Dialup Numbers
from avtech.com
from notepage.net
Universal TAP Gateway
from 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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