A pager channel address can take one of two forms:
pager-id@domain-name where
pager-id is the pager identification number for
the pager to which a message is to be sent, and
domain-name is one of the pager domain names
added to the configuration file as described in Section 27.4.1.2 . An
example of such an address is 1234@pager.acme.com.
AVPL@domain-name where
AVPL item, an attribute-value pair list, is
described in the following subsections. An example of such an address
is /ID=1234/@pager.acme.com.
27.4.2.1 The contents of the attribute-value pair list (AVPL)
The left hand side of a pager channel address in AVPL form,
(i.e., the AVPL in
AVPL@domain-name, is constructed in the
linear attribute-value pair list (AVPL) format recommended by RFC 987
and RFC 1148. The general form is:
/attribute1=value1/attribute2=value2/.../
The attribute codes specify the destination pager number and its characteristics. The available attributes are shown in Table 27-4 .
| Attribute name | Usage |
|---|---|
| ID | Pager ID number. |
| MAXPAG | Maximum number of pages to send for any one message. If a message is broken into more than MAXPAG pages, then pages MAXPAG, MAXPAG+1, MAXPAG+2... are discarded and not sent. |
| MSGLEN | Maximum length in bytes of the message to send as one or more pages. Message will be truncated to this length if necessary. This will override any size set with the MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE channel option. |
| PAGLEN | Maximum length in bytes per page; message will be broken into multiple pages with no one page exceeding this length. This will override any size set with the MAX_PAGE_SIZE channel option. |
If any of the characters /, =, and $ are to appear within values in the AVPL, then they must be quoted. See Section 27.6.2.2 for instructions on how to quote these characters.
27.4.2.2 Examples of pager channel addresses
Some sample pager addresses are shown below:
1234@mci.pager.acme.com /id=1234/@mci.pager.acme.com /paglen=100/id=1234/@mci.pager.acme.com /msglen=400/id=1234/@mci.pager.acme.com /maxpag=2/id=1234/@mci.pager.acme.com /id=1234/paglen=200/msglen=400/@mci.pager.acme.com