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With these compact Internet-ready phones (and Smartphones), you can remotely manage your iSeries® (or AS/400®) using Sprint/Nextel's secure all-digital network.

NORTHWEST INDIANA/CHICAGOLAND--DDL Systems Consulting, Inc. announces ACO PAGER™ Message Alert System Two-Way Messaging. With the commercial release of ACO PAGER™ v4.5 (or higher) your support personnel equipped with a properly configured two-way messaging device (and Sprint/Nextel's online two-way messaging service) can wirelessly receive and respond to message events that require user intervention. Replies or commands (entered on their Sprint/Nextel devices) are sent to Sprint/Nextel's all digital network and subsequently delivered to your iSeries® (AS/400®) system via its TCP/IP connection to the Internet. ACO PAGER™, when used in conjunction with a Sprint/Nextel device (and services), provides you with the ability to remotely manage your iSeries® (AS/400®) system with a simple push of a button!

"Customers currently utilizing Sprint/Nextel's two-way radio feature (or virtually any other two-way (or e-mail) messaging provider) can benefit greatly from ACO's two-way messaging capabilities," said Doug LaRocco, president of DDL Systems. "Although, Sprint/Nextel's two-way radio service is still an effective remote management tool, we are very pleased to expand on Sprint/Nextel's online advanced messaging services. Increasingly, on-site support personnel require specific application expertise to effectively manage the system. ACO PAGER™ assures that the right technical expertise is working on the problem 24/7/365, regardless of their proximity to the iSeries® system. Utilizing ACO PAGER™'s two-way messaging features combined with the power of your service provider's advanced two-way (or e-mail) messaging capabilities provide a secure, efficient, and comprehensive remote management tool for your support personnel."

Utilizing ACO PAGER™’s advanced monitoring and alert facilities and Sprint/Nextel's guaranteed message delivery, your support personnel simply cannot miss iSeries® (AS/400®) system, application, and network events (messages) that your installation considers significant. Actual system generated text messages are sent immediately to specific individuals (or groups of individuals) via their Sprint/Nextel devices. ACO PAGER™’s messaging agents determine the appropriate "on duty" support personnel responsible for managing the event and send wireless messages to Sprint/Nextel's all digital nationwide network. As a result, event messages appear in their Sprint/Nextel two-way mailbox and an audible alarm is sounded (see sample below).

On the "View" messages display, press the "Reply" button. Then, select one of the "My reply" values (or commands) and press "Send" on your Sprint/Nextel phone. Your reply/command is sent to your iSeries® (AS/400®) via Sprint/Nextel network and subsequently processed by ACO PAGER™’s two-way messaging agent(s). Then, using ACO PAGER™’s confirmation of delivery feature, our messaging agents ensure that your two-way reply (or command) has been successfully processed on the iSeries® (AS/400®) via a reply acknowledgment message (see sample below).

Using Sprint/Nextel's Online Internet services, customers can pre-define standard iSeries® (AS/400®) message replies (e.g. C, G, I, R) and OS/400 commands. Sprint/Nextel's Online Messaging features save time and ensure accuracy by eliminating potential errors produced by manually keying replies or complex OS/400 commands.

ACO PAGER™ simplifies business communications by providing Sprint/Nextel customers the ability to send impromptu wireless messages to mobile professionals. Use the ACOPAGE command from your iSeries® (AS/400®) session to stay in touch with technical, sales, or delivery personnel. Easily include the ACOPAGE command into your host-based application programs to send wireless messages (to their Sprint/Nextel devices) in response to specific application events. Now you can immediately notify the purchasing manager if the "on-hand" balance of a critical production item falls below its required minimum balance. Or, send a wireless message to the credit manager if an order exceeds the customer's credit limit. The possibilities are limitless.