Introduction Mercury Notes is an easy to use Windows® application for sending and receiving messages on TETRA networks, such as the Airwave network in the UK. Familiar in use to standard Windows email clients, it makes use of the real-time SDS service which is unique to TETRA networks. It allows fast and reliable text messages to be sent to any TETRA mobile or hand-portable, or another Mercury Notes user.
Features The Mercury Notes screen is arranged into a column of buttons which activate its features, a main window which displays the message archive, a message window which shows the full text and attributes of the selected message, and a pair of buttons for exiting or hiding the application.
Mercury Notes is designed to integrate with the Windows environment and appears as an icon in the 'systray' while running in background and is activated by clicking on the icon or automatically when a new message is received.
Connecting-Up
Mercury Notes utilises your existing TETRA device which needs to be connected to the PC using a spare serial port (you may require a special cable to do this). Current versions of Mercury Notes support Nokia, Motorola and Sepura terminals.
Sending Messages
You can send text or status messages by selecting the text or status buttons on the left hand side of the screen You can then enter the destination (or select one you have previously sent to), and enter up to 120 characters of text or select a status. Mercury Notes includes a flexible address book, which allows messages to be easily sent to pre-programmed users by name or call-sign, rather than by TETRA ISSI.
Group Messages
Mercury Notes includes a group message facility, by automatically sending individual messages to users in a pre-defined group, in a pre-selected order or priority. This service is carefully managed by the Mercury Notes application to avoid any risk of overloading the local TETRA network infrastructure.
Message Acknowledgements
TETRA networks allow you to track the progress of sent messages through positive and negative acknowledgements. You can decide whether a message should request a 'Received' and/or 'Consumed' report from the network before sending the message so you can observe its progress and confirm that the message has been received and read successfully. This status is colour coded and displayed in the 'Status' column of Mercury Notes.
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