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- WHATS IN A NAM by The Mad Phone-man
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- Nam stands for "Number Assignment Module" or to the Teckies a PROM
- (Programable Read-Only Memory) A blank Nam usualy costs between $1. to
- $2.75. Sometimes its more expensive depending on the operating temperature
- and packaging specifications.
- Two flavors of NAM's are used for cellular. NEC uses the open colector
- (Signetics p/n 82S32 or equivalent). All others use the tri-state (Signetics
- 82S123 or equivalent). Blank Nams are manufactured by Signetics,National
- Semiconductor, Monolithic Memorys, Fujitsu, Texas Instruments, and Advanced
- Microdevices. Blank Nams can be purchased at your electronic distribuitor's
- and many radios come with a blank included.
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- The NAM contains the subscriber number and lock code, the home system
- identification and other system required information. You may wonder how this
- info is arranged.
- The NAM is organized into 32 rows and 8 columns. It is 32 words of 8 bits
- each. (256 bits total) Starting from the top of the NAM (address 00)
- you will find the abreviation SIDH, This means "system identification number
- home" , a number starting at 0001 assigned by the FCC.
- Each market allows two systems. Even for the wire-line and odd for
- the non-wireline.
- At address 03 we find LU (Local use) on the left and MIN on the right these
- areusualy set to 1. Locations with zeros are reserved. Going down the map,
- there's MIN1 and MIN2 the subscriber number and the area code respectivly
- Dont try to read them from a raw printout of the NAM data, they are scrambled
- beond recognition. The reason? The way they are arranged is the way they must
- be transmitted to the cellular systems receivers. The programmer does this to
- make the radio's job easier.
- Next is the station class mark, which identifys the class and power capability
- of the phone. The system will treat a handheld (low power) differently than
- a standard 3 watt mobile.
- IPCH is the inital paging channel. The radio listens for a page on this
- channel. Wirelines use 334 and non-wirelines use 333.
- ACCOLC (ACCess Overload Class) is designed in throwing off customers in
- the event of an overload. Thru neglect this standard has been largely unused.
- (A class 15 station is supposed to be police, fire, or military)
- Usualy its set to 0 plus the last digit of the phone number to provide random
- loading.
- PS- Prefered system. This is always 1 in non-wireline and 0 in wireline.
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- The lock code is about the only thing you can read directly by studying
- the NAM data. The "spare" bit must be a 0 if the radio contains a 3 digit code.
- Because the number of clicks when you dial 0 on a (dial) phone equals 10
- zeros in the lock code are represented by an "A" the hexadecimal equiv of 10.
- EE,REP,HA, and HF correspond to end-to-end signaling (DTMF tones possible
- you talk) REPeratory dialing (provision for 10 or more numbers in memory)
- Horn Alert and hands free. Like all options, they are 1, if turned on and
- 0 if turned off.
- Addresses 13 thru 1D (all these numbers are in hex) are supposed to be used
- by radio mfgrs to store option switches. Usualy 13 is used, 14 sometimes and
- the rest less often.
- Last you will find checksum adjustment and checksum. These numbers are
- calculated automaticly after the data has been edited for the NAM. The sum
- of all words in the nam plus these last two must equal a number with 0's
- in the last two digits. The radio checks this sum and if it isnt correct
- the radio assumes the NAM is bad or tampered with. In the case the radio
- refuses to operate until a legal NAM is installed.
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- MARK most BIT SIGNIFICANCE least Hex
- DEFINITION address
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- | 0 SIDH (14-8) | 00
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- | SIDH (7-0) | 01
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- LU=Local use | LU | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | MIN | 02
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- | 0 0 MIN2 (33-28) | 03
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- | MIN2 (27-24) | 0 0 0 0 | 04
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- | 0 0 0 0 | MIN1 (23-20) | 05
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- | MIN1 (19-12) | 06
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- | MIN1 (11-4) | 07
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- | MIN1 (3-0) | 0 0 0 0 | 08
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- | 0 0 0 0 | SCM (3-0) | 09
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- | 0 0 0 0 0 | IPCH (10-8) | 0A
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- | ICPH (7-0) | 0B
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- | 0 0 0 0 | ACCOLC (3-0) | 0C
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- PS=Perf Syst | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | PS | 0D
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- | 0 0 0 0 | GIM (3-0) | 0E
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- | LOCK DIGIT 1 | LOCK DIGIT 2 | 0F
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- | LOCK DIGIT 3 | LOCK SPARE BITS | 10
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- EE=End/End | EE | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | REP | 11
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- REP=Reprity | HA | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | HF | 12
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- HF=Handsfree | |
- HA=Horn Alt | Spare Locations (13-1D) |
- | contain all 0's | 13
- | | to
- | | 1D
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- | NAM CHECKSUM ADJUSTMENT | 1E
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- | NAM CHECKSUM | 1F
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