adTempus supports the delivery of notification messages using several different technologies, such as SMS and instant messaging.
In order to use these technologies, you must first define a Notification Service Provider in adTempus. A Notification Service Provider simply provides the information adTempus needs to connect to the carrier or server and deliver messages.
For example, if you want to be able to send messages to your SMS-compatible cell phone, adTempus needs to know how to connect to your cell phone company to deliver the message.
Once a provider has been set up once, it can be used throughout adTempus. For example, if all of your company's pagers are issued by SkyTel, you need to set up a Notification Service Provider for SkyTel. Once it has been set up, you will reference that provider each time you add a new Notification Address for a SkyTel pager.