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8
4.2
Connect
CONNECT
Press the
Connect
button to hear the connection status for all enabled communication pathways to the
monitoring centre. When flashing blue, it can be pressed to send a
‘Daily Check’ to monitoring, if
configured to do so.
All enabled connections are connected and available.
•
Solid orange when starting up and first connecting to the cellular network.
•
Flashes orange to let you know there is a connection that is not working, (but there is still one
able to be used to send an alert). This function is only applicable when there is more than one
pathway enabled to send a report on, therefore does not apply for SEVEN L and SEVEN L-X base
units.
The red flash indicates there are no connections to monitoring, an alert will not work.
Flashes blue when
a ‘Daily Check’
is required. Press the button to send a report to monitoring,
and the light will return to normal.
No light
–
base unit is off.
INSTALLER
INFO
4.2.1
Cellular Connection at Start-up / Reset
The Connect button will turn solid orange for a short period of time when connecting to the cellular
network; this will occur every time SEVEN starts up or is reset. It will typically take about 15 seconds to
connect to a local cellular tower, but sometimes this process can take up to one minute.
If an issue is detected, the light will change colour and flash to indicate a connection issue.
4.2.2
Connection Status
Press the Connect button to hear what communication pathways are enabled along with the current
status of the connection. Depending on the base unit and configuration, these could include any
combination of Cellular A, Cellular B, WiFi or Ethernet.
4.2.3
Communication Pathway Testing
Press and hold the Connect button to initiate the Communication Pathway Test. Each unique pathway
that has been enabled will be used to send a test report to monitoring to confirm it is available. As the
test runs, SEVEN announces each of the pathways t
hat it is testing along with the “
Pass
” or “Fail”
result
for each test.
4.2.4
Daily Check
Daily Check is an optional setting and can be set to occur after power on/restart, or at a predefined time
set in the configuration.
The Connect button will flash blue to indicate that it should be pressed to
send a ‘Daily Check’
report to
monitoring. Press the Connect button and SEVEN will announce,
“Sending you
r Daily Check
”.
The blue
flashing will be cleared once the button has been pressed.
