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A.
What You Will Need:
1.
One 9-volt battery and 4 AA batteries (not included). An alkaline
battery will work fine, but a lithium battery is highly recommended.
2.
Phillips screwdriver (not included)
3.
A single line telephone jack. This does not need to be a dedicated
phone jack; a phone can share the jack with the MiniAlarm through the
use of a telephone line splitter (not included). These are available at
most hardware, electronics or discount stores. You must have Touch-
Tone® telephone service for the MiniAlarm to properly operate. The
MiniAlarm will not work on pulse or rotary dialing telephone systems.
B.
Installation of the Dialer:
1.
On the Dialer Component, remove the four screws from the back cover.
2.
Clip the battery terminals to your 9V battery and place in battery
compartment.
3.
With the cover still removed, locate the four little “dip” switches on the
circuit board.
What the switches do:
Switch #
What it does
OFF Position
ON
Position
Default
Position
1
FACTORY USE ONLY – Do not
change
NA NA OFF
2
Pick Up Ring Count. When you
call your monitored location,
should the MiniAlarm pick up
after 5 rings or 10 rings?
10 rings
5 rings
ON for 5 rings
3
Call out frequency during an
alarm. How often should the
MiniAlarm call the pre-
programmed telephone number?
Every 15
minutes
Every 2
hours
ON for every 2
hours
4
Normally Open or Normally
Closed Alarm Input Position. The
motion sensors connected to the
Dialer require the Normally Open
position.
Normally
Closed
Position
Normally
Open
Position
ON for the
Normally
Open Position
4
Switch Explanation:
Switch #1: Factory set to OFF. Do not change the setting of this
switch.
Switch #2: Pick Up Ring Count: This is the number of rings at which
your MiniAlarm will answer so you can cancel the alarm call out. The
default setting is to answer after five rings. If you have an answering
machine or voice mail, you want to be sure the answering machine or
voice mail answers on less rings than what you have this set for. For
more information on this feature, see the section titled Answering
Machines/Voice Mail at Monitored Location under the
OPERATION section.
Switch #3: Call out Frequency: Your MiniAlarm can call your
programmed telephone number every 15 minutes or every 2 hours.
This is default set at every 2 hours.
Switch #4: The Dialer has the capability of dialing out if the sensors
either close an alarm contact or open an alarm contact. For the
MiniAlarm, the included sensor is normally open and will close when
motion is detected. Therefore, this switch must be left in the “ON”
position, or Normally Open position.
4.
Replace the back cover. Be careful to ensure the cover goes on the
correct way as the telephone jack on the Dialer and the battery may not
sit correctly if replaced incorrectly.
5.
Plug one end of the supplied telephone cord into the Dialer. Plug the
other end of the telephone cord into the wall jack of your single line
telephone. CAUTION: The Dialer requires a single line telephone, but
does not require this line to be dedicated for the Dialer use only. The
Dialer may not be compatible with some PBX or other multi-line
business telephone systems. Connecting the Dialer to a commercial
telephone system may cause internal damage to both systems. The
Dialer can share a wall phone jack with a telephone. A dual plug
adapter or “splitter” (not included), is required and is available at most
hardware or electronics stores. The adapter allows both the Dialer and
the telephone to share the same phone line through connection of a
single wall jack.
C. Programming or Changing the “Call-To” Telephone Number:
The Call-To telephone number is the number you want your MiniAlarm to
call if motion is detected in your remotely monitored location. Once you
program the phone number into your MiniAlarm, it is
stored indefinitely. It will not be lost even if you
disconnect the battery and the phone line. The maximum
number of digits you can have in a phone number is 40
digits. Eligible digits include any of the number keys and
the “star” (*) key. All digits and the star (*) key are part
of the 40 digit total.
