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OPERATION
A.
Arming and Disarming the Motion Sensor:
1. Arming - Before you leave the monitored area, point the Remote
Control directly at the motion sensor and press and hold the “ARM”
button. There will be a short “BEEP” followed by a 30 second delay
before the unit is fully armed. The delay is designed to give you plenty
of time to exit the monitored area without activating the alarm.
2. Disarming - Upon returning to the monitored area, you will hear a
short “BEEP” indicating the Motion Sensor has detected your presence.
You now have only four seconds to DISARM the motion sensor.
Immediately point the Remote Control at the Motion Sensor and press
and hold the “DISARM” button. If you fail to DISARM the motion
sensor and the alarm goes off, the Dialer component will begin calling
your programmed phone number. You can either call the phone
number of your monitored location from a mobile phone or another
location to cancel the alarm call out or you can unplug the phone cord
from the dialer and remove the battery and then put the battery back in
and plug in the phone cord and the unit will be reset.
B.
During an Alarm:
If motion is detected by the sensor at the monitoring location, your
MiniAlarm will begin to call out to the telephone number you programmed
and play the MiniAlarm’s pre-programmed alarm message. The MiniAlarm
will continue to call either every 15 minutes or every 2 hours, depending
upon the position of switch #3 (see Installation in Step A). The MiniAlarm
will continue to call until the alarm call out is canceled.
The message the receiving party will hear is “This is your mini alarm
security system. There is an alarm condition at your monitored location.
Please check conditions at your monitored location.”
C.
Canceling the Alarm Call out:
1.
After you have received an alarm call, call the monitored location
where the MiniAlarm is located and let the phone ring 5 or 10 times
(number of rings is determined by the position of switch #2 for the
“Call-In Ring Count”). After 5 or 10 rings, the MiniAlarm will
automatically answer and begin playing the pre-recorded alarm
message that you heard when it called you with an alarm. Simply by
calling your MiniAlarm and listening to the alarm message, you have
successfully canceled the alarm call out. You will not receive any more
calls for this particular alarm emergency. If motion continues to be
detected by the sensor, the MiniAlarm unit will remain in “alarm”
mode, but it will not continue to call if the alarm call-out has been
canceled.
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2.
IMPORTANT: If no motion is detected after 30 seconds, the unit
will automatically reset and be ready to detect motion in a fully
armed mode.
D.
Resetting Your MiniAlarm:
The MiniAlarm automatically resets to normal monitoring mode if no
motion has been detected after 30 seconds.
Note: It is possible for ANYONE to accidentally cancel the alarm call-out
simply by calling your monitored location while the MiniAlarm is in an
alarm condition. To help avoid this, you should either set the incoming ring
count selection to 10 rings (see Installation section) or have an answering
machine or voice mail take incoming calls first making it difficult for any
person to accidentally cancel the alarm call-out.
If the MiniAlarm answers after 8 rings and you hear the audible message,
the call out feature has been disabled by a previous call. The fact that you
hear the alarm message only means that the motion sensor was tripped, but
it does not mean intruders still remain in the home. Maintain caution
whenever approaching your home or business after receiving an alarm call
as intruders may still be in the location.
E.
Answering Machines/Voice Mail at Monitored Location:
If you have an answering machine or voice mail at the monitored location
where your MiniAlarm is located, there is an easy way for you to still utilize
your answering machine or voice mail and access the MiniAlarm during an
alarm condition to cancel the alarm call out.
The MiniAlarm has a built-in feature whereas the unit can count incoming
rings over multiple calls to the MiniAlarm. This allows most incoming
calls to go to the user’s answering machine or voice mail service prior to the
MiniAlarm answering. All calls to the unit must be made within a 3 minute
time period that starts from the moment the MiniAlarm hears the first ring.
How This Works (an example):
1.
Your MiniAlarm was set up in the Installation Section to answer on
either five (5) or ten (10) rings. You need to set up your answering
machine or voice mail to answer on a number of rings less than what
your MiniAlarm is set to answer at. For example, if your MiniAlarm is
set to answer on 5 rings, set your answering system to answer on four
rings or less.
2.
When your monitored location receives an incoming call, it will go to
the answering system first because that is set to answer on four or less
rings while your MiniAlarm is set to answer on five rings.
