Manual Control (Remote or On-Site) -
You
can control power to equipment
(plugged into the standard
120
Volt receptacle on the front of The Power Stone)
MANUALLY by:
a)
calling into The Power Stone’s location, entering your security access code and appropriate
feature commands from a touchtone phone, or
b) picking up the touchtone phone connected directly to The Power Stone and entering your
security access code and appropriate feature commands.
Once you’ve entered your security access code, you can also command The Power Stone to
give you an audible “readback” status on:
a)
how each individual feature is programmed,
b) the status of power supplied to your equipment and
c) whether there has been a recent power outage at The Power Stone’s location.
More in-depth information about
Manual Control
can be found on page 15, but please
continue to read on to get the “big picture” of how your fine product operates.
Automatic Operation -
You
can program The Power Stone to control power via one of
three automatic operating modes,
“Power On Call", “Reboot” or "Toggle"
For a more in-
depth explanation of each individual operating mode and how they control power to your
equipment, see
page 9.
For Automatic Operation, you are also required to program the
“Rings To Trip” feature. Here’s how “Rings To Trip” works. When a call rings into the
location of The Power Stone your selected automatic operation will be activated or “tripped”
when The Power Stone detects either "2 or less” rings or "3 or more”. For a more detailed
explanation about “
Rings To Trip
” options see page 8.
Passive Operation -
The Power Stone also has two passive operating modes,
“Passive
On"
and
“Passive
Off”
, that totally ignore the “rings” of an inbound cal1 while providing
either no power (Passive Off) or constant power (Passive On) to your equipment. Either
passive mode is useful when you do not want an inbound call to change the status of the
power to your equipment.
H
OW
Do You Hook It Up?
This part is real simple and straight forward in good 01’
plain English. Refer to page 20,
“Installation Overview/Helpful Tips”
section for pictures. It
contains two installation schematics that should cover virtually any application that you have
in mind. The installation part is a no-brainer. What really makes The Power Stone work is
your choice of operating mode (Passive or Automatic), the selected number of rings to trip an
(Automatic) operating mode, your understanding of how to access Manual Operating mode
from a remote location and the audible readback feature.
Plugging Into 120 Volt Power -
On the backside of
The
Power
Stone, there are three metallic “blades” which look
like the 120 Volt electrical blades found on any standard
electrical plug. That’s right, these blades are standard size and
are designed to plug into any standard grounded 120 Volt
electrical wall outlet, extension cord or power strip. The key
word here is “grounded.” For maximum protection to you and
your equipment, only plug The Power Stone into grounded
wall outlets, extension cords or power strips.
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