Raco AlarmAgent.com AA-102DC, Installation Manual

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12.0 Verifying the Wireless Network Link to the Web Site
To verify the network link to the web site, the RTU’s service must first have been activated, and the RTU
must have been imported into your system at the web site.
13.0 Using the Test Call Feature for Network Verification
To use the Test Call Feature, first verify that the green LED located to the right of the Test Call pushbutton
(refer to diagram) is lit. If not, the Test Call feature will not work until re-enabled by RACO.
The Test Call LED is normally lit, but it will be turned off if someone presses the button without a special
Test Call Notification Phone Number having been previously entered at the web site by a CSA.
With the Test Call LED lit, and after verifying that your cell phone number has been entered at the web
site, momentarily press the Test Call pushbutton.
Within a minute or so, you should receive a corresponding notification test call to your cell phone. The
test call will include the signal strength of the signal received by the local tower.
Note that the cellular network requires at least a two minute interval between transmissions from the RTU.
Therefore if you were to press the Test Call pushbutton more than once within a two minute span, (this
should not be necessary), the second transmission will be delayed.
14.0 Testing by Simulating Alarm Conditions
Testing by artificially creating alarm conditions introduces complications having to do with various timing
delays, as well as the fact that the RTU filters out “dithering” alarm inputs. Therefore this method is not
recommended unless you trip any given alarm only once, and allow more than two minutes between
tripping different alarms.
Note that the power failure alarm, depending upon the configuration, will take longer to trip (5 minutes is
the default setting) than other input alarms.
As described above, the red LEDs associated with each digital input can provide confirmation that the
wiring to various signal sources is correct. This should generally be done while the RTU is in the Disarmed
state in order to prevent unnecessary alarm transmissions.
Your company’s Customer System
Administrator (CSA) can advise you as to
whether this has been done.