Raco Verbatim, Owner'S Manual

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Using Your Verbatim autodialer
5-2 Verbatim Owner's Manual
5.3 Receiving Alarm Calls
When any input condition violates the programmed alarm criteria for an interval
longer than the Alarm Trip Delay for that input (See Section 6.2.6), the unit
goes into an Unacknowledged Alarm state. The unit begins dialing the first of
up to 16 programmed phone numbers. See Section 6.1, “Program Codes,”
about optional Alarm Call Grouping if you want the numbers dialed to depend
on which channel is in alarm. Whenever there is an Unacknowledged Alarm
the corresponding channel alarm LED begins flashing.
The voice messages follow the same format as an inquiry call, including the
prompting beep, except the channels having no alarm activity are not included
in the alarm report. If there is no acknowledgment, the Verbatim autodialer will
replay the message for the programmed number of repeats (default is 3) and
then will say, “Goodbye,” before terminating the call.
See Appendix I for information on alternate annunciator state models.
Annunciator state models support various Return To Normal (RTN) calling
sequences.
Phrases Appended to Alarm Messages
(user recorded or default)
These appending phrases will continue to be included in any status reports until
the Alarm Reset time expires for that channel.
ALERT
Any channel with an input violation which has not been present longer than the
Alarm Trip Delay for that channel will have its status message appended with
the word "Alert."
NOW NORMAL
If the violation which originally caused the alarm has gone away the phrase
"Now Normal" will be appeneded to the alarm status message.
ACKNOWLEDGED
Any channel which was in an unacknowledged alarm state but became
acknowledged will have its status message appended with the word
"Acknowledged."
NOW NORMAL, ACKNOWLEDGED
Any channel which is both acknowledged and whose input voilation has gone
away will have its status messages appended with the phrase "Now Normal,
Acknowledged."