Tait TB8100, User Manual

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162 Part G: Alarms
© Tait Electronics Limited December 2007
Configuring Alarm Center Communications
If the base station has a dial-up modem and is able to connect via a telephone
line to a PC running the Tait
Alarm Center program, you need to enable and
configure that connection. If the base station is connected via an Asynchronous
Port Switch (APS), see TN-906-AN for more information.
To configure base station communications with an Alarm Center
1. Select Configure > Communications > Alarm Center. The Alarm Center
form appears.
2. Select the Alarm Center connection check box. This enables the base
station to dial out to an Alarm Center.
3. Under Port Settings , select a baud rate. If an APS is used, it must use the
same baud rate.
4. If the connection is via an APS, enable the Port switch check box and
configure the commands and responses used in base station communications
with the APS (see
“Configuring Port Switch Commands and Responses”
on page 163 ).
5. Under Modem , in the Number to dial box, enter the telephone number
of the Alarm Center computer’s modem.
6. In the Modem command string box, specify any command string that is
to be sent to the base station’s modem to configure it and prepare it for
dialling. For more information, see TN-742.
7. Specify whether the base station modem is to use tone dialling or pulse
dialling. Most modern telephone systems use tone dialling.
8. Under Connection timing , in the Number of retries box, specify the
number of times that the base station will attempt to connect to the Alarm
Center before giving up.