ETP-500
Series Analog Call Station
Installation & Operation Manual
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4. Operation
General Information
When a push button on the Emergency/Information Phone is pressed, the first phone number
programmed for that button will automatically be dialed. If a second phone number is also programmed
for that button, it will automatically be dialed if the first number is busy or does not answer after a
specified number of rings. Should the second phone number also be busy or not answer after the
specified number of rings, the Phone will continue trying the first number and then the second number
until the call is completed, or until the time limit set in field *17* has expired.
When the telephone at the Guard Station is answered, depending on model and programming, the
Emergency/Information Phone may transmit its location by playing a recorded message or by
transmitting DTMF tones. Afterwards
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or immediately if no such feature is enabled
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the caller may
talk and listen hands-free without operating any controls.
The Guard Station can call into the Talkaphone unit and activate it, in order to silently monitor a location
as situation requires. Please be certain to obey all federal, state and local laws when using this feature.
Calling the Phone from the Guard Station
1. On a regular touch-tone telephone, enter the telephone number of the Phone you wish to call. After
a short pause the unit will send a short series of audible coded tones to indicate that the Phone has
answered.
2.
Enter the Guard Access Code: *4* …[up to 8 digits]*. The default code as shipped is *4**.
3. If you wish to talk with someone at the unit enter *5*.
If you have entered *5*, you cannot program the phone at this point. To enter the programming
mode, hold down the star button on your telephone for at least one second. You will hear a
beep to indicate that you are able to enter the guard code and begin programming again.
If a program code *78* is entered during the programming, the Talkaphone
unit’s speaker and
microphone will automatically activate every time the unit is called. To enter programming
mode, hold down the star button on your telephone for at least one second. You will hear a
beep to indicate that you are able to program the Talkaphone unit.
Answering Emergency/Information Phone
The telephone at the guard station will ring. The guard answers and speaks into his telephone and will
be able to both listen and speak to the unit.
If *50* has been activated (see Phone ID Codes, p.
7), the unit will send a short series of audible DTMF tones, after which the conversation can continue.
Using a Talkaphone unit with a PBX system (Mode II & Mode III)
Many PBX Systems use non-standard, propriety tones and signals. Examples of such PBX systems
are the Rolm Systems 9751, 9000, 8000; AT&T systems 75, 85; and Northern Telecom Meridian and
SL1. Depending upon your configuration, you should activate either the MODE II or MODE III software
options that are built into the Talkaphone unit.
If you are using a Talkaphone EC-8 Consolidator, set the Talkaphone unit to MODE II by simply
entering codes *14*2*, *18*5*, and *55*, each followed by an acknowledgement beep. You must also
program the EC-8 Consolidator into MODE II. See Model EC-8 Consolidator Instructions.
