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Alarm Call-Out Sequence:
The FreezeAlarm will continue to call all programmed call-to phone numbers until
someone acknowledges the alarm and cancels the alarm call-out.
The FreezeAlarm will call the first call-to telephone number and play its alarm message
to a person, answering machine or voice mail. If it gets a busy signal, no answer or a
person who doesn’t know how to cancel the alarm call-out, it will immediately start
calling the second number. If the alarm call-out isn’t canceled by the second call-to
person, it will immediately move to the third number. If no one at that call-to number
cancels the alarm call-out, the unit will wait either 15 minutes or 2 hours and then start
the sequence all over again.
The only way to stop the FreezeAlarm from calling the call-to phone numbers is to
have a person at one of the call-to numbers cancel the alarm call-out as described later
in this manual, go to the monitored location and switch the toggle switch to STANDBY
and then back again to ON.
The FreezeAlarm is persistent and always wants you to know that an alarm has
occurred, even if the alarm condition has corrected itself. For example: The power goes
out long enough so that the FreezeAlarm notes a power alarm and begins calling your
call-to phone numbers. If none of the people at the call-to numbers are home to answer
the call, and the power is eventually restored, the FreezeAlarm will continue to call the
call-to phone numbers until the alarm call-out has been canceled.
Multiple Alarms
It is possible to receive multiple alarm calls from your FreezeAlarm even if you believe
you have canceled one of the alarms. Here are some examples:
Example 1:
If you receive a power out alarm and cancel that alarm call-out, your FreezeAlarm will
still be running on back-up battery power until the power is restored. It is conceivable
therefore, that the battery could drop below 7.0 volts and begin calling out again, but
this time with a battery alarm. You would need to cancel this alarm call separately
from the earlier power out alarm. If power continues to be out, you could also receive a
separate temperature alarm later because your heating system will most likely not be
working. This alarm call-out would have to be canceled separately as well.
Example 2:
Assume you have received a power out alarm and have canceled the alarm call-out. A
short time later, you receive another power out alarm. What has happened is that your
power was restored after you canceled the first alarm call-out and the power out alarm
was automatically reset. A short time later, the power went out again (not infrequent in
remote areas). This caused the FreezeAlarm to initiate another power out alarm and
begin calling your call-to phone numbers again.
Example 3:
This same multiple alarm call-out can happen with a temperature alarm as well,
especially if the temperature outside your monitored location is close to the temperature
alarm setpoint you have programmed on your FreezeAlarm. If your heating system
fails or power is out, the temperature in your monitored location begins to drop. In the
