To establish communication, the communicator takes the telephone line and waits for a dial tone. If a dial
tone is identified, the communicator will dial the first central station telephone number. If a connection is
made, system report will take place and the communicator will hang up upon completion. If for any rea-
son, communication is interrupted, the communicator will dial the 2nd central telephone number and
report only the events that were not reported during the interrupted attempt.
During a communication attempt, the communicator waits for a dial tone for up to 8 seconds. Even if a
dial tone is not found, the communicator will dial the central station.*** After 60 seconds, if communi-
cation has not been established, the dialer will hang up, wait 5 seconds and try the second number. This
sequence will be repeated 8 times, switching back and forth between the 1
st
and 2
nd
number. (Regular
reporting dialing procedure: 1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2, "communicator report failure".)
***This feature is useful for PBX systems, which do not provide a dial tone. You can program the dialing
sequence required to get a line on a PBX system, and this sequence will be added before the central
station number. If there is a time delay between dialing and getting a line, this can be programmed
into the dialing sequence using the [
MEM
] ("pause") key.
After 8 unsuccessful attempts, the redial sequence ends and "communicator report failure" will appear in the
keypad’s trouble display (key [7] "on"). When the next reportable event occurs, (even if it is not programmed
to report to the central), the communicator will try again to establish communication. If successful, all events
stored in the event buffer that have not yet been reported will be communicated to the central.
Split reporting
(Address 086, key [11] "on", key [12] "off")
All "system" reports (i.e. trouble reports, arm/disarm reports, etc.) are sent to Telephone #2, until an alarm is
generated. Following alarm generation, all activity, including alarm and restoration reports, is sent to Telephone
#1 until the system is disarmed. When there is an alarm, any ongoing communication (upload/download or
reporting to Telephone #2) will immediately be stopped and the panel will dial Telephone #1.
Alarm reports dialing procedure:
(1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1, "communicator report failure")
"System" reports dialing procedure:
(2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2, "communicator report failure")
Double reporting
(Address 086, key [11] "on", key [12] "on")
The panel will transmit all reports to both programmed telephone numbers. If, after 8 attempts using either
number, communication is not established, "communicator report failure" will be displayed by key [7].
Double reporting dialing procedure:
(1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1, "communicator report failure")
(2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2, "communicator report failure")
Note: To stop communication attempts until the next reportable event, press [
ENTER
] + installer code + [
STAY
].
Bell squawk
(Address 086, key [
MEM
])
Bell/siren will emit a 0.5 second “squawk” once upon arming, and twice upon disarming.
(Key [
MEM
] "on" = enabled)
Auto zone shutdown
(Address 086, key [
TRBL
] "on")
Key [
TRBL
] "on" = Zones that initiate 5 consecutive alarms during the same armed period will be automat-
ically bypassed. (Zones must be bypass-enabled at addresses 124-126.) After a zone
has been bypassed, the panel can send a "zone shutdown” report to the central (if pro-
grammed to do so at addresses 448-461).
Note: Once auto zone shutdown has been enabled, it will either be activated after 4 "zone closure"
restoration reports or 4 "bell cut-off " restoration reports, depending on which type of alarm restora-
tion code has been activated at address 088, key [
BYP
].
Automatic event buffer transmission
(Address 088, key [2
ND
])
Key [2
ND
] "on" = system will dial the computer telephone number programmed in Section 02 and 03
(addresses 008-015) to upload the contents of the event buffer to the PC. (Espload must be in "wait for
call" mode.) The system will make two attempts to call the PC when the event buffer reaches 50%
capacity. If communication is established, the system will then proceed to report the contents of the event
buffer to the PC. Should transmission be interrupted before the complete contents of the buffer can be
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