TextAlert
IV
User Manual
3.1.2 Using a Prepaid SIM
If you choose to use prepaid then make sure to RICA the SIM card, activate the SIM card
on the network and load some airtime onto the SIM card before you begin with the
hardware set-up of TA
IV
.
Very Important for New Prepaid Cards:
In order to load airtime onto prepaid SIM card,
you will have to initially place the new SIM card into an ordinary cell phone to retrieve the
SIM cards cell phone number. When you place the SIM card in the phone for the first time,
you will need to follow the SIM provider’s instructions for retrieving a NEW NUMBER or
DOING A SIM SWAP. Select option to get NEW NUMBER. You will need this number in
order to load airtime on the SIM. Follow the additional procedures to ensure the SIM is
registered to the network.
Note that activation on the network can take up to 48 hours
depending on the network provider.
Load airtime using a voucher, online banking and
or cell phone number to cell phone number transfer. Once you have confirmed that there is
airtime on the SIM card, that the SIM can send an SMS and place a voice call, you can
insert SIM in TA
IV
device and begin the configuration.
3.1.3 Disable phone security PIN request
Most new SIM packages will not have a PIN set however older SIM packages may have a
PIN set. Before you can use the SIM in TA
IV
, the PIN REQUEST must be turned off.
Please check this by inserting the SIM into a cell phone and confirming that PIN
REQUEST has been turned off.
3.1.4 Notes and warnings
*Warning*
Always be very careful not to insert or remove a SIM card from the TA
IV
while
the device is powered as this can damage the SIM.
*Note*
If you are using a prepaid SIM card and the card has not produced a billable event
on the network for a period of time (typically 3 months), the card will be de-activated by the
network, and the SIM card will then be useless and TA
IV
will cease to function until you
replace the SIM. To prevent deactivation of the SIM in your TA
IV
please make sure to
activate one or more of the zones within any 3 month period in order for SMS and or voice
call to me placed.
3.2
Your Cell Phone
TextAlert
IV
can store up to 10 different cellphone numbers. The first five numbers are for
SMS notification. The last five for are for Voice Call notification. In order for these features
to function smoothly, please make sure you turn your Phone Caller ID on, on your phone.
Also make sure that when storing the cell phone numbers you use the relevant SMS string
command format: e.g. 123456#10#0821234567#
(see section 9.1)
.
3.3
WirelessAlert Sensors and Peripherals
Sensors
The TA
IV
kit includes one indoor PIR sensor and one magnetic door contact sensor (See
Appendix 1).
A range of compatible WirelessAlert sensors (Figure 2) are also available for use with TA
IV
including: VA outdoor PIR, Indoor PIR, Solar wireless PIR, Solar wireless beams, and
Microwave beam set.
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