Ring-In Delay; Ringout Limit - S-COM 7K Manual

7K • Chapter 7
Note: When the phone line is in a phone line control mode, you have 40
seconds to either enter your command(s) or "buy" more time. A short
command can easily be entered in the 40 seconds allowed. However, if you
have several programming jobs to do, be sure to enter the Select Phone Line
Off-Hook Timer command (page 7-57) to prevent the controller from hanging
up during programming. The Phone line timer can be reloaded at any time. If
you ask for a lot of time, be sure to dump the call when you have finished
programming. If you simply hang up, the controller will keep the phone off-hook
until the timer expires. No autopatch, reverse patch, or control by phone line
operations can occur while the phone line timer runs.

Ring-In Delay

Ring-In Delay is a two-digit number representing the number of rings the
controller ignores before performing operations. One of the benefits of having
ring-in delay is that it allows someone to pick up the phone if there is a phone
in parallel with the controller. If, for example, a maintenance phone line at a
radio or TV transmitter site can be used for repeater control purposes, you
want to be sure that the site owner can pick up the phone before the controller
goes off-hook. If no one picks up the phone after, say, 8 rings, the controller
can assume that the call is for it. Ring-in delay can be programmed from 00 to
99 rings.

Ringout Limit

Ringout Limit is a two-digit number representing the number of times the
controller may send the Reverse Patch Ringout Message (See the Reverse
Patch section on page 7-59.) Placing a limit on reverse patch ringout messages
prevents the annoyance of too many messages on a busy repeater. The
ringout limit can be programmed from 00 to 99 rings. If a control operator is
programming the controller, for example, and then triggers the reverse patch by
command, the number of ringouts will be set by the ringout limit value
previously commanded.
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