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USAlert watchdog Programming Manual

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WatchDog Voice Pager
PROGRAMMING MANUAL

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  • Page 1 USALERT WatchDog Voice Pager PROGRAMMING MANUAL...

  • Page 2: Installation & Setup

    The USAlert WatchDog programmer consists of a programming fixture, a serial communications cable, a USB communications cable, a USB to Serial Adapter, a large programming CD and a small computer drivers CD. Both WatchDog and WatchDog LT Voice Pagers use the same programming hardware and software, so only one installation is required.

  • Page 3: Startup Screen

    WatchDog/Net Framework folder. Double-click on it to install and then run the WatchDog programming software again. To place WatchDog into programming mode: To program, simply place the Watchdog into the programmer and turn the pager on with the Function Switch in Position 1. To get out of programming mode: Once finished programming, take the pager out of the programmer, turn the pager off, and then turn back on.

  • Page 4: Configuration Screen

    Frequency 2. Both F1 and F2 are set from the pager’s front panel menu. With WatchDog firmware version 5.20 or later, both F1 and F2 can be set to any of the available channels on your pager (channels 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5).
  • Page 5 F1 Tone/Vibrate - Position will audibly alert and vibrate when paged on Frequency 1. If volume knob is turned all the way down, it will only vibrate. F1 Tone Alert Off Duty - Position will NOT audibly alert for addresses that have been set to Off Duty on Frequency 1.
  • Page 6 5. CHANNEL PROGRAMMING SCREEN The first entry on the Channel screen is your Frequency. A Channel Name description can be entered here, but will only appear on the pager’s display if the “Standby Screen” dropdown list on the “Display” screen is set to “Channel Name”. This allows your pager to display the channel you are on at any given time.
  • Page 7 Priority If you check the Priority box next to a given set of tones, they will ALWAYS audibly alert only, even if you have the pager set to a vibrate position. Cadences There are seven different sounds to choose from when you are alerted. If a set of tones is set for Tone U, the pager will ALWAYS tone alert and vibrate when calls are received on those tones.
  • Page 8 6. TWO-TONE SCREEN Long Tone Length When you set the Long Tone Length, it will look for the tone for the amount of time set and then alert for the remainder of the time the tone is sent out. For example, dispatch sends out the long tone for seven seconds.
  • Page 9 At this time, the pager will return to Selective Call standby. N-Factor Auto Reset: Adding the N time delay to revert operation causes the WatchDog pager to disregard the state of the carrier during the N time. The N time...
  • Page 10 N-Factor Revert Reset: Adding the N time delay to revert operation causes the WatchDog pager to disregard the state of the carrier during the N time. The N time begins immediately after the alerting cycle and ends on N timeout. At this time the WatchDog will enter normal revert to carrier squelch operation.

  • Page 11: Display Screen

    7. DISPLAY SCREEN Power-Up Message Enter the text to display when you turn on your pager. Standby Screen The Standby Screen has selections for displaying three types of information. These choices are the time and date, a special text message of your choice, or the name of the current channel. If you select “Channel Name”, that text will be entered on the Channel screen(s).
  • Page 12 Push to Listen This option forces the user to push the reset button to “listen” to the message. Warning: Release of the reset button will also cancel voice storage. If set to “Yes”, it can be disabled or enabled through the pager’s front panel menu. LCD Hold Time The amount of time the LCD displays information before going into standby mode with only the standby mode icon displayed.
  • Page 13 8. VOICE RECORD SCREEN The Voice Record Screen is only available on Stored Voice models. Enable voice recording? – enables or disables Voice Recording. Ability to delete / All delete messages? – allows you to delete individual messages or delete all messages from the pager’s front panel menu. Ability to protect message? –...
  • Page 14 Select “After alert” in situations where the system transmits a voice message immediately following the tones with no disruption in the continuous transmission of the carrier. If your system uses this mode of operation, the N time delay should not be used. Select “After call”...
  • Page 15 2 looking for the presence of carrier. Alerting can only occur on priority channel (F1). If channel activity is detected on F1 then the WatchDog will lock on F1 and remain on F1 until channel activity ceases. At this time the scan function will resume. If channel activity is detected on F2, the WatchDog will process voice on F2 and periodically scan back to F1 looking for presence of a carrier.
  • Page 16 If you check this option, the pager will not be able to monitor the channels using the reset switch located on top of the WatchDog pager. This can be used to keep people from listening in when they are not paged.