Standalone Mode; Voice Call Out - DPS Telecom NetGuardian-16S User Manual

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Standalone Mode

If the NetGuardian-16S loses its connection to the CopperController, the BSU will enter Standalone Mode. In
Standalone Mode, the NetGuardian-16S's internal configuration determines which alarms will trigger a BSU
notification. If a selected alarm occurs, the NetGuardian-16S will trigger the BSU alarm and send a Sound Alarm
command to any external BSUs. Pressing the Ack/+ will silence the alarm speaker directly, and send an Silence
Alarm command to any external BSUs.
The NetGuardian-16S determines whether to put the BSU in Standalone Mode by pinging the CopperController.
The NetGuardian-16S will put the BSU in Standalone Mode only if it does not receive a ping response from the
CopperController.
If the BSU enters Standalone Mode the BSU SM LED will light SOLID RED and the NetGuardian-16S will
declare a Critical alarm.
In Standalone Mode, the NetGuardian-16S determines which alarms will trigger a BSU notification, and the
alarm severity level of the BSU notification, by referring to which alarms have been assigned to Alarm Point
Groups 6, 7 and 8 by the system administrator.
Group 6 = BSU Critical
Group 7 = BSU Major
Group 8 = BSU Minor
Alarm Point Group assignments can only be configured by the system administrator. For more information on
Alarm Point Groups, see Section 12.5.1, "Alarm Summary."
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Voice Call Out

The NetGuardian-16S features Voice Call Out, which provides alarm reporting via telephone call. The Voice
Call Out function will call up to 10 user-defined contact phone numbers to announce Critical and Major alarms
with up to 16 dialogs. For a reference to possible Voice Call Out dialogs, see Section 13.4, "Voice Call Out
Default Dialogs," in the Reference section.
Voice Call Out is controlled by the CopperCom CopperController in Standard Mode and by the
NetGuardian-16S in Standalone Mode.
Voice Call Out is available only for Critical and Major alarms. No Major alarm can be added to the Voice Call
Out queue until all Critical alarms are acknowledged. When a Critical alarm occurs, all pending Major alarms
will be removed from the Voice Call Out queue.
The contacts for Voice Call Out are defined in the user-configurable Call List. Each contact can be configured to
receive only Critical alarm calls, Major alarm calls, or both Critical and Major alarm calls. For instructions on
configuring the Call List, see Section 12.6.1, "Call List."
You can also dial in to the NetGuardian-16S and receive a voice update on current alarm status. For some
example dial-in dialogs, see Section 13.4, "Default Voice Call Out Dialogs," in the Reference section.