Protected Home WA-5000 Manual

W a t e r A l a r m P l u s
Thank you for purchasing the WaterAlarm Plus. We are confident this product
will provide you with the peace of mind and protection you expect. If you
should ever have any questions or concerns about this product, feel free to
contact us. Our phone number, web sites and email addresses are listed at the
back of this instruction manual.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The WaterAlarm Plus is designed to alert you by telephone if water is detected
by the water sensor. The product consists of two components connected
together by six feet (1.8m) of wire.
1) The Dialer – This component connects to your existing telephone line to
make continuous phone calls every 15 minutes (or 2 hours) if water is detected.
When the WaterAlarm calls you, the person answering the call will hear a pre-
recorded water alarm message.
2) The Water Sensor – This component is what detects the water and sounds an
85 decibel alarm. The sensor can sit directly on the ground, or the sensor can be
detached and extended up to six feet from the audible alarm part with the
included sensor wire. You can add additional wired water sensors to cover
multiple locations within a home, cabin or business.
FEATURES
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Automatically dials to one telephone number when water is detected by the
wired water sensor. The WaterAlarm can call any telephone number
including a cell phone, calling card number, or international number.
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Plays a pre-recorded voice alarm message in English. The message is "This
is your water alarm. Water has been detected at your monitored location.
Please check conditions at your monitored location." The WaterAlarm will
repeat the message for one minute, allowing it to be recorded on an
answering machine or voice mail if desired.
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Continues to call your programmed telephone number until the alarm call
out is canceled by calling back to the WaterAlarm from any phone in the
world.
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Enter and change the "call-to" telephone number easily. Special memory
keeps the phone number stored forever even if the battery goes dead or is
removed.
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Call-to telephone number can be up to 40 digits long including the "*" key
if required.
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Dialing indicator light
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Option to add additional wired sensors (part number WA-20)
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Operates on Touch Tone™ telephone lines only.
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FCC Approved
M o d e l W A - 5 0 0 0
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
General Description & Features.....................................................................1
Installation & Programming ..........................................................................2
Initial Setup ...........................................................................................3
Programming or Changing the "Call-To" phone number .........................4
Positioning the Water Sensor..................................................................6
Extending the Wires of the Various Components ....................................6
Testing your WaterAlarm..............................................................................6
Operation
During an alarm .....................................................................................7
Canceling the Alarm Call-Out ................................................................7
Resetting your WaterAlarm ....................................................................8
Checking Alarm Condition at Monitored Location..................................8
Use with Answering Machines and Voice Mail.......................................8
Troubleshooting............................................................................................9
Commonly Asked Questions .......................................................................10
Contacting for Sales or Technical Support ...................................................11
Specifications .............................................................................................12
FCC Statement............................................................................................12
Warranty Statement.....................................................................................13
INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING
IMPORTANT!
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Read the warranty information on page 13 and the FCC statement on
page 12 before using this product.
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The performance of local and long distance telephone lines vary from
location to location and may affect operation of the WaterAlarm.
Therefore, it is important that the WaterAlarm be fully tested after
installation to confirm telephone compatibility. Please see the Testing
your WaterAlarm on page 6 for further instructions.
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Caution - To ensure proper operation, this equipment must be installed
according to the enclosed installation instructions. To verify that the
equipment is operating properly and can successfully report an alarm,
this equipment must be tested immediately after installation, and
periodically thereafter, according to the enclosed test instructions.
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Caution – This equipment cannot report an alarm when other
equipment (telephone, answering system, computer modem, etc.)
connected to the same phone line is in use.
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Important – Do not program emergency phone numbers for the police,
fire or other emergency personnel or departments unless you have
specific approval from such agencies. This model of WaterAlarm does
not identify the location that is calling and therefore cannot provide an
audible notification of what address this phone call originated from.
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