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Description Enter a description of the remote Alarm Receiving Centre.
Account Enter your account number. This information should be available from the receiving
station and is used to identify you each time you make a call to the ARC.
For a Contact ID account, a maximum of 6 characters is allowed.
Protocol Enter the communication protocol that you intend to use (SIA, SIA Extended,
Contact ID, Fast Format).
Note: SPC supports the extended SIA protocol. Select this protocol to support
additional textual descriptions of the SIA events being sent to the Alarm Receiving
Station.
Priority Select the priority for the ARC in terms of primary or back-up reporting.
Number 1
Enter the first number to be dialled to contact the ARC. This system will always
attempt to contact the ARC on this number before attempting another number.
Number 2 Enter the second number to be dialled to contact the ARC. The system will only
attempt to contact the ARC on this number if the first contact number did not
successfully establish a call.
Dial Attempts
Enter the number of times that the system will attempt to make a call to the
receiver. (Default is 8)
Dial Delay Number of seconds to delay between failed dial attempts (0 - 999).
Dial Interval Enter the number of seconds to delay between failed dial attempts. (0 - 999)
Test Calls Enable the test call by choosing a time interval. This will send out an automatic test
call from modem 1 to the primary ARC.
Test All Check this box if you want to initiate also an automatic test call from modem 2 to
the backup ARC.
Click on the Add button to enter those details on the system.
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 A list of the configured ARC accounts will be displayed on the browser
screen along with the account information, description, protocol, dial-up
status and time and date of the last call to the ARC.
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