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Summary of Contents for ItWatchDogs APD-T01
- Page 1 APD-T01 Telephone Auto-Dialer installation & user guide...
- Page 2 Note that the APD-T01 is designed to work with a standard telephone line, a.k.a. “POTS” or Plain Old Telephone Service, and is not directly compatible with digital multi-extension office-phone systems. If standard telephone-line service is not available at your facility, you will need to contact your local phone company to have a dedicated line installed for the APD-T01 to use.
- Page 3 In addition to the items in the kit, to install the APD-T01, you will need (at minimum): Ÿ a 9V alkaline battery to install in the backup-battery compartment Ÿ at least one length of 2-conductor alarm wire, to connect the APD-T01 to the dry-contact relay terminals on the RelayGoose-II.
- Page 4 Before you mount the APD-T01 to the wall, turn it over so that you are looking at the back of the unit: SPEAKER ANTI-TAMPER SWITCH TAMP TR2 TR1 0V 12V+ LINE PHONE BACKUP BATTERY TERMINAL BLOCK COMPARTMENT SCREW PHONE JACKS...
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Page 5: Important Note
These contacts will remain closed as long as the unit remains mounted to the wall, keeping the anti-tamper switch depressed; if anyone attempts to physically tamper with the APD-T01 unit by removing it from the wall, the anti-tamper switch will be released and the TAMP contact pair will open. - Page 6 (in this example, a RelayGoose-II). Note that since the relay outputs on an ITWatchDogs monitoring device are true dry-contacts, you will need to bring the 0V (or DC ground) over from the APD-T01 autodialer terminals as well as the TR1 trigger signal, as shown here.
- Page 7 – especially since the (–) side of the DC power supply also has to be connected into the 0V terminal at the APD-T01 side. If the alarm-wire pairs are thin enough, though, there’s no reason not run two complete wire pairs between the APD-T01 and the monitoring unit to keep...
- Page 8 RELAY 2 RELAY 3 Alternatively, by wiring the relay outputs in parallel, it is possible to trigger one APD-T01 from multiple monitoring units. As a practical matter, however, the wiring necessary to let more than a couple of monitoring units share one autodialer is likely to become complicated and difficult to manage, so as a general rule we would...
- Page 9 Note that the APD-T01 can not be directly connected to most multi-extension office phone/intercom systems, as they generally do not use standard telephone voltages and signaling conventions between the extension phones and the central control system.
- Page 10 PHONE The backup battery should be replaced periodically – at least once a year – even if the APD-T01 is not displaying a “Low Battery” icon on its display, to insure correct operation of the unit. We would also recommend inspecting the battery every so often to make sure the battery isn’t damaged or leaking;...
- Page 11 Connecting the AC power adapter: The last item to be connected to the APD-T01 unit is the AC power adapter. The autodialer is powered by a standard 12VDC wall transformer-style power supply, similar to the one shown here, which is included with the APD-T01 kit.
- Page 12 One of the first operations you should perform is to record the alert messages you wish to have played when the autodialer is triggered. The APD-T01 allows you to have separate messages for each of the two trigger inputs. 1. Key in the four-digit password [x][x][x][x].
- Page 13 Programming phone numbers: The APD-T01 allows you to program up to nine phone numbers into the unit to be dialed when one of the trigger inputs is activated. Note that this sequence does not select which phone numbers are dialed; it simply lets you set up the “phone book”, as it were, of numbers which can be dialed.
- Page 14 Configuring the Dialing Lists for Trigger-1 and Trigger-2: Once you have programmed the (up to 9) phone numbers, you can determine which of these numbers are dialed when a particular trigger is activated. This can be useful in situations where you need to notify different personnel depending on the situation;...
- Page 15 Enabling or disabling the audible alarm: The APD-T01 can sound a local audio alert when one of the triggers is activated, as well as dialing numbers. To turn this feature on or off: 1. Key in the four-digit password [x][x][x][x].
- Page 16 Setting a Trigger Delay period: The APD-T01 can be set to wait for a given period of time, in seconds, after a Trigger Input is activated before it begins dialing. The default setting is 00 seconds, or “dial immediately”; to change this delay period, use the following sequence: 1.
- Page 17 Enabling or disabling the Arming Delay countdown sound: In conjunction with the Arming Delay period setting, above, you can also have an audible countdown sound during the delay period. The default is “off” (no sound); to change this, use the following sequence: 1.
- Page 18 APD-T01 Telephone Autodialer Now that you have the APD-T01 Telephone Autodialer programmed, let’s look at how to operate it. This section will cover arming and disarming the unit, acknowledging phone calls when the unit starts dialing, and how to stop the dialing sequence and reset the unit.
- Page 19 Acknowledging the alarm when the autodialer calls: As mentioned in the previous section, when the autodialer is triggered, it will begin dialing the numbers in the list associated with that particular trigger, starting with the first enabled number in the list and ending with the last enabled entry.
- Page 20 Resetting the autodialer to factory defaults: If it becomes necessary to completely reset the APD-T01 autodialer to its out-of-the-box factory defaults, you will find a switch inside the battery compartment marked NORMAL / ERASE. To erase all of the unit’s settings, do the following steps: 1.
- Page 21 Care and maintenance of your APD-T01 Telephone Autodialer: 1. A leaking battery can result in poor performance, and could potentially damage the unit. We recommend inspecting the battery periodically, even if the indicator is not showing on the display, to make sure the battery is intact.
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