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Multi-Link The Power Stone Programming Manual

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  • Page 1 STATUS OVERRIDE w P O W E R STONE RESET OPERATIONS/ PROGRAMMING MANUAL...

  • Page 2: About This Manual

    The Power Stone ™ is a vote of confidence and trust in our product and our company. We will not betray this confidence or trust-that is our word and handshake to you.
  • Page 3 It is our intent, with this manual, to supply you with all the operational information needed to realize the full potential of The Power Stone. While our focus is to get you “up and running” as quick as...
  • Page 4 Safety Instructions ................1 How The Power Stone Works (An Overview!) ....... 2 "Down N' Dirty"...
  • Page 5 When using your telephone/electrical power equipment, basic safety precautions should always be followed to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock and injury to persons, including the following: 1. Read and understand all instructions. 2. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. 3.

  • Page 6: Installation Instructions

    120 Volt power to your selected equipment. This feature-rich power controller enables you to power up, power down, or interrupt power to your equipment (up to 15 Amps at 120 Volts) through a single phone line - either with its automatic operation capability or by manually inputting commands through the phone line (in the form of touchtones) from a telephone.

  • Page 7: Automatic Operation

    “Rings To Trip” feature. Here’s how “Rings To Trip” works. When a call rings into the location of The Power Stone your selected automatic operation will be activated or “tripped” when The Power Stone detects either "2 or less” rings or "3 or more”. For a more detailed explanation about “Rings To...

  • Page 8: Connecting T O The Phone Line

    2 port RJ-11 telephone line receptacle. One port is labeled “LINE”. Take the supplied modular telephone line cord and plug one end into the “LINE” port. Plug the other end into the telephone wall jack. The Power Stone is now connected to the phone line.
  • Page 9 (no charge if it’s long distance). The Power LOCKE0 Uf’...S~Y CAU.\.ACII cA=u ‘-__ ---‘- The Power Stone can be used to control power to Refer to Installation Number 1 “Power On Call” (Factory Preset). To power up the PC and have it answer with one call, set The Power Stone’s...
  • Page 10 Stone’s operation is a great way to power up your PC. Just call your “DR " phone number and The Power Stone will do its thing. If you are using an answering machine on the same phone line as your PC, ignore B) and utilize options A) and C) of recommended programming.
  • Page 11 1) The Power Stone or answering machine answers your inbound call. 2) You enter # # 8 8 on the touchtone phone - The Power Stone “bips” 3 times (Proceed). 3) At that time, you enter “011” ( 01 for “Operating Modes” Register 1 and 1 for “Passive On”...
  • Page 12 The ring settings to”trip” your selected Automatic Operating Mode are available in two options: 1) 2 Or Less Rings - If The Power Stone detects two rings or less from an inbound call, it will automatically perform the operating mode you have programmed. In this option, if The Power Stone detects 3 or more rings, it will not be “tripped”;...
  • Page 13 “2 or less”, please “ring” The Power Stone two full rings before, hanging up. By doing that you can be sure The Power Stone will manage to hear at least one of those rings and trip your selected automatic operating mode. We do advise that you experiment with “ring”...

  • Page 14: Helpful Tips

    120 Volt receptacle for the duration of that phone call. When either party hangs up, i.e. the cal1 is over, The Power Stone will power down that equipment within two minutes. Any incoming call detected during the two minute interval (after the previous caller has hung up) will continue the power up process for the duration of that call, plus an additional two minutes.
  • Page 15 The Power Stone will remain “off-hook” for 10 seconds before hanging up the call. This allows you to call in and manually control The Power Stone from a remote location without having an auto-answer device like an answering machine at The Power Stone’s location.

  • Page 16: Operating Modes

    The “Power Supplied” Status Register, Register 07, will readback the current status of power supplied to connected equipment. Two low beeps tell you The Power Stone is not supplying power to your equipment. One beep tells you power is supplied to the equipment.
  • Page 17 7.4 Telephone OVERRIDE Command. The Power Stone is plugged into a power strip or wall outlet and you can't get to it to press the OVERRIDE button, there is a touchtone command that will perform the same fúnction as pressing the OVERRIDE button.
  • Page 18 2 - Double Ring Cadence Sensitive to ‘double ring’ transmitted by phone Co. 3 -Triple Ring Cadence Sensitive to "triple ring’ transmitted by phone Co. 0 - AUDIO/ANSWER 15 Rlngs- Tha Power Stone answers at 15 rings and transmits power status tones (same as Reg. 07).
  • Page 19 MANUAL OPERATION/PROGRAMMING OF THE POWER STONE This is the greatest asset of The Power Stone! You can call in to your home or Office from a remoce location and control the power to your selected equipment or change the automatic...
  • Page 20 One “bip” signals that electrical power is being supplied to equipment plugged into The Power Stone. If The Power Stone does not answer and transmit tones after the 15th ring- you have a power outage at The Power Stone’s location! The “HOW TO”...

  • Page 21: Programming Commands

    9.2 An Overview of Programming This is “the big picture” of how to program The Power Stone. Being the good consumer you are, you’ve read the manual thoroughly, penciling in the feature changes on your Programming and Quick Reference Guide. You call your mom (don’t if it’s long distance, call somebody local) and ask her to lay the phone down for a moment while you program this neat new Call-Activated Power Controller you’ve just purchased.
  • Page 22 You don’t call her enough. If not, hang up the phone. NOTE: If The Power Stone does not receive a command within 30 seconds, it will give you an “OK” tone and exit programming mode without saving any changes. Basically, it is acting as if you have dialed “90”...
  • Page 23 -First, you press “# # 8 8” on your touchtone phone to enter the Manual Operating mode. -The Power Stone responds with a “PROCEED” tone. -You press “*01” (telling The Power Stone to audibly read back the value in Register 1). -The Power Stone transmits 2 “Bips” signifying the value “2” (“Power On Call”).
  • Page 24 The Power Stone is plugged into a 120 Volt wall outlet. b) The Power Stone is connected to the telephone line via the supplied line cord. One end is plugged into the telephone wall jack and the other end is plugged into the port labeled “LINE”...
  • Page 25 The Power Stone is plugged into a 120 Volt wall outlet. b) The Power Stone is connected to the telephone line via the supplied line cord. On end is plugged into the telephone wall jack and the other end is plugged into the port labeled “LINE”.
  • Page 26 How To Read and Use Your “Remote Programming/Readback Card” A “Remote Programming/Readback Card” has been included with The Power Stone to help guide you, from a remote location, through access, programming and “readback” of features/power status. Here are some views of the card with less-condensed explanations of what you are seeing.
  • Page 27 "Response Signals” are different than the readback “Beeps/Bips” of a feature setting. During readback and program- ming, The Power Stone transmits these signals as a form of “feedback” after you have entered a command. Check page 16 for full blown descriptions.

  • Page 28: Doc Registration

    If you experience trouble with this telephone equipment, please contact your dealer or Multi-Link, Inc. for information on obtaining service or repairs. The telephone company may ask that you disconnect this equipment from the network until the problem has been corrected or until you are sure that the equipment is not malfunctioning.

  • Page 29: Service Information

    Your machine has been registered with the Federal Communications Commission, and under this program, in the event of equipment malfunction, al1 repairs will be performed by Multi-Link Inc. or a warranty repair center that we have authorized. The owner is restricted from performing any maintenance operation other than those specified within this instruction manual.
  • Page 30 Input Power Requirement: 120 Volts AC 60 Hz Maximum Current Output: 15 Amps General Purpose Maximum Power Output: 600 Watts Incandescent Ringer Equivalence Number: 1.1 B For Indoor Use Only! No Serviceable Parts Inside. UL Listed 9NO6 Appliance Control (United States and Canada) 1800 Watts General Purpose...
  • Page 31 The Power Stone contains patented and otherwise proprietary circuits and software algorithms. This owner’s manual describes the operation and function of some of these circuits and algorithms. Unauthorized duplication of this manual is a violation of U.S. and other copyright laws, and unauthorized use of al1 or part of this manual may result in patent infringement.

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