Testing The Voice Message; Testing The Dialer - X-10 POWERHOUSE PS561 Owner's Manual

TESTING THE DIALER

Once you have installed the Sensors
and Remote Controls, and entered the
phone numbers and the voice mes-
sage, the Console is ready to use.
To test the voice message:
First test the message without connect-
ing the Console to the phone line. Dis-
connect it if it's already connected.
Set Console to RUN. The Console
plays back your message through the
plug-in earphone and the RECORD
light stays on for 15 seconds. To hear
the message again, set the Console to
INSTALL, then back to RUN. Unplug
the earphone when finished.
You must test the dialer for
each phone number stored:
Make sure the phone numbers have
been entered into the Console as per
the instructions on page 15,
Make sure Console is connected to the
phone line.
Call your friend or neighbor to let
them know you are going to test the
system.
Place the Console in the RUN mode.
Press [ARM] on the Remote Control.
Open an armed door or window or trip
a Motion Detector. The Console
sounds its alarm, flashes house lights
and calls the first phone number.
Shortly after it dials the number, the
Console starts to play its message so if
the person it calls doesn't answer
quickly, they may miss the first part of
the message. However, the Console
plays the message 3 times so the per-
son will always hear the complete
message. If the phone hasn't been an-
swered by the time the Console has
played the message three times, or if
the call is answered by an answering
machine and the Console therefore
doesn't receive a touch-tone response,
the Console dials the next number
stored (up to 4 phone numbers).
The message should include a state-
ment asking the listener to press 0 on
their touch-tone phone. If the listener
presses 0, the sounder stops and they
will be able to listen-in (for 75 sec-
onds). To test this, you can speak, then
call them back to ask them what you
said. Note, you should wait 75 sec-
onds before calling them because the
Console keeps the phone line tied up
for this period of time. (Or you can un-
plug the Console from the phone line
before calling them back, but remem-
ber to reconnect after).
75 seconds after the listener presses 0,
the sounder resumes and stops after 4
minutes unless you press [DISARM]
on the Remote Control to stop the
alarm and reset the Console.
Important: The Console can be set
to call out on either pulse or touch-
tone phone systems but if the friend
or neighbor who you choose to ac-
cept calls from your system does not
have touch-tone service
which can generate touch-tone
codes, they MUST purchase a
touch-tone "beeper."
and a phone
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