Follow-Me Feature - Honeywell ADEMCO VISTA-12A Installation And Setup Manual

Follow-Me Feature

This feature lets users enter up to three phone numbers (system-wide) that the system will call in the
event of an alarm in any partition at the protected premises, thus alerting the user to the alarm.
• When an alarm occurs, the system reports the alarm to the central station (and pagers, if
programmed), then, if programmed, dials the first follow-me phone number and proceeds as follows:
After dialing, the system waits a short time † then sends a series of eight tones or "beeps"
1.
(regardless of whether the call is answered) followed by a pause of about four seconds, then the
tones are repeated. The cycle of tones and pauses continues for about one minute.
†
system waits about one ring plus any programmed pauses; see "To enter a follow-me number" below
for programming pauses
2. If the call is not acknowledged by the user (by pressing the telephone's [∗] key; see User
Response below), the control hangs up when the 1-minute tone cycle is complete, then dials
the second follow-me phone number and sends the tones as described above. If the second
number is not acknowledged by the user, the control dials the third number and sends the
tones.
3. If the third number is not acknowledged, the control redials the first number. This dialing
cycle is repeated once.
4. User Response:
a. When the call is answered, the user will hear the message tones (a series of eight tones or
"beeps") followed by a pause of about four seconds, then the tones are repeated.
The user must press the [∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ] key on the telephone to acknowledge hearing the tones,
b.
then wait for the control to disconnect the line before hanging up.
IMPORTANT: The [∗] key should be pressed during a pause between tone cycles.
Otherwise, the control may not "hear" or respond to the [∗] key if pressed while the tones
are being sent.
• If another alarm occurs in the same armed period, the Follow-Me dialing cycle is repeated only up
to the number of reports programmed in field *93 No. of Reports in Armed Period per Zone.
• If the follow-me number is for a pager, the message displayed on the pager is as follows: 104 P ZZZ
where "P" is the partition number, "ZZZ" is the 3-digit zone number of the zone in alarm.
From an ALPHA KEYPAD: User code + [#] + [6] [1]
The first follow-me phone number (if it exists) is displayed:
FM Phone No.
18009216704--_
To modify the displayed number, do the following:
1. Press [∗], which clears the number, then enter the desired phone number. To include a 2-
second pause in the number, press [#] at the point in the entry the pause is desired (it displays
as "–"). Pauses entered at the end of the number will allow dialing but will delay the message
tones by the amount of pause programmed.
2. Press [∗] to save the new number. The next follow-me phone number in sequential order (1-2-3-
1 etc.) is displayed. Press [∗] to program that number, or press [1], [2], or [3] to select the
desired follow-me number to be programmed.
To display follow-me phone number 2, press [2].
To display follow-me phone number 3, press [3].
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