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Summary of Contents for ItWatchDogs APD-G05
- Page 1 APD-G05 GSM Auto-Dialer installation & user guide...
- Page 2 The APD-G05 GSM autodialer provides another option. When combined with an ITWatchDogs monitoring unit equipped with output relays, such as a RelayGoose-II, the APD-G05 can be programmed to call up to nine different phone numbers and play a pre-recorded message to each person who answers, until one of them acknowledges the message by pressing the * or # key on their phone, whenever it is triggered by the monitoring unit’s output relays.
- Page 3 “bars” you get; if your cell phone’s reception is poor, then the APD-G05’s reception will also be poor, and the unit may not work reliably in that location.
- Page 4 Before you mount the APD-G05 to the wall, turn it over so that you are looking at the back of the unit: ANTENNA ANTI-TAMPER SWITCH SPEAKER TAMP TR2 TR1 0V 12V+ SIM CARD COMPARTMENT BACKUP BATTERY TERMINAL BLOCK COMPARTMENT Both the backup-battery and SIM card compartments are secured with a small Philips-head screw. There is also a raised ridge on the battery-compartment door to provide some friction-lock, so be careful when removing or replacing the cover.
- Page 5 “refill mode” and typing in lengthy strings of code numbers, you will not be able to perform this operation from the APD-G05; instead, you’ll have to remove the SIM card from the unit and put it back into the phone every time you wish to top up the card.
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Page 6: 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-G05 unit by removing it from the wall, the anti-tamper switch will be released and the TAMP contact pair will open. - Page 7 (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-G05 autodialer terminals as well as the TR1 trigger signal, as shown here.
- Page 8 – especially since the (–) side of the DC power supply also has to be connected into the 0V terminal at the APD-G05 side. If the alarm-wire pairs are thin enough, though, there’s no reason not run two complete wire pairs between the APD-G05 and the monitoring unit to keep...
- Page 9 RELAY 2 RELAY 3 Alternatively, by wiring the relay outputs in parallel, it is possible to trigger one APD-G05 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 10 To install the battery pack (included), simply use a small Philips-head screwdriver to remove the single locking screw holding the battery compartment cover in place, then slide the cover off the back of the APD-G05 body to expose the battery compartment. Inside, you will find a 7.2V NiMH battery pack with a 2-pin connector plug, and a matching socket in the upper-right corner of the compartment.
- Page 11 Connecting the AC power adapter: The last item to be connected to the APD-G05 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-G05 kit.
- Page 12 APD-G05 GSM autodialer Now that you have the APD-G05 GSM autodialer connected and mounted to the wall, it’s time to program it to dial phone numbers and play back a recorded message in response to trigger signals. Note that unless specified otherwise, the APD-G05 must be in the , or inactive mode, for any programming operations.
- Page 13 Programming phone numbers: The APD-G05 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-G05 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-G05 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 4. Press [ENTER] to save this setting and exit. Testing the GSM signal strength: To test the GSM signal strength being received by the APD-G05 unit, simply press the [ENTER] key once while the unit is in the , or inactive, mode. After a few seconds, a number between 0 and 7 will appear on the LCD display.
- Page 18 This can be any phone number you like, up to 32 digits in length. (Note that this number will not be dialed by the APD-G05, so it doesn’t actually have to be a phone number as such; you can put in any 32-digit numeric sequence you wish, and it will be sent along with the “SOS”...
- Page 19 To prevent this from happening, the APD-G05 provides a “test message” feature which, when enabled, makes the autodialer send a periodic SMS message to keep the SIM card “live” and activated.
- Page 20 APD-G05 GSM autodialer Now that you have the APD-G05 GSM 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 21 The dialer will only dial entries #2, #4, and #7, in that order. Once the phone has been answered, if the APD-G05 is operating in “voice-message mode” (see previous section), it will repeat the pre-recorded voice message for that trigger up to five times; if there is no response from that particular phone, it will hang up and then dial the next number in the sequence until all of the numbers on the dialing list have been called.
- Page 22 Resetting the autodialer to factory defaults: If it becomes necessary to completely reset the APD-G05 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 23 Care and maintenance of your APD-G05 GSM Autodialer: Some important notes about SIM cards:...
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