Remote Phone Access - Destiny apex 6100 Owner's Manual

NOTE: If your regular phone line is out for any reason you will not hear a dial tone when you pick up a
phone, however, you will hear a series of tones indicating the line is gone. If this is the case, there is no
need to access the system because the phone will already be a system keypad when it is picked up. Press
any key and the tones will stop. Now you may use the phone as a keypad. If your system reports to a
central monitoring station, and there is an activation, you can pick up a phone while the panel is
communicating and simply enter your disarm code. The system will recognize the phone as a keypad as
soon as you pick it up.
NOTE: When you access the system from your home phone, your normal incoming phone line is
disconnected. In case of an incoming call you will hear one-second tones similar to call waiting. To
answer the call, simply hang up to terminate telephone keypad access.
PANIC FROM YOUR LOCAL PHONE
Your installer can program the panel to allow a panic activation from any local phone. Once enabled,
anytime you have accessed your system from an on-site phone, pressing the 0 key five times in a row will
initiate a PANIC alarm.
NOTE: Never program a disarm code with all zeroes.

REMOTE PHONE ACCESS

You can gain access to the system from any touch-tone phone when you are away from home. If you use
an answering machine, your installer will program an override digit, which you will use to bypass the
answering machine and get directly into the system. (Default is #). Note: The override digit will not allow
you to bypass an off-site answering service. If you have a phone company answering service (no
answering machine on site), your installer may enable an optional override-callback feature, which will
allow you to bypass the voice mail and access the panel.
Following is a step-by-step description of phone access:
1. Dial home phone number from any touch tone phone.
2. a. The system will answer after a programmed number of rings (default is 10 rings) and you will
hear an acknowledgement tone indicating that your system is ready and waiting.
b. If you have an answering machine, wait for it to answer, then press the programmed override digit
immediately and you will then hear the acknowledgement tone indicating that your system is
ready and waiting. The override digit can be pressed more than once if the panel does not
recognize the first attempt.
c. If you have an off-site answering service, your installer can enable an optional answering service
override-callback feature. To use this feature, dial your residence and wait for 2 rings. Hang up
after the second ring. Call the panel back within 25 seconds and it will pick up after the first ring
and respond with the acknowledgement tone indicating the system is ready.
3. You must now enter your disarm code and the system will "speak" your system status. If you do not
enter an acceptable code within 15 seconds of the tone you heard in step 2, the system will
automatically hang up.
4. Now that you have entered your code and have received the system status, your telephone can be used
as a keypad. To hear the status of your system again, press the first digit of your disarm code and wait
three seconds. The system status will be repeated through your telephone receiver.
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