Sensaphone 400 User Manual

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Chapter 6: Acknowledgment, Status Report & Remote Access

Chapter 6: aCknowledgment,
status report & remote aCCess

In addition to communication and alarm monitoring capabilities, the

Model 400 will also respond to your instructions and provide you with

access to information on monitored conditions at all times.
By issuing commands to the unit, either at the installation site or over stan-

dard telephone lines, the following features may be activated:

• Acknowledgment of existing alarms
• The Status Report on all monitored conditions.
• Limited programming.

6 .1 alarm aCknowledgment

When the Model 400 dials out with an alarm message, it will request

acknowledgment before hanging up. Acknowledgment indicates to the unit

that the alarm message has been received. Upon acknowledgment, the

Model 400 will cancel the dial-out sequence.
There are three ways* that an alarm is acknowledged directly:

• Local Acknowledgment
• Touch-Tone™ Acknowledgment
• Callback Acknowledgment

* A fourth method of alarm acknowledgment is indirect. Refer to Max

Calls, Chapter 4, Section 4.13 for an example of automatic alarm

acknowledgment.

6 .1 .1 loCal aCknowledgment
To acknowledge an alarm locally (directly at the installation site of the

Model 400), press the ALARM CANCEL Key.

6 .1 .2 touCh-tone™ aCknowledgment
This method of remote alarm acknowledgment works with a Touch-Tone™

telephone.

Example: You receive a call from the Model 400, reporting that an alarm

exists. The message concludes: “Enter Acknowledgement code.” Now, or at

any time during this call, you may acknowledge the alarm with the code

“555” if you are using a Touch-Tone™ telephone.