Honeywell Smoke Alarm - Manual (Page 13)

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secondary port will use the backup phone line for 24 hour test signals or when
the network may go down. See your panel’s manual for correct programming.
Do not forget to program the panels 24 hour test parameters.
ONBOARD DACT
ENABLED = YES
PRIMARY PHONE LINE = TOUCHTONE
SECONDARY PHONE LINE = TOUCHTONE
CENTRAL STATION
REPORTING - ENABLED
PRIMARY ACCOUNT CODE - (assigned by CENTRAL STATION)
PHONE NUMBER –
(Enter valid CS phone number required as if the panel was connected to an
outgoing phone line)
SECONDARY ACCOUNT CODE - (assigned by CENTRAL
STATION)
PHONE NUMBER – (valid CS phone number required)
(Enter valid CS phone number as if the panel was connected to an outgoing
phone line)
• Test your system’s ability to communicate with the Central Station
Receiver. Insure that the backup phone line is communicating with the
central station. This can be done by disconnecting the primary IP
connection and observing that the panel dials out the backup phone line.
Confirm that the central station received the communication lost signals.
DHCP Theory of Operation:
The following information is not required for configuration but is included for
further understanding of DHCP
DHCP is used in private networks to auto-configure not only the IP addresses
and masks of the network hosts (PC’s, IPDACT’s, etc), but also their default
gateways. As example, consider your DSL router at home, which typically
supports a DHCP server. This means you don’t need to fix any IP parameter in
your home PC (you just set it to obtain the IP parameters automatically). You
could connect an IPDACT to your home router and activate its DHCP so it can
also take the IP address, mask and gateway from your home router internal
DHCP server. In other words, DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) simply
selects an unused network address and supplies all network information, IP
address and mask automatically so that there will be no conflicts. This can be a
permanent “lease” or set to expire after a period of time. After a set time, the
lease can be reacquired and a new IP address obtained.