Talkaphone EC-8 Emergency Phone Consolidator - Manual (Page 3)

Hardware Installation
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II. Hardware Installation
A. Providing Power
Connect the power supply to the EC-8, then plug the Power Supply into an
electrical outlet or UPS that supplies 120VAC 60HZ. Note: without a UPS,
Emergency/Information phones connected to the EC-8 will not function in the
event of a power failure.
B. Connecting Emergency/Information Phones
Up to 8 Talk-A-Phone Co. Emergency/Information Phones may be connected
to your EC-8. To do so, simply plug the RJ11 connector from the phone into the
appropriate port on your EC-8.
Talk-A-Phone offers a punch-down block, Model ETP-DMRK, for conveniently
connecting your phones to an EC-8.
C. Local Mode
In Local Mode, pressing the button on any of the Emergency/Information
phones will cause a standard touch-tone telephone to ring.
For this configuration, connect a telephone to the LOCAL PHONE port on the
EC-8. If desired, two touch-tone phones can be connected in parallel to the
Local Phone port by using a telephone-type “Y” adapter.
D. Remote Mode
In Remote Mode, pressing the button on any of the Emergency/Information
phones will cause them to access a phone line to dial out.
For this configuration, connect an outside phone line to the TELCO IN port on
the consolidator. (Note: See Technical Requirements, page 3, for phone line
requirements. DO NOT plug a phone company phone line or PBX extension
line into the LOCAL PHONE port as damage will result.)
E. Day/Night Mode
Day/Night Mode is primarily used when a facility has a guard on-site during
the day but not at night. It may also be used in any situation where the guard
station is not always manned.
When an emergency/information phone calls and the EC-8 is in Day/Night
mode, it will ring the local phone first, ring it a second time if no one answers
the first time, then if no one answers the second time it will dial a remote
number. If no one should answer the remote number, it will re-ring the local
phone and continue this cycle until either the phone is answered or times out
(see Emergency Phone manual for information on setting the time-out.) When
a guard leaves for the night, she can enter the code *36* to configure the EC-8 to