Home Automation 1503 - Manual (Page 52)

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Home Automation,
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7. TELEPHONE CONTROL
Your Model 1503 is equipped with
a built-in telephone response fea-
ture that allows you to control and
get the status of your system from
any Touch Tone phone.
The Model 1503 actually talks to
you using a digital recording of a
real human voice, so the sound is
startlingly life like. You send
commands to it using the keys of
your Touch Tone telephone.
There are no tapes, discs or
other moving parts associated with
the speech and control features, so
there is no maintenance or parts to
wear out.
PULSE AND TONE PHONES
There are two basic types of
phones in use, those that dial
using pulses, (rotary dial phones
are pulse type phones) and those
that dial using tones. You can tell
the difference by listening to the
receiver when you dial: If you hear
a repetitive clicking when you dial
a number like 8, its a pulse dial-
ing phone. If you hear a tone when
you dial a digit, its a tone phone.
Only TONE phones will work with
the Model 1503. Some phones have
switches that allow you to select
PULSE or TONE. Set them to TONE to
work with the Model 1503.
You must have Touch-Tone service
from your telephone company. Only
TONE phones can access your Model
1503. PULSE phones cannot access
your Model 1503.
You can still use pulse phones
in your home when you have a Model
1503 installed, but you must WAIT 5
SECONDS after picking up the re-
ceiver to begin dialing with a
PULSE phone. You do not have to
wait when using a TONE phone.
NOTE: There are two keys on your
Touch Tone telephone that are spe-
cial. The # key (pound key, to the
right of the zero), and the * key
(star key, to the left of the
zero). You will use these keys with
the Model 1503.
IN-HOUSE PHONES
Each time you pick up your tele-
phone at home, the Model 1503 will
also pick up the line and listen
for a # (pound) key. (The # key is
the key to the right of the zero on
your touch tone phone.) If the
Model 1503 does not hear the # key
within 3 seconds, it hangs up and
does not listen in again until the
next time you pick up your phone.
If the Model 1503 hears any key
other than the # key while it is
listening in, it disconnects itself
immediately.
When the Model 1503 does hear
the # key within 3 seconds of your
picking up the receiver, it discon-
nects your phones from the phone
company lines and connects your
phones to itself, and begins talk-
ing to you. When you hang up, your
phones are immediately reconnected
to the phone company.