Home Automation 1503 - Manual (Page 54)

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it was authorized, you should
change your access and master codes
to stop whoever made the calls.
There are a number of SET-UP
items that control what you can do
from a remote phone when you or
anyone else calls into your home.
If you do not want to have the
Model 1503 answer outside calls
ever, you can set ANSWER OUTSIDE
CALLS to NO. If you do not want to
allow a remote caller to be able to
control anything, but still get the
status of the system, you can set
REMOTE COMMANDS OK to NO. You may
also change the number of rings
before the Model 1503 answers by
changing RINGS BEFORE ANSWER. None
of these set-up items affect the
operation of the Model 1503 over
the in-house phones.
PHONE ACCESS DENIED - REMOTE
LOCKOUT
The Model 1503 has a remote
lockout feature to discourage
youngsters (and adults who act that
way) from trying to access your
system. If four invalid codes are
entered, the system will hang up
and a one hour lockout period will
begin. During the lockout period,
the Model 1503 will not answer a
call after any number of rings,
which should discourage the caller.
If a lockout occurs, the event
PHONE ACCESS DENIED is entered into
the event log, along with the time
and date of its occurrence.
The one-hour lockout does not
apply to in-house phones. The lock-
out is cleared immediately if the
Model 1503 is accessed using an in-
house phone.
ANSWERING MACHINES
If you have an answering ma-
chine, set it as you normally do.
Most machines answer after 2 to 4
rings. The Model 1503 should be set
to answer after 8 rings. (8 rings
is the factory setting for the
Model 1503.)
When you call your home, the
answering machine will answer as it
normally does. Cover the mouthpiece
of the phone so that the answering
machine doesn’t hear anything. Most
machines will hang up in about 10
seconds after playing your outgoing
message.
If you have a machine with re-
mote message capability, it will
usually hang up after you check
your messages.
About 1 second after the answer-
ing machine hangs up, the Model
1503 will pick up the line and make
its ‘Beep’. Enter your access or
master code within 3 seconds of the
Model 1503 beep.
Most answering machines beep
when they hang up. Some beep when
they stop recording, then stay on
the line while they reset their
tapes, then hang up. The Model 1503
answers AFTER the answering hangs
up. Do not confuse the answering
machine beep with the Model 1503
beep, which has a distinctive sound
(more like a ‘meep’).