American Access Systems PhoneLink - Manual (Page 9)

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General Operating Instructions
Receiving Calls – Allowing Access
The PhoneLink system is easy to use. It works much the same as a two-way radio or a cellular telephone with an
intercom feature.
17. A visitor arrives at the gate Transmitter and presses the “Call” button
18. A distinct ring tone (different from the regular telephone company ring tone) is heard at the telephone inside of
the home or building.
19. Person inside of the building lifts the telephone handset and speaks. The telephone line voice will be heard
through the speaker at the gate
20. The person inside of the home or building answers and either grants access (presses ** on the telephone keypad)
or continues with the conversation before granting access to the premises.
Call Waiting
21. If the telephone is already in use when the call button at the gate is pressed, a ring tone (similar to the regular tele-
phone “call waiting tone”) is heard, indicating the gate station is calling.
22. To place the central office telephone line on hold press, the “#” key within 15 seconds of the first call waiting ring
tone. The control station will respond with a short tone burst and establish intercom mode between the telephone
and the control station.
23. The “#” key is also used to switch back and forth between the regular telephone line and gate intercom mode.
However, the gate control station will only stay on hold for 15 seconds before it resets to idle mode.
24. If the regular telephone tries to ring the while in the gate access intercom mode, the same call waiting tone is
heard. To switch to the incoming call press the “#” key to answer the telephone. Press the “#” key again, to return to
the gate intercom mode
Calling the Gate
25. The indoor telephone handset can call the gate control unit to establish data mode allowing the user to program
a number of features or to communicate with the gate. While in the data mode, voice communication is not possible
except if in the intercom mode.
26. Simply lift the and press “# 9” within 15 seconds. The gate unit will respond with three GOOD TONES and establish
contact with the gate. If call waiting occurs while in the data mode, the data mode connection will be cancelled.
Once the user has answered the incoming call, the user must hang up the and call the gate again [“# 9”] to re-es-
tablish the data mode. The “#” key cannot be used to get back to data mode in the same fashion that is used to
switch between call waiting and “talking” to the gate.
Intercom (Audio) Mode
• •.Once the data mode communication is established, the phone is connected to the unit in data mode only. It
is now possible to send Commands to control the gate from the telephone handset. Again, audio is not present. To
establish audio (intercom mode) between the phone and gate unit press “ * 3.
• •.Otherwise, to activate relay A press “*1” or “**”. To activate relay B press “*2”. A single beep is heard after the
relay has been activated. To toggle the latch mode press the star key followed by the pound key (“*#”).
• •.The control station will respond to the toggle-latch-mode command with a single beep if the gate is latched, and
a double beep if the gate is unlatched.
• •.To toggle call forward press “*4”. The control station will respond with one single tone if enabled and two single
tones if disabled.
• •.To toggle the sleep mode press “*9”. The control station will respond to the toggle-sleep-mode command with a
single tone if the unit is put into sleep mode, and a double tone if the unit is not in sleep mode.
• •.Since sleep mode and latch mode are mutually exclusive, trying to activate either mode while the other is active
will cause an ERROR TONE.
• •.To toggle the one-shot enable feature press “*5”. The control station will respond to the toggle-one-shot-enable
command with a single beep if the one-shot code is enabled, and a double beep if the one-shot code is disabled.
Hanging up the phone terminates intercom mode. Intercom mode is also terminated after five minutes of inactivity
(i.e. five minutes after the last gate command, or five minutes after it is started if no gate commands are entered.)
• •
Notes:
a. Intercom mode and use of the keypad are mutually exclusive: if you are in the middle of entering a four-digit code
on the keypad (i.e. after the first numeric key is pressed, and until the operation finishes), the call button will not work
and the cannot call the gate.
a. If the call button has been pressed, or the has called the gate, the keypad will not work until the system is back in
idle mode.
a. The remote open mode for the event input will work while the unit is in all modes except program mode.
Indoor Command Code(s) Reference
Press #9 then enter any of the following:
• •
* - Toggle A Relay
• • *# - Latch A Relay
• • *1 - Toggle A Relay (again)
• • *2 - Toggle B Relay
• • *3 - Activate the intercom
• • *4 – Toggle Call Forward (enable / disable)
• • *5 - Toggle One Shot (enable / disable)
• • *9 - Toggle Sleep (enable / disable)