American Access Systems PhoneAire - 16-1050 - Manual (Page 12)

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Mounting the Transmitter to an AAs gooseneck pedestal (18-001)
or double height gooseneck (18-003)
Locate the four carriage bolts and four hex nuts found inside the shipping box. With the keypad face open, place
the unit against the pedestal flange, insert the four carriage bolts from the back of the unit and tighten the hex nuts
from the inside. Wrench-tighten the hex nuts securely. Do not over tighten.
general operating instructions
receiving calls – Allowing Access
The PhoneAire system with Push-To-Talk (PTT) technology is easy to use. It works much the same as a two-way radio or
a cellular telephone with an intercom feature.
• A visitor arrives at the gate Transmitter and presses the “Push to Call” button
• A distinct ring tone (different than the regular telephone company ring tone) is heard at the telephone
inside of the home or building.
• Person inside of the building lifts the telephone handset and speaks. (A short tone burst will be heard over
both ends of the telephone line indicating the system is now in the intercom mode) The telephone line
voice will be heard through the speaker at the gate
• Person requesting gate entrance then presses and holds the button to reply. A short tone burst again will
be heard on both sides of the line indicating to both parties that the person at the gate is speaking in the
intercom mode.
• The guest announces his/her arrival and requests access, and then releases the button to turn the intercom
mode back over to the telephone inside of the home or building.
• The person inside of the home or building answers and either grants access (presses ** or *1 on the
telephone keypad) or continues with the conversation before granting access to the premises.
call Waiting
• If the telephone is already in use when the call button at the gate is pressed, a ring tone (similar to the
regular telephone “call waiting tone”) will be heard, indicating the gate station is calling.
• 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
receiver and the control station.
• The “#” key can be 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.
• If the regular telephone tries to ring the receiver while in the gate access intercom mode, the same call
waiting tone will be 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
• 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 the intercom mode is entered.
• Simply lift the receiver and press “# 9” within 15 seconds. The gate unit will respond with a GOOD TONE
and establish contact with the gate. * establishes data mode. 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 receiver and call the gate again [“# 9”] to re-establish 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.