Home Automation 1503 owner manual Home Automation, Telephone Control

Home Automation,

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.

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