Honeywell K14392V1 manual Forcing a Local Dial-up Across Area Codes, Dial-up Technical Note

System Administrator’s Guide

Forcing a Local Dial-up Across Area Codes

1.In the Add Site/Update Site dialog box (as in Naming / Renaming a Site), in the

“Connections to the Site” pane, click either:

, to add a connection. The Add Connection dialog box appears. - or -

, to update a connection. The Update Connection dialog box appears.

2.Click Use Dial-up Networking.

3.In the Connection Name box, append a suggestive name such as “force local call”.

4.In the Phone Number box, type only the telephone number needed to reach the unit.

5.Leave the Country Code and Area Code (City Code) boxes empty. Steps 4 and 5 fool Windows’ Dial-up Networking into making a local call across different area codes.

6.An “Add Site / Update Site” window is displayed.

7.Click Close. The Sites tab appears In the tab’s Primary Connection column, the first letter of “dial-up” appears in parentheses: (d), followed by the telephone number used to connect to the Multi-Media unit.

Dial-up Technical Note

PPP

During a dial-up connection, temporary TCP/IP network communications are established between the Multi-Media unit and the PC. These default point-to-point protocol (PPP) Internet Protocol (IP) settings can be changed, should they conflict with other network devices (printers, scanners and so on). See Serial Device: Modem, on p. 138.

Should you plan to add an alarm station

Should you plan to add one or more alarm stations using dial-up connections, Honeywell recommends that area codes be included in all telephone numbers. Dial-up connections between a Multi-Media unit and an alarm station running View are explained in Dial-up Connection to an Alarm Station, on p. 208.

Document K14392V1 Rev A	33
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