Chapter 6: Acknowledgment, Status Report & Remote Access
6.2.2 Example: Status Report, Existing Alarms
Inputs 2, 3, 4 and 6 are configured as dry contact and inputs 1, 5, 7 and 8 are configured as temperature. An emergency situation is at hand: a fire in a greenhouse has tripped a smoke alarm and electrical power has been disrupted. In addition to high sound and AC power alarms, separate alarms exist on inputs 5, 6, 7, and 8. You happen to call in for the Status Report, which begins with, “Hello, this is telephone number
“Number 1, 74 degrees, OK.”
“Number 2, OK.”
“Number 3, OK.”
“Number 4, OK.”
“Number 5, 105 degrees, HIGH.”
“Number 6, EXISTS.”
“Number 7, 110 degrees, HIGH.”
“Number 8, 98 degrees, HIGH.”
“The electricity is OFF.”
“Battery condition, OK.”
“Sound level, HIGH.”
“Warning message received by ...(last telephone number dialed*).”
“Listen to the sound level for 10 seconds.”
The Status Report repeats once more and the Model 1108 concludes the call by saying: “Have a good day.”
*The “last telephone number dialed” refers to any one of the programmed,
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