Electronic Alarms and Home Security Devices - cell phone monitoring

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tool22
01-09-05, 09:26 PM
i just reprogrammed my system to call my cell phone if the alarm goes off. I tested it and it calls my cell 8 times and then gives a trouble light saying it had a problem communicating with the central station. Is that a problem and is there anything else i need to do. All i did was just change the phone numbers that it calls. Thanks.

MrRonFL
01-10-05, 04:52 PM
You need to change the dialer format to a pager format if it's available. Otherwise, the panel looks for "kiss off" tone from the central station, then goes into trouble when it doesn't get one.
SafeWatch
01-11-05, 07:28 PM
What kind of system do you have? You may or may not be able to program it for pager format.

Good luck!

tool22
01-12-05, 10:24 PM
I have a DSC PC1555 system. I don't recall seeing anything about paging mode in the manual.
MrRonFL
01-13-05, 04:13 PM
It's in the section on dialer formats. For a 1555 that would be section 360 of the program (heaven forbid that they put it next to the phone number programming section, or even on the same page...)