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===Remotely controlling lights (or appliances) via telephone=== | ===Remotely controlling lights (or appliances) via telephone=== | ||
| − | If you install one or more X10 Modules (sold separately) | + | If you install one or more X10 Modules (sold separately), you can control lights and appliances around your home from any touch tone telephone in the world. |
When you call home, the Console answers and says “Please enter PIN.” If the PIN is entered correctly it says “PIN accepted”. If wrong it says “Error.” | When you call home, the Console answers and says “Please enter PIN.” If the PIN is entered correctly it says “PIN accepted”. If wrong it says “Error.” | ||
Revision as of 21:35, 2 February 2015
Question
How can I use my phone to control the alarm and lights?
Answer
The Console has remote telephone access, with voice responses to acknowledge receipt of remote commands.
Remotely controlling the console
When you call home, the Console answers and says “Please enter PIN.” You enter your PIN using the touch tone buttons on the remote telephone.
If the PIN is entered correctly it says “PIN accepted”. If wrong it says “Error.”
Pressing 0, then * (on the remote telephone’s touch tone keypad) arms the Console.
Pressing 0, then # disarms the Console.
Pressing 9, then 9, then * tells you the current system status: I.E. it says Armed Home, Armed away, Disarmed, Panic alarm, or Alarm in zone (1 – 32).
The numbers 1 – 32 in the display refer to up to 32 “zones.” These represent the Door/Window Sensors and/or Motion Detectors you installed. Therefore if the alarm tripped because zone 3 was violated, when you call in and press 9, 9, * you will hear “Alarm in zone 3.”
Remotely controlling lights (or appliances) via telephone
If you install one or more X10 Modules (sold separately), you can control lights and appliances around your home from any touch tone telephone in the world.
When you call home, the Console answers and says “Please enter PIN.” If the PIN is entered correctly it says “PIN accepted”. If wrong it says “Error.”
If you then press 4, then * on the touch tone phone, it says “4 On” and turns on any X10 Module(s) set to Unit Code 4 (and the same Housecode as the Console is set to). If you then press 1, then 6, then # on the touch tone phone, it says “16 Off” and turns off any X10 Module(s) set to Unit Code 16 (and the same Housecode as the Console is set to).
If you own an answering machine.
If you own an answering machine, you will normally set it to answer after a few rings. In this case, when the answering machine answers a call (or if there’s someone home who picks up the phone), the security system will NOT answer the call and will NOT say “Please enter PIN.” You can still however go ahead and enter the PIN to access the security system features above. Just wait until your answering machine fi nishes its outgoing message and then enter your security system PIN. Note, your answering machine will record the touch tones you hear when you press buttons to turn lights on and off, etc., and will also record the messages played back by the security system.