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Help Request: Paradox Spectra Programming to a Pager/Cell

I have a Paradox Spectra 1728 v2.4 system, I have the programming guide
but cannot for the life of me figure out the options to set this up for
pager dialing on an alarm trip. Everything else works great...

I have the Installer codes... Just wondering if anyone knows how to
get to get a pager/cell going...

Thanks in advance!

Cheers!
 
R

R.H.Campbell

Yes, it can be a problem to get it to call a pager, but usually, it is
because you have not built into the dialing strings the delays necessary to
"talk" to the network. I have done it several times, but it is usually a
pain in the butt in every case.

Read the programming sheets carefully, and try calling your pager by phone,
and note the various delays necessary between responses. Build these in and
everything should work well. Don't forget to program in an artificial
account number, or nothing will happen. When the signal is received, you
will see on the pager screen, only that account number, followed by a
meaningless string of digits which represent the actual alarms. Don't try to
figure it out; it's indescipherable !! After that, you then have to figure
out what you're going to do about it, since it's impossible to know if this
is an alarm or some kind of reportable trouble.

R.H.Campbell
Home Security Metal Products
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
www.homemetal.com
 
C

Crash Gordon

What does Paradox do when it doesn't handshake and dump to a reciever? Will
it comm fail at the panel?


| Yes, it can be a problem to get it to call a pager, but usually, it is
| because you have not built into the dialing strings the delays necessary
to
| "talk" to the network. I have done it several times, but it is usually a
| pain in the butt in every case.
|
| Read the programming sheets carefully, and try calling your pager by
phone,
| and note the various delays necessary between responses. Build these in
and
| everything should work well. Don't forget to program in an artificial
| account number, or nothing will happen. When the signal is received, you
| will see on the pager screen, only that account number, followed by a
| meaningless string of digits which represent the actual alarms. Don't try
to
| figure it out; it's indescipherable !! After that, you then have to figure
| out what you're going to do about it, since it's impossible to know if
this
| is an alarm or some kind of reportable trouble.
|
| R.H.Campbell
| Home Security Metal Products
| Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| www.homemetal.com
|
| | >I have a Paradox Spectra 1728 v2.4 system, I have the programming guide
| > but cannot for the life of me figure out the options to set this up for
| > pager dialing on an alarm trip. Everything else works great...
| >
| > I have the Installer codes... Just wondering if anyone knows how to
| > get to get a pager/cell going...
| >
| > Thanks in advance!
| >
| > Cheers!
| >
|
|
 
R

R.H.Campbell

I assume that the pager format must take that into account. The panel will
try once to dial the pager, and then that's it, unlike the usual 8 attempts
times two dialers to reach the monitoring station receiver.....

RHC
 
Thanks gents.

Would either of you know which programming options are necessary to
cause a dial out after an alarm? The programming guide is vague, but
has a section, "....[137] Event Call Direction, [1] Call Telephone #1
for Arming/Disarming Report Codes ON/OFF..." and it continues like that
for "Telephone #2" and for "Alarm/Restore Report Codes",
"Tamper/Restore Report Codes", "Trouble/Restore Report Codes","Special
Report Codes", I have them all enabled but the system doesn't attempt a
dial after an alarm at all...
From the programming menu, if I tap the "stay arm" for the test call it
works fine, just it won't dial out after an alarm...

I tried the paradox website but it requires a user/pass to get the
setup documents beyond this vague progamming manual. Are there any
other websites or resources that might help out there?

Cheers.
 
P

petem

did you program an account number in the panel?
if not it wont dial..

Thanks gents.

Would either of you know which programming options are necessary to
cause a dial out after an alarm? The programming guide is vague, but
has a section, "....[137] Event Call Direction, [1] Call Telephone #1
for Arming/Disarming Report Codes ON/OFF..." and it continues like that
for "Telephone #2" and for "Alarm/Restore Report Codes",
"Tamper/Restore Report Codes", "Trouble/Restore Report Codes","Special
Report Codes", I have them all enabled but the system doesn't attempt a
dial after an alarm at all...
From the programming menu, if I tap the "stay arm" for the test call it
works fine, just it won't dial out after an alarm...

I tried the paradox website but it requires a user/pass to get the
setup documents beyond this vague progamming manual. Are there any
other websites or resources that might help out there?

Cheers.
 
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