Re: Help Request: Paradox Spectra Programming to a Pager/Cell

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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


"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| 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
|
| "burninating@xxxxxxxxx" <leftclick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:1129489421.758568.36070@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >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!
| >
|
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