Re: FCI 7100

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You may not have line siezure then.

The primary number IF there are no phones on that line may just be two
conductors (I dont do it that way but its possible). The secondary number
since it is sharing the line with the fax MUST have 4 conductors....so you
need a minimum of 6 conductors, preferably 8 for true line seizure on two
phone lines.

You system should be testing every 24 hours - ask them if it is. BOTH lines
need to test. Yes, happens at preset time.

Yes, should send restoral of phone lines when they are reconnected.

Anything on that second line could be disturbing tthe transmission; incoming
faxes, outgoing scheduled faxes, someone leaving the fax unplugged, or the
handset off hook. Not good.

"Richard Merriam" <someonw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:UzHTe.18184$p_1.16423@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I know that not all of the faults were comm. faults but you could be on to
> something here.
>
> There is one cat 5 cable running from the telephone closet to the FACP.
> Four of the wires are terminated on a terminal block on the motherboard
> which gives them the two phone lines that are required. (other 4 wires are
> not used).  In the phone closet the four wires are terminated on a 66
> block
> which has the two CO lines.  The secondary phone line that also feeds the
> fax machine is also terminated (paralleled) on the 66 block with one of
> the
> wire pairs going to the FACP.  I don't know how line seizure could take
> place. Should the fax line come from one of the terminals in the FACP and
> then go to the fax machine?
>
> Our bldg is unoccupied after hours and we don't get many faxes but I guess
> it possible that this could be happening.
>
> The alarm contractor doesn't share with us much information about Telco
> line
> testing or when it happens so I don't know much about that.
>
> Do systems call out at preset times each day and send a code to the
> monitoring company that all is ok?  If both lines were disconnected at
> once
> how would they know? Would this be held in memory and when the line(s)
> returned would it dial-out and report it?
>
>
> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:xFFTe.318$YZ1.1782@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> In addition to what the others have said...
>>
>> Your fire panel should be testing BOTH telco lines at least every 24
> hours.
>> If one of them fails it should display a comm fail or trouble - it's
>> supposed to do that...now if it's sharing the second line with a fax and
>> it's not correctly wired for line seizure that may be why you are getting
> a
>> comm fail.
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