Re: Vista 10SE - and Cell phone?

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"Bill" <bill190nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|I have a Vista 10SE in a remote building set up to monitor a high water
| condition only. I just want to know if the water reaches a certain level.
So
| no big security deal. And no need to respond right away. Just need to go
to
| the building within a day or so to check on things.
|
| I programmed the unit to call my cell phone. The only time I would receive
a
| call from that number would be from the Vista unit. So I would know there
| was a high water condition if my cell phone received a call from that
| number.
|
| But 2 problems with this...
|
| 1. After system tripped, the Vista keeps calling my cell phone until I
| remove power (AC and Batt), and then reconnect power. Is there a way to
stop
| the unit from calling from the keypad? (I have the alpha keypad.)

I think it stops after 10 attempts IIRC. You could learn to whistle into
your cellphone at the correct frequency to make the Vista think it's
handshaking with the receiver.

How will you know the difference between high water, low water, low battery,
ac fail, ac restoral?

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| 2. It is a toll charge from the location of the Vista to my cell phone
| number. If I am out of town and can't get to the unit to remove power to
| keep it from calling, I would assume it would keep trying to call forever?
| (And rack up a large phone bill in toll charges if I am out of town for
say
| a week.) Is there some sort of timeout setting on phone call attempts?
i.e.
| The Vista would attempt to call say 5 times, then quit?
|
| Do I have other options? Is there a new system or add-on module designed
to
| call a cell phone only?

I think the 10 has a pager option, you might look into that.


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