Re: ademco 20SE and 4286 phone module ring number?

["Dennis" <dhegland2@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for writing but I'm not quite clear.

If I set the field to 3 (or 4), how does the system pick up phone messages
since the actual home phone line does not answer (i.e. the phone company
voice mail picks up)?   I assume that the phone module will pick up all
calls at 3 or 4 rings  If I set it higher (at 5 or so), the voice messaging
system (not on the premises) will pick up the call before the phone module
does.

It seems like I need a system similar to the "15" setting where I can trick
the phone module into picking up early before the voice messaging system
picks up.  True?

Dennis



"FIRETEK" <firetech(change-the-ch-to-k)@telus.net> wrote in message
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> "Dennis" <dhegland2@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I just added the phone moduel but I have voice mail supplied by the phone
>> company rather than an answering machine.  This does not appear to be
>> addressed in the installation manual.  If I set field 95 to 15 and call
> from
>> outside, let it ring once, then call again, I get a fax tone which seems
> to
>> be the panel picking up rather than the phone module.  Is there a way
> around
>> this?
>>
>> Dennis
>
>
> Yes.  Set field "95" to something other than 15.  If your phone module
> picks
> up after three rings, you may want to set your the field to "4".
>
>