Re: DCS Power 832

["tourman" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug answered your question. Go into installer programming mode and
turn the dialers off (section 380, 1 light "off").Then the panel won't
try to dial out. You may have to power down / power up to clear the
trouble, and then re-enter the clock time (as he also said)

You can program it to dial your cell phone, but it will give you no
useful information (other than a heart attack when a wrong number /
quick disconnect makes you think your alarm has triggered.....:))

And yes, disabling communications will still allow it to work in "local
/ useless mode".....

RHC

Casual Observer wrote:
> The trouble light that's lit on the panel indicates that the issue is "The
> panel has failed to communicate with the central station."
>
> In
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.security.alarms/browse_thread/thread/a93603c60f7d3297/9dd52362ae7c1e4d?lnk=st&q=%22failed+to+communicate+with+the+central+station%22&rnum=3&hl=en#9dd52362ae7c1e4d,
> poster "Doug L" who seems to know EVERYTHING about EVERY security system
> suggested "Program it as local and then power it down and back up again,
> reset the clock and the trouble light should go out".
>
> My system isn't connected to a central monitoring station - how do I
> "program it as a local" so it doesn't continue to try and connect?
>
> I assume that making it a local will still generate alarms inside the house,
> there just won't be any call to the monitoring facility to alert them of
> trouble.  Any way I could program it to call my cell phone instead?
>
> Thanks!