Re: DCS Power 832

["Casual Observer" <no_junk_mail;@nowhere.com>]

I appreciate you taking the time to explain this to me.

"tourman" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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!
>