Re: DoorBell Fon difficulties

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First, consider a small placard that says "Doorbell" mounted by the
button. That might solve your problem best. Doing the the double flash
right is a matter of timing. Try doing it as Tick-Tock-Tick-Tock (2
seconds total).  Failing that you might want to go back to using Door 1
and asking the factory (ask to speak to Paul) for a different chip with
different ring options.  Paul also has various mods to do different
things (like operate different gate locks with # and *). Be sure to
speak to him directly about the problem.

From:Larry Moss
moss@xxxxxxxxxxxx

> I have been using my DoorBell Fon for some time now.  All has been
> well with it. There is just one thing I wish I could do that should
> work.
>
> I am only able to talk on the intercom if the call is initiated from
> the intercom box.  If someone knocks on the door, rather than ring
> the bell, I am not able to speak to them or unlock the door.  The
> instructions say to pick up the phone and hit flash.  That does not
> work for me.  If it makes a difference, I'm actually using it on door
> 2 since that was the only way I could get a distinctive ring on my
> phone. I've tried pushing flash more than once with no change.
> (Supposedly, if connected to D2, you need to hit flash twice.  But
> that doesn't make a difference.)
>
> My usual phone is a cordless phone system.  I had assumed this was
> part of the problem, but I tried plugging in a very simple, corded
> phone.  I unplugged the other phones for this test to make sure there
> was no interference from the system or simply too many phones.
>
> I asked this question of tech support for the DoorBell Fon and it took
> three weeks to get an answer that basically amounts to, "it works.
> You must not be hitting flash twice."  Even without this feature
> working, I love the product.  I'm not thrilled with tech support.
> Since I've seen a number of people in this group talking about it, I
> was hoping someone here would have a suggestion for me.  the problem
> I've run into is the large number of people that don't want to press
> the call button because it doesn't look like a traditional doorbell.
> So they pound on the door.
>
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