4 Advanced System Operation
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To set the date:
1. From the Service menu, select Set Time/Date, Set Date [7012].
2. Enter the current date.
3. Press ; the date is modified.
Note: The format of the time and date is defined in the System Options – see p.58, 9.6.3 Time/Date Format. If
you are setting the time in 12hr format, use the
key to toggle between AM and PM.
4.8.2. Message Center
The iConnect Control System Message Center is designed to allow the user to record a short message that may be
played back later by another user. After a message is recorded, Message Waiting is displayed on the LCD until the
message is played back. If the Vocal Message option is enabled, the Message Waiting vocal message is sounded.
Note: Recording a new message automatically overwrites all the previous messages in the Message Center.
To play back a recorded message:
From the Service menu, select Messages, Play Message [7021].
To record a message:
1. From the Service menu, select Messages, Record Message [7072].
2. Press to start recording the message.
3. Record your message. The message may be up to twenty seconds long.
Time left out of the 20 seconds' timeout is displayed on the LCD.
4. Press to stop recording; the message is automatically played back and OK? Is displayed.
5. Press to save your recording.
The Record and Play options can also be accessed via a convenient shortcut without needing to enter a valid user code.
To play back a recorded message via a keypad shortcut or using the EL-2724 Wireless Terminal:
From Standby mode, press then .
To record a message via a keypad shortcut or using the EL-2724 Wireless Terminal:
From Standby mode, press then .
On the EL-2724 Wireless Terminal, both LEDs flash in tandem during recording.
The LED Top Cover keypad has two buttons for Message Play back and Recording – see p. 19, 3.5 Front Panel Layout
(LED Top Cover). When there is a new message waiting, the Message Play button is flashing fast.
To play back a recorded message using LED Top Cover keypad:
Press the Message Play button .
During the play back, the Play button is lit.
To record a message using LED Top Cover keypad:
1. Press the Message Record button
.
2. Record your message, the Message Record button is lit during recording.
3. Press the Record button again to stop recording. The message is then recorded, played back, and
saved.
Note: when you have 5 seconds left, the Record and Service Call buttons start flashing.
To delete a message:
1. From the Service menu, select Messages, Delete Message [7023]; OK? Is displayed.
2. Press , the message is deleted.
To delete a message using LED Top Cover keypad:
Press and hold down the Message Record button for 3 seconds.
The Record button backlight flashes quickly. The Control System sounds a tone.