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2. Select the account you want to program (1-6).
3. From the account’s sub-menu, select Two-Way Audio [#4].
4. Select Enabled or Disabled.
10.1.5. Account Number (not available for voice report)
To edit an account number:
1. From the Programming menu, select Communications, Accounts [951].
2. Select the account you want to program (1-6).
3. From the account’s sub-menu, select Account Number [#5].
4. Enter up to eight digits. Enter leading zeros for account numbers of less than eight digits. Use the
key
to enter hexadecimal digits. Press .
Note: If the programmed protocol is Contact ID, "A" is not a valid entry in the account number.
10.1.6. Call Attempts (not available for voice report)
The Call Attempts option determines the number of times the system tries to call a telephone number before moving on
to the next number in sequence.
To program the number of call attempts for an account:
1. From the Programming menu, select Communications, Accounts [951].
2. Select the account you want to program (1-6).
3. From the account’s sub-menu, select Call Attempts [#6].
4. Enter a value between 01 and 15. Press .
10.1.7. Account Type (not available for voice report)
To program the number of call attempts for an account:
1. From the Programming menu, select Communications, Accounts [951].
2. Select the account you want to program (2-6).
3. From the account’s sub-menu, select Account Type [#7].
4. Select Primary or Backup.
Note: Account 1 is a primary account.
10.2. Report Cycles
The system’s attempts to report events are organized in cycles. A report cycle is a set of call attempts – see p. 66, 10.1.6
Call Attempts (not available for voice report). If the system does not succeed in sending a report to any of the telephone
numbers, it tries to dial the entire report cycle again until it sends a successful report. You can determine the number of
times the system attempts to dial this sequence by programming the Report Cycle option.
To program the number of Report Cycles:
1. From the Programming menu, select Communications, Accounts, Report Cycles [9517].
2. Enter a value between 01 and 15. Press .
In the example illustrated in Figure 10-1, Account 1 is programmed with 2 call attempts, Account 2 is programmed
with 3 call attempts and the number of report cycles programmed is 3.