Chapter 2: Front panel programming 
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Option Description 
Secondary receiver number:
Format:
Send restorals:
Retry time seconds:
Retry count:
Event notification:
Enter the secondary receiver’s phone number. This can contain up 
to 20 digits (0-9, *, #, and ,). The comma causes a two-second delay 
in dialing. The number or hash symbol (#) and the asterisk symbol 
(*) are used with calling feature codes and services. Consult your 
telephone service provider. 
CID: Contact ID is the alarm format that the monitoring facility 
(DACR) will receive. See “Default contact ID event codes” on page 
39. 
Set send restorals to: 
Yes: Sends off-normal event restorals to the monitoring facility 
(DACR). Required setting for UL/ULC installations. See “UL 864 
programming requirements” on page 31 for details. 
No: Does not send off-normal event restorals to the monitoring 
facility (DACR) 
Set retry time to 1 to 45 seconds. Specifies the wait time between 
each time the dialer attempts a connection to the DACR. 
Set the retry count to 5 to 10 attempts. Specifies how many times 
the dialer will attempt to call the DACR before timing out. 
Set event notification (event reporting) to: 
Device: Only device information is reported or transmitted, no zone 
information. Note: This setting uses device event notification 
settings for reporting events. Make sure your device event 
notification settings are correct. See “Central monitoring station 
device programming” on page 108. 
Zone: When a device is a member of a zone, only the zone 
information is reported or transmitted. Device information is not 
reported or transmitted. Note: This setting uses zone event 
notification settings for reporting events. Make sure the zone event 
notification settings are correct. See “Loop event programming” on 
page 122. 
Event: Only the event type (alarm, supervisory, trouble, etc.) is 
reported or transmitted, no device or zone information. Note: This 
setting uses the CMS event notification settings for reporting 
events. Make sure the event notification settings are correct. See 
“Central monitoring station device programming” on page 108. 
Line 1 and 2 
 
Dialing:
Cut duration/supervision:
Program line 1 options, and then program line 2 options. When you 
have finished programming each line, choose Save. 
Select Tone or Pulse dialing. 
Set the cut duration/supervision to Off or 10 to 120 seconds. 
Specifies the length of time a phone line trouble is detected before 
reporting the trouble. 
Tone wait seconds  Set tone wait to Off or 1 to 30 seconds. Specifies how long the 
dialer waits to get a dial tone.