1.BASICOPERATION
1.1ANSWERINGACALL
WhenanalarmcallisdetectedallDECTtelephonesconnectedto theAdventxtsystemwillring.Toanswerthealarmcall;presstheLinekeyontheDECT
telephoneandlistentothealarmmessage.Whenthealarmmessageisclearlyunderstoodpressthekey,the
alarmmessagewillstop,youcannowspeakto
theresident.Speechdirectionisautomaticallychangedwhenyouspeak.Tocancelthecallpressthe#keyfollowedbytheLinekeytocleartheconnection.
1.2CALLINGARESIDENT
Tomakeacalltoaresident;presstheLinekey,
enter81andlistenforthe“Ready”prompt.Entertheflatnumberoftheresidentandpressthekey,aspeech
linkwillopen.Ifyouwishtoalerttheresidentyoucanpressthe0keytosoundthecalltoneagain.Thespeechdirectionisautomaticallychanged
whenyou
speak.Tocancelthecallpressthe#keyfollowedbytheLinekeytocleartheconnection.
1.3SEQUENTIALDAILYCALLS
TheAdventxtsystemhasanindexfunctiontosimplifydailysequentialcalls.Callthefirstresidentinthenormalway,whenfinishedpress the6key,thesystem
willannouncethenextresident,eitherpressthekeytospeakorpressthe6keyagaintomovetothe
nextresident.Toendsequentialcallspressthe#key
followedbytheLinekeytocleartheconnection.
1.4CALLWAITING
Ifanewalarmcallisdetectedduringthecourseofansweringanalarmcallormakingaroutinecalla“CallWaiting”BEEPwillbeheardintheearpiece.
To
terminatethecurrentcallandanswerthenewcallpressthe#key.Amessagewillidentifythecallwaitingwhichcanthenbeansweredbypressingthekeyin
thenormalway.
1.5ALLCALLSPEECH(PA)MODE
TheAdventxtsystemmaybefittedwithaPublicAddress
(PA)facilitytomakegeneralannouncementstoallresidents.ToactivatePAmode;presstheLinekey,
enter81andlistenforthe“Ready”prompt.Enter1000,thePAmodeisactivatedandyoucanmakeanannouncementtoALLresidents.Attheendofyour
announcementpressthe#
keyfollowedLinekeytocleartheconnection.
1.6FIREALARMTONE
TheAdventxtsystemmaybefittedwithafiretonefacilitytoenhancetheperformanceoftheFireAlarmsystem.Thefiretonewillusuallyactivateautomatically
whenafireisdetectedbythemainbuildingfirealarmsystem,itcanhoweverbeactivatedmanually.Toactivate
thefiretone;presstheLinekey,enter81and
listenforthe“Ready”prompt.Enter1003andthefiretonewillsoundinallintercoms.Tostopthefiretonepressthe#keyfollowedbytheLinekeytoclear
theconnection.
1.7CHANGINGTHEOPERATINGMODE
TheAdvent
xtsystemcanreportalarmcallstoanOnsiteManager,aLocalOffsiteManageroraRemoteControlCentre.Thewayinwhichthesystemoperates
canbesetusingtheDECTtelephone.Tocheckthecurrentoperatingmode;presstheLinekey,enter81andlistenforthe“Ready”
prompt.Enter1004andthe
currentmodewillbeannounced,presstheLinekeytocleartheconnection.Toselectanewoperatingmode;presstheLinekey,enter81andlistenforthe
“Ready”prompt,enteracodefromthelistbelow:
1005forOnsiteMode 1006forLocal
OffsiteMode 1007forRemoteOffsiteMode
Amessagewillannouncethenewoperatingmode,presstheLinekeytocleartheconnection.
2.ADVANCEDFEATURES
2.1PARKINGANALARMCALL
Itmaybenecessaryto“Park”analarmcallifafaultkeepsreoccurring.Toparkacallfirstansweritinthenormalwaythenpressthe5key.PresstheLinekeyto
cleartheconnection.
2.2CHECKINGTHEFAULTMEMORY
Whencallshavebeenparkedasin2.1above,theyareplacedintheFaultMemory.TochecktheFaultMemory;presstheLinekey,enter81andlistenforthe
“Ready”prompt.Enter1008andtheidentityofanyalarmswhichhavebeenparkedwillbereported.Pressthe
Linekeytocleartheconnection.Toreseta
parkedcallsimplycalltheintercomandclearthecallinthenormalway.
2.3CHECKINGTHECALLMEMORY
TheAdventxtsystemstoresthelast8alarmmessagesintheCallMemory.TochecktheCallMemory;presstheLinekey,enter
81andlistenforthe“Ready”
prompt.Enter1009andthelast8alarmmessageswillbeannounced.PresstheLinekeytocleartheconnection.
2.4SETTINGTHETIME&DATE
Tocheckthesystemtime;presstheLinekey,enter81andlistenforthe“Ready”prompt.
Enter2000andthecurrenttimewillbeannounced.Ifthetimeis
correctpresstheLinekeytoaccept,orenteranewtime(24hourformat)followedbythekey.PresstheLinekeytocleartheconnection.Followthesame
procedureusingthecode2001for
thedate/monthandcode2009fortheday/year.
2.5SETTINGTHEDAILYALARMTIME
TheAdventxtsystemcangenerateanautomatictestcallatthesametimeeveryday.PresstheLinekey;enter81andlistenforthe“Ready”prompt.Enter
4006andthecurrentdailyalarmtime
willbeannounced.PresstheLinekeytoaccept,orenteranewtimefollowedbythekey,orpressthe#keyfollowed
bythekeytodisable.PresstheLinekeytocleartheconnection.
2.6CHECKINGINTERCOMPRIVACY
Ifaresidenthasprivacymodeselectedontheirintercomyouwillnotbeabletohearthemspeak.PresstheLinekey,enter81andlistenforthe“Ready”prompt.
Enter5003andtheflatnumberswithintercomsinprivacymodewillbelisted.PresstheLinekeyto
cleartheconnection.Note;privacymodeisautomatically
overriddenfor15minutesiftheresidentinitiatesanalarmcall.
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