11-04-2010, 04:50 AM
many installers do not know about Comfort\'s Dial Test feature which is unqiue among alarm systems. To test the dial-out they may arm the system and trigger an alarm and wait to see if the dial out succeeded to the Central Monitoring Station or Voice Phone
A much better way to do this with Comfort is Dial Test. Press F3 and 3 on the Keypad. The voice menu says \"Dial Test, Please Hang up\" Press F to exit from the menu.
You can hear the dial tone, DTMF dialling tones, ringing tones, or and for Central Monitoring Stations, the handshake tones and the DTMF signal and kissoff tones. You can also hear if the line is busy or there is another problem preventing the dial-out from working.
The dial test will dial to all 8 numbers if programmed. Once the round of dial tests has succeeded, it will end. If the call is not successful, it wil dial again
Dial Test can also be initiated remotely by dialing in and going to Engineer Menu 8 for Test Mode, 3 for Dial Test (F0 on keypad must be pressed to enable Engineer Code)
In user menu the menu is 3 for Security, 4 for Test Mode and 3 for Dial Test. When Dial test has been initated, press # a few times until the voice menu says \"Thank You, goodbye\"
One possible cause of failure to dial is the connection of too many house phones or a phone that is faulty resulting in leakage. When there is a failure on dial test, try disconnecting all phones from TEL OUT andd try the dial test again
This is a very valuable tool which should be used on every installation to test the dial out.
A much better way to do this with Comfort is Dial Test. Press F3 and 3 on the Keypad. The voice menu says \"Dial Test, Please Hang up\" Press F to exit from the menu.
You can hear the dial tone, DTMF dialling tones, ringing tones, or and for Central Monitoring Stations, the handshake tones and the DTMF signal and kissoff tones. You can also hear if the line is busy or there is another problem preventing the dial-out from working.
The dial test will dial to all 8 numbers if programmed. Once the round of dial tests has succeeded, it will end. If the call is not successful, it wil dial again
Dial Test can also be initiated remotely by dialing in and going to Engineer Menu 8 for Test Mode, 3 for Dial Test (F0 on keypad must be pressed to enable Engineer Code)
In user menu the menu is 3 for Security, 4 for Test Mode and 3 for Dial Test. When Dial test has been initated, press # a few times until the voice menu says \"Thank You, goodbye\"
One possible cause of failure to dial is the connection of too many house phones or a phone that is faulty resulting in leakage. When there is a failure on dial test, try disconnecting all phones from TEL OUT andd try the dial test again
This is a very valuable tool which should be used on every installation to test the dial out.

