User Guide

Setting Up a New MPM or BDS System
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Sequential / Ack - Upon an event, contact the first name on-duty in the contact list and wait a
preset time for acknowledgement. If none is received, contact the next available person in the
list and wait for acknowledge. Continue and repeat the sequence until acknowledgement is
received or until the list is gone through one time.
Note You must select Acknowledge in the Alarm Button area on Setup|Battery|General.
Wait Time - Click the box and type a time (in hours and minutes) that the program waits
before calling the next person when Sequential/Ack is selected.
Include Warnings, Memory Full and Inactive - Select these check boxes to contact and
require acknowledgement when these events occur and Sequential/Ack is selected. If not
selected, event notice is sent only once and no acknowledgement is required.
When finished, click Save or click the next (Contact List) tab.
16.8.1. Using a Cell Phone for Text Messaging
You may use a cell phone to receive text messages. Type your provider's TAP telephone
number in the Access Telephone Number field and type your cell phone number in the Pager
PIN Number field. You can find cell phone provider TAP telephone numbers at
www.notepager.com/tap-phone-numbers.htm. Not all cell phone providers offer this text
messaging service. The Email or Pager fields can also send text messages to a cell phone.
16.9. System Setup: Contact List
String Status > Setup|System|Contact List
The Contact List dialog box selects persons to be contacted during an alarm reporting event,
in addition to those listed on the Customer and Location dialog boxes.
Figure 48. System Setup - Contact List
Contact List - Each Contact List (group) name contains a group of persons to contact. To
create a new Contact List name, click New in the left Contact List panel. The Contact List
Name dialog box appears. At List Name, type a name, then click OK.
Delete (left panel) - To remove a contact list (group) name from the list, click a name from
the drop-down Contact List and click Delete. This permanently deletes the contact list.