Gorman-Redlich EAS-1 Guide

GORMAN REDLICH
257 West Union St.
Athens, Ohio 45701
AX: 740-592-3898
Ph: 740-593-3150
Using the telephone interface on the EAS-1
Encoder/Decoder
NOTE: In these instructions, when there are brackets around a word, number or symbol, e.g.,
<ENTER>, it is re erring to a key on the EAS-1 keypad or the telephone keypad. Anything in a our-
line ormat (or less) with the top line bracketed by triple hyphens (--- ---) re ers to the EAS-1 4-line,
40-character LCD display.
1. To initiate an EAS-1 telephone session, irst make sure that the telephone line is plugged into the
jack in the back o the unit.
2. Check the EAS-1 phone support in the EAS-1 menu. To do this, irst press the <MENU> button
(<7> on the EAS-1 keypad). Using the keypad, enter the our-digit technician code. When the menu
appears, press the down arrow <v> to scroll down until you reach the menu item 16 on the third screen,
PHONE SETUP. Press <ENTER> on the EAS-1 keypad. You will then see this screen:
--- SETUP PHONE SUPPORT ---
ARROW TO SET, EXIT TO EXIT
> PHONE SUPPORT IS ON , ENTER TO CHANGE
PHONE PARAMETERS, ENTER TO CHANGE
I the third line is PHONE SUPPORT IS OFF. . . then press <ENTER> on the keypad to turn it on.
Press the down arrow <v> on the keypad to the ourth line, PHONE PARAMETERS. . . then press
<ENTER>. You will then see this screen:
--- SET PHONE PARAMETERS ---
EXIT KEY TO EXIT, SELECT 1 OR 2
1 # RINGS TO ANSWER 1 2>3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2 # SECONDS TO HANGUP 10 20>30 40 50 60
These are the de ault values: 3 rings to answer (the EAS-1 will establish the phone connection a ter
three rings) and 30 seconds to hangup (the EAS-1 unit will disconnect the phone connection i no
signal is received on the phone line or 30 seconds). Press either <1> or <2> on the EAS-1 keypad,
then use the down arrow <v> or the up arrow <^> to re-select the desired value. Then press <EXIT>
three times to return to the operational screen.
3. Dial the appropriate number rom a telephone. At this time, the EAS-1 display should include the
phrase "incoming phone."

4. The unit will establish the phone connection a ter the prescribed number o rings, as set in EAS-1
menu item #16, submenu phone parameters (see second screen, above). The de ault is three rings.
When the unit answers, wait or a brie ACK tone ("acknowledged", a short burst o 2083 Hz.).
5. A ter you hear this tone, enter the our-digit passcode (operator password or your EAS-1 rom the
telephone keypad, ollowed by the <#> sign. You should then hear another ACK tone acknowledging
the connection. I you hear a NAK tone ("not acknowledged", a burst o dual tones 853.3 and 960 Hz.,
slightly longer than the ACK), the passcode was not accepted; try again.
6. A ter the passcode is accepted and the connection is established, you may use the phone inter ace.
Pressing the <*> sign at this time should return a NAK tone.
7. The ollowing operations may then be done rom the phone (preceeded by their phone pad codes):
<1><#> Send weekly test (RWT).
1# is all that's needed. The unit will automatically generate the three SK header tones and the three
short EOM tones.
<2><#> Send monthly test (RMT).
Automatically generated, including SK header -> ATT tone -> recorded voice message -> EOM. A
voice message MUST be recorded irst (4#). I no new message has been recorded during the
CURRENT phone session, a NAK tone will be returned.
<3><#> Send civil emergency message (CEM).
Automatically generated, including SK header -> ATT tone -> recorded voice message -> EOM. A
voice message MUST be recorded irst (4#). I no new message has been recorded during the
CURRENT phone session, a NAK tone will be returned.
<4><#>. . .<#> Record voice message.
Press 4#. A ter you then hear the short ACK tone, speak into the phone to record your message. When
the message is inished, pause brie ly, then press the <#> key again. You should hear another ACK tone
that con irms completion o the voice message. A voice message must be recorded during the
CURRENT phone session be ore you can send an RMT (required monthly test, 2#) or CEM (civil
emergency message, 3#).
<5><#> Play back voice message.
Press 5#. You will hear a short ACK tone, ollowed by the currently-recorded voice message, ollowed
by another ACK tone on completion o the message. This message may be rom the previous phone
session; i so, you must record a new message be ore an RMT (required monthly test, 2#) or CEM
(civil emergency message, 3#) may be sent.

<6><#>. . .<#> Direct voice link.
Press 6#. You should hear a double ACK tone. A ter the double tone, the connection is established and
anything spoken into the phone will be put out over the air. Press <#> again to end the session. To
con irm completion o the direct phone link you will hear another ACK tone. In cable mode only, 7#,
8# and 9# also establish a direct voice connection.
<0><#> Disconnect (hang up).
Press 0#. This should be done be ore physically hanging up the phone; otherwise the EAS-1 unit will
not promptly disconnect rom the phone session, but will wait or the number o seconds to hangup
selected in EAS-1 menu item #16 A ter pressing 0#, you should hear an ACK tone.
CAUTION: In the menu item or the phone connection on the EAS-1, there is a hangup time speci ied,
with a de ault o 30 seconds (but you may modi y it or intervals rom 10-60 seconds). The EAS-1 will
automatically disconnect i no signal is sent over the phone line or this period o time. There ore, i
you are connected in a phone session but must pause or longer than this period, pressing the <*> key
on the telephone keypad periodically (returning a NAK tone) will prevent hangup.