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RECORDABLE SPEECH INTERFACE
If your ARC Plus Touch is equipped with the optional RSI Recordable Speech Interface, you can take advantage of
the dial-in and dial-out capabilities to monitor and control your site from any phone. If you are familiar with the
earlier ESI Plus speech unit, you will find the RSI operates using the same familiar commands. Physically, the data
access arrangement (DAA) and transient protection are located on a separate field replaceable card. There are
several enhancements, but the most noticeable is the ability to add custom vocabulary to the standard broadcast
specific list. This is covered in the
section.
CONFIGURING THE RSI
Before you can use the RSI for monitoring and control, some configuration steps are necessary. You must
specifically a
ssign ARC Plus sites, configure the site, channel and unit speech labels and configure greeting and
goodbye messages. For alarm notification you will also need to set up the selective dial-out lists.
There are also default settings that you may adjust, such as number of rings before the ESI answers an incoming
call, the amount of time the RSI waits between phone numbers on the dial out list, etc. All of these may be edited
via AutoLoad Plus and are described fully in
CALLING THE RSI
Calling in to the RSI allows you to monitor and control any remote site linked to the called site. To place a call to
the RSI:
1.
Dial the phone number for the line connected to RSI. After the specified number of rings, the RSI will pick
up the line and speak the programmed greeting.
The RSI speaks ‘Hello” even if no greeting has been entered.
2.
Enter your assigned PIN, followed by the # key. If you make a mistake, press * to clear the entry and start
over. If you enter an incorrect PIN, the RSI will speak, “Error,” and you can try again. Once you begin
entering the PIN, you have 20 seconds to
finish before the RSI disconnects. The
durations allowed to begin entering the
PIN and to complete entry are configurable
in AutoLoad Plus.
PINs are assigned in AutoLoad Plus under
3.
Once you enter your PIN, the RSI will speak the user-programmed welcome message, followed by the
name of the site in which the RSI is installed and the number of alarms present at that site. After you log
in, the RSI waits for a user command. For a list of commands, Click or turn to
If PINs have not been assigned, use “
0000
#”.
