How Digitone’s ProSeries Blocker Operates
Once the DPB is powered up, the LCD screen will display “
No New Calls
” until the first call is received
from the phone company. Thereafter, new calls will be displayed as they come in until the limit of 64 is
received. Each new call received thereafter will replace old calls from the Top of the list (FIFO).
Only
one Digitone DPB is needed
for any single telephone line you want to monitor. It can be connected
to any analog telephone service; cable modem, gateway, VoIP adapter, wall plate or phone jack in your
home or office. When calls come in,
all calls displaying a valid phone number will ring through
to
the phones connected to the TEL phone port with Caller ID repeated. Blocked calls will not ring the
phones connected to the TEL port. Extension phones connected directly to the phone service will ring
once on blocked calls.
Blocked callers
will be immediately answered and after one ring, get hung-up
on. The blocked caller only hears one ring in their phone and then silence. By default, calls like
Anonymous, Out Of Area, Private and Unknown
displaying
no phone number
are blocked. If you are
running a business and want to hear from Anonymous, Out Of Area, Private and Unknown callers, you
can enable
Business Mode
to allow all callers to ring through except those displayed numbers you want
to block.
VIP callers
can ring through at any time regardless of After Hours Mode or Invited caller
settings. Invited callers can only ring through normally when After Hours Mode is not enabled.
Alternatively, you can use
Select Mode
to select just the numbers you want to ring through to your
phones while all others are allowed to ring your answer machine or voice mail service.
Types of Incoming Calls
Invited Callers
-
The factory setting is:
Global Invite
of any call with a valid number displayed.
Invited callers cannot ring through during the After Hours Mode. If you want specific callers to ring
through at that time, they must be added to the VIP list. Invited Caller List Limits include either
unlimited numbers or added individually.
VIP Callers
-
These callers will be allowed to ring through at all times and are stored in a separate
VIP list from the Invited callers. VIP callers can ring through even when the After Hours Mode is used.
This caller list should be used for your immediate family or associates who will need full access to you
and your phone or for emergencies.
Blocked Callers
-
Callers on your Blocked list cannot ring your phone in the TEL phone port and
cannot leave a message. Blocked
Numbers
are numbers that you add and will be answered
immediately, followed by a hang-up after 8 seconds. The red LED will flash quickly when a call is being
blocked and a busy signal will be heard in the handset of the phone in the TEL phone port.
Spoofed Exchange Calls
–
Code 20
Callers that use Internet spoofing services to deliberately
spoof an unused exchange in the public domain to call you can be blocked by setting that exchange or
any string of 3 numbers they repeat in order to ring your phones like: “555” exchange in the number
894-555-1234 or all zeros “000” in the number 894-000-1234. Once entered as a spoofed exchange into
memory, they will be Blocked Callers. To enable blocking of a spoofed number (up to 20 entries), enter
programming and when “Enter Code” displays: enter 20 followed by the number string you want to block,
then the * key to store it. EX: 20 555 * blocks the 555 exchange.
Blocked Name Callers
– Callers
on your Blocked Name list cannot ring your phone in the TEL
phone port and cannot leave a message. Blocked
Names
are names (up to 20) that you add and will be
answered immediately, followed by a hang-up after 8 seconds. The red LED will flash quickly when a call
is being blocked and a busy signal will be heard in the handset of the phone in the TEL phone port.
Invited Callers within a Blocked Area Code
-
Up to 10 separate numbers within any
blocked area code can be allowed to ring through when that area code is already blocked. Example:
phone number 894-555-1234 is invited to ring through but the rest of the area code 894 is blocked.
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