The Informa is a keypad unit that has the capability
of dialling prerecorded speech messages over a
telephone line. It is installed as part of your intruder
system, so that when the system detects an intrusion
the external siren will sound to alert your neighbours
and the Informa will dial a programmed telephone
number and play a recorded speech message to alert
someone else to the intrusion.
For example, the Informa can contact a friend or
relative who lives close to your home, who can
investigate the alarm and call the police if necessary.
What Does the Informa Need to Know?
Before Informa can work, you must program it with
the telephone numbers to use and record the alarm
messages to be played.
Features
Call Setup
Speech Dialler
Operating Instructions
The Informa can memorise four spoken messages.
Message number 1 (referred to as a ‘location
message’) may be up to 11 seconds long, and is used
to identify the location of the Informa; messages 2,
3 and 4 (referred to as ‘alarm messages’) may be up
to 3 seconds long and identify the type of alarm.
There are three types of alarm: Intruder, Personal
Attack (PA) and Fire. For each alarm call, the
Informa plays the location message, followed by
alarm message 2, 3 or 4.
So a typical call could be:
Location message: “This is the Alarm Panel at the
house of Fred Smith in Wigan”, followed
immediately by alarm message: “The intruder alarm
has been activated”.
Your installer will tell you which alarm messages can
be used with your system.
Messages
Telephone Numbers
The Informa call setup can work in one of two ways:
1. In the first case, it begins by calling the
first
programmed number and plays the message that
corresponds to the type of alarm.
If two different alarms have occurred, both
corresponding alarm messages are played. If the
message is not acknowledged, it will call the
second
, then the
third
number, until it receives
an acknowledgement. See
Acknowledging
Messages
, on page 3.
The Informa calls each number in sequence, so
you should ensure that the first number
programmed belongs to the person most likely
to answer the call.
2. In the second case, the telephone number called
corresponds to the
type of alarm
that has
occured, so that only one designated contact is
called, depending upon the type of alarm:
Intruder, PA or Fire.
If the call is not acknowledged, the Informa will
continue to call the
same
number seven more
times.
Check with the installer which type of setup has
been programmed.
Note
: In both cases, if a Follow Me number has
been programmed, this will be the first number
called. See
Setting the Follow Me Number
, on
page 3.
Up to three telephone numbers can be designated
and memorised by the Informa. It is recommended
that these numbers belong to friends or relatives who
live close to your home, who can carry out an initial
investigation of the alarm, then contact the police, if
appropriate.
The Informa can also be programmed to contact your
mobile phone, but unless you are close to home this
may not be very useful.
When a call is received, it must be acknowledged in
order to end the call process, so ensure that your
designated contacts know how to acknowledge a
call.
