. . . . ..FOR THE TERMINALLY IMPATIENT
In The Home or Home/Office -
The Power Stone can be used to control power to
many different types of electronic devices normally found in the home or office. Again, home
and office applications are dependent on what you want to control power to and how you
want to do it. Some of the more popular applications (with recommended programming
scenarios) are listed in this section.
1) If You Want To Power Up A PC/Modem (or Fax Machine)
Automatically...... lnstallation -
Refer to Installation Number 1
on page 20 of the
Installation Overview
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Recommended Operating Mode -
“Power On Call” (Factory Preset).
Recommended Programming A)
To power up the PC and have it answer with one call, set
The Power Stone’s
“Rings To Trip”
to 3 rings or more.
The caller should continue to ring the PC/modem until it
answers. (Factory Preset)
B)
If you want to power up the PC but need “boot-up”
time before an interna1 modem will answer, set “Rings
To Trip” at 2 rings or less. Cal1 in and let the phone ring
once or twice, then hang up (no charge
if it’s long
distance).
The Power Stone will supply power to the
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PC for 2 minutes. Cal1 back within 2 minutes to a
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receptive PC.
Helpful Tip
- If you are using an answering machine on the same phone line as your PC,
choose B) of recommended programming. Program your answering machine to answer at 4
rings. Set your modem to answer at 3 rings. When you power up your PC/modem with 2
rings or less and hang up, nothing will answer the phone line. But the next time you cal1 in
(within the two minute period) the modem will grab the cal1 before the answering machine.
2) lf You Want To Automatically Reboot A PC (But Not On Every
Inbound Call)..... lnstallation -
Either
Installation 1 or 2
is suitable for this
application (Refer to Installation Overview, page 20,
21).
Recommended Operating Mode - “Reboot” Recommended Programmíng - “Reboot”
Operating
mode supplies power to your PC (that is turned on) until you cal1 in to interrupt
power. The recommended “Rings To Trip” setting for this application is 2 rings or less. Cal1
in and let the phone ring twice, then hang up (no charge if it’s long distance). The Power
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Stone will interrupt power to the PC for 15 seconds, then
resupply power.
Helpful Tip :
This application really doesn’t work well
when you include an answering machine on the same
phone line as the PC. The problem is not with The Power
Stone. The problem is with the fact that the PC is
powered up al1 the time and the modem would probably
grab the line before your answering machine does. We
refer you to the previous application to overcome this
problem.
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