I have a pretty fancy phone system in my house, how does it work with that?
Pretty good, actually. We designed the SG2 from the bottom up, to make it easy to interface to
small PBX systems either as an analog extension or as an unused CO port. Ask your installer,
he’ll appreciate the versatility.
How about DSL systems for my computer?
Just have your installer follow our installation diagram and you’re good to go.
Can I open the SG-2 without being called first, like if I recognize one of my friends at
the gate?
Sure, go to a phone, lift up the receiver, wait a second, then press the first two digits of the
password, then * then an open tone. Example: 77 * 6
What kind of an open tone?
There are several. You can open the gate for the timed amount (1-99 seconds), or for one hour,
or forever. We call that “latched open”.
Which tone does what?
Your choice. We set the timed open tone to 6 on an SG-2 but it is programmable for everything
except 0 (0 is ignored by SG-2) so if you want 1 to open for a timed amount, 2 to latch open
forever and 3 to open for an hour, that’s your choice. Just tell your installer what you want.
Quick! He’s getting in the truck!
Why would I want to “latch” my gate open?
Just to keep the gate open when you have a lot of guests over, for a party or something, so you
don’t’ get a traffic jam.
How do I UN-latch a gate, that I latched open?
Same thing you did to latch it open, only this time, use the timed amount tone. By the way, the
remote control password ALSO turns on the mike and speaker, in case you need to say some-
thing through the SG-2 like: “You kids leave that mailbox alone!”
So if I’m waiting for a delivery, does that mean I’m stuck at the house?
Not with our Select Gate. We have a feature called: call forwarding. When the big black button
gets pushed, instead of ringing the house it calls a pre-programmed phone number. Like to the
cell phone you’re carrying with you, for example. Go do your errand and if the delivery shows
up while you’re away from the house, you can still open the gate.
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