Most Often Asked Questions (and Answers) 2
When I programmed something with a programming command, the controller said 'E R, Write'. What's wrong?
The 'E R' message indicates that there was a problem writing into the E2PROM. If you get this message, contact the factory to help determine the nature of the failure. It may, also mean that you don't have the required 8K E2PROM for that function.
How many digits can be in the autodial numbers?
The ten emergency numbers can store 11 digits each. User Loadable slots 10-39 can hold 11 digits, slots 40-99 hold 8 digits, 100-199 (Bank 1 ) hold 11 digits, and 200-249 (Bank 2) hold up to 35 digits each. The 8 digit slots can effectively hold more by using the Phone Number Macros to store a '1' and area code if necessary.
Why does the voice response wait up to a few seconds when I enter a programming command?
It's programming the E2PROM, which takes about 100 ms per byte. The Special ID, as an example, will take almost 5 seconds to program - it's normal.
If the Touch-Tone Access Mode is enabled but down, will a reverse patch come through?
Yes. A reverse patch will bring up the TT Access Mode and load the TTAM timer. Assuming the timer is non-zero, it will time itself back down if there's no activity.
Sometimes when entering the Remote Base / Link Receive Only command, the controller reads back the frequency, and other times It reads back the remote base / link name. What is the rule'?
If the frequency is set to all zeros, it says the name. Otherwise it reads back the frequency. When selecting a frequency memory, it reads back the memory name, if one is programmed.
The controller doesn't always ID when the Touch-Tone Access Mode goes down. How come?
Generally it will ID when going down only when it's necessary, i.e. there has been some activity since the last ID. For example, if the TTAM timer is set to 20 minutes, if no activity allows it to time out, it won't generally be necessary to ID because it would have completed the ID cycle several minutes earlier.
What's the patch activity timer for?
The activity timer causes a patch to be terminated if the mobile drives out of range or otherwise goes away. The timer resets at the beginning and end of each transmission. If it's allowed to time out (no carrier or stuck carrier, except during a full-duplex patch), there's a warning warble. If there's still no activity within 10 seconds, it will hang up. The patch activity timer can be used along with, or instead of, @he overall patch timers.
How can I store MCI and Sprint numbers in the autodialer?
The autodial slots in Bank 2 hold up to 35 digits each. That means that there's enough room for the access telephone numbers, some pauses (the * key is a 1. 5 second pause when dialing), and the access code. Even the destination telephone number can be stored in the same slot. Or the access phone number and code can be in one slot, and the destination phone number can be in any other autodial slot, or may be dialed with the Autopatch.
For example, say our Sprint access number is 555-1212, and our access code is 1234567890. We can store in any autodial Bank 2 slot, '5551212 ** 1234567890'
We can activate the autodial slot when we want to dial a number through Sprint, and we will get the secondary dial tone from Sprint, We can then activate another autodial number, or the Autopatch, such as '* 7498330'.
Or, we can store in the Bank 2 slot, '5551212 * * 1234567890 7498330'. Activating this slot will get us through directly to the destination phone number.