DSC Alarm Residential Dial Keeps Calling Ends In Communication Trouble

DSC Alarm Residential Dial Keeps Calling Ends In Communication Trouble

Symptom: DSC Alarm panel is set to residential dial to a private phone or cellular phone.  When the system calls, no tone is heard and it keeps calling back.  Eventually it ends and the panel displays a communication trouble error.

Solution: Set section 382 option 7, to 1
This will set it so it will only call the one time and won't go in to communication error.

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