
Telecommunication Peripheral Products
Application Note
1600 Series
Central Station
Monitoring
August 1, 1997
VIKING©
Using the 1600 Series
Phones with Central
Station Equipment
K-1600-EHF
E-1600
E-1600-02
E-1600-03
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Programmin
Note: This document must be used in
combination with the 1600 Series Technical
Practice (Fax Back Document 215).
The 1600 series of emergency telephones
have the capability to communicate directly
with central station receivers. In this mode,
the emergency phone will automatically relay
vital information to compatible equipment at
central alarm monitoring stations.
Once the receiver has issued the proper
acknowledgement tone, the “CALL
CONNECTED” indicator on the front of the
emergency phone will light, and the 1600
phone will then switch to two-way voice.
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The standard 1600 emergency phone is factory programmed to communicate using the Ademco “Contact I.D.”, “Ademco
High Speed”, “DTMF 4+1 Express”, or the “DTMF 4+2 Express” formats. All formats use the programming memory
location #20 to store the account code and alarm details.
A. Programming Features
1. Accessing the programming mode
Before programming, you must access the programming mode (see 1600 Series Technical Practice, section
A).
2. Enabling/Disabling Central Station Mode
The 1600 series emergency phone can be placed in the “central station mode” by entering a ✱1 while
programming. To cancel the “central station mode,” enter ✱0 (see 1600 Series Technical Practice, section F).
3. Ring Delay
When the 1600 series emergency phone is in the central station mode, it is best to have the ring delay set to a
minimum of three. Some receivers send a long tone after answering the line that sounds like a ring back, and if
the 1600 is set to a ring delay of two, the phone will disconnect (see 1600 Series Technical Practice, section G,
setting D).
Primary and Secondary Speed Dial Numbers4.
The 1600 series phone can be programmed to dial a central station receiver
only, or dial a voice number first, and if no answer, then dial the central station
receiver. When calling the first number (memory position 00), the phone stays
in “two-way talk mode” allowing two-way conversation. When calling the second
number (memory position 01), the phone is in a “listen only mode” in order to
interpret the hand shake signal of the receiver (see 1600 Series Technical
Practice, sections C and D).
Note: If only a central station is to be dialed, the central station phone number must be preprogrammed in
memory location 01 and memory location 00 must be cleared.
Mode
Two-Way Voice
Central Station
Memory
Location
00
01

B. Central Station Formats
The following examples explain the receiver formats and how to properly program memory location #20. Each
format starts with a four digit account code. This is the code that is assigned by your central station for billing
purposes. You must access the programming mode before programming these features (see “1600 Series”
Technical Practice, section A).
Important: If a number is shown, you must use that number. If an “X” is shown, you are free to use any appropriate
number.
1. Ademco Contact ID Format
This DTMF format consists of a four digit account code, two digit message type, and a nine digit data field.
XXXX 18 112000 XXX #20 Memory location
Account code Set to any number to identify phone
Message type Panic alarm
2. Ademco High Speed Format
This DTMF format consists of a four digit account code, eight zone codes and one alarm type digit. With this
format you can identify up to eight different phones by using a zone per phone. A “5” in a zone position means
no alarm. The following example shows an alarm from the third phone.
XXXX 55155555 7 #20 Memory location
Account code Normal alarm
Idle zone New event
3. 4+1 Express Format
This DTMF format consists of a four digit account code, two digit message type, and a single digit event code.
XXXX 17 X #20
Account code Memory location
Message type Event code
4. 4+2 Express Format
This DTMF format consists of a four digit account code, two digit message type, and a two digit event code.
XXXX 27 XX #20
Account code Memory location
Message type Event code
Operation
After the button on the 1600 series phone has been pressed the 1600 series phone will begin to dial. If a voice number
is programmed in memory location 00, this number will be dialed first. Upon detecting a busy signal or after a
preprogrammed ring delay the 1600 series phone will hang-up and dial the central station phone number stored in
memory location 01. When the central station receiver answers, it will send a handshake tone to the 1600 phone. Upon
detecting the handshake tone, the 1600 series phone will begin downloading the information stored in memory location
20.
Once the 1600 series emergency phone has sent the information stored in memory location 20, it waits for a “kiss-off”
tone from the central station. When the “kiss-off” tone is received, the emergency phone turns on the call connected
LED and goes into the “two-way talk mode.”
Note: The central station should have a “talk-over” feature that will allow a two way conversation at this time.
If the central station answers the call and does not send a “kiss-off”, the next number will be dialed (if programmed). In
either single number or two number programming, the phone will keep dialing until a call is completed.
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Due to the dynamic nature of the product design, the information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Viking
Electronics, its affiliates and/or subsidiaries assume no responsibility for errors and/or omissions contained in this information. Revisions of this
document or new editions of it may be issued to incorporate such changes.
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