X10 TR551 Setup Instructions

The Telephone Responder

turns on up to

10 lights

or appliances

from

any telephone

in

the

world!

So

you

can tum on

your

centrai

heating

or air conditioning before

you

leave

work. Or

you

can

warm up or cool down

your

vacation home

when

you

arrive

at ilre

airport. You'll never have

to come

home

to a dark

home

again.

It's

also a

remote

control

so

you

can control up to 8

lights

and appli-

ances

from

anywhere inside

your

home. You

can turn on

ALL

lights

connected to

Lamp Modules

and

Wall

Switch

Modules with

the

push

of a

single button

if

you

hear

a noise

at

night. You

can

even

turn off

everything

in

the system with

one button when

you

go

to

bed.

It will flash

a selected light or lights

anywhere

in

the

house when

the

phone

rings

(useful

for

the

hearing impaired).

CAUTION

Be very

careful when

you

use

your

Telephone Responder

with

any

kind

of appliance. If

you

use

it

to turn on an

empty coffee

pot,

for

example,

you

could

burn up the coffee

pot's

heating

element, and even create a

fire hazard.

It would

be even

more

dangerous if

you

used

remote

control to turn

on an elertric

heatcr

that

had

clothing draped on it.

USE

YOUR TEEEPHONE

RESPONDER

CAREFULLY

The Telephone Responder

activates lights

and appliances through-

out

your

home from

any convenient. location. It

transmits signals

to

plug-in

Modules

over

your

existing house wiring. You

plug

lamps into Lamp

Modules,

plug

appliances

into Appliance Mod-

ulcs and

replace

wall

light

switches with Wall Switch Modules.

You

can then control

virtually

everything electrical in

your

home.

The X-10 POWERHOUSE*

Telephone Responder

Model TR551

O

Turns

on or offup to

10 lights/appliances

over rhe telephone.

O

Controls

heating/air

conditioning.

You'll never have

!o come

home

to a cold

or dark

house

again.

O

lets

you

remotely

control up

[o 8

X-10 Modules from

any-

where inside your

home. You

plug

lamps

and appliances into

the

Modules. You

can replace

your

wall

switches

with

Wall

Switch

Modules

to control important

outside

security

lights.

O Sends signals to Modules

over

your

existing house wiring

(no

additional wiring necessary).

O

Keep

the

Telephone Responder

by the bedside

and tum off the

TV

without

getting

out of bed.

O

Turn

on

ALL lights

connected to

Lamp

and Wall

Switch

Mod-

des

with

the touch

of a button

if

you

hear a noise

at

night.

O

Turn

off

everything

in

the system witr one button.

USA X-10

(USA)

Inc.,

9l

Ruckman

Rd., Box

420.

Closer NJ07624-0420

Canada

X-10 Home

Controls

Inc.,

120U Aerowood Drive,

Unit

20, Mississauga,

Ontario,

Canada

LAW 257

TR551-490

The Telephone Responder

tells

the

Modules

what

to do. Com-

mand

signals are sent

over

your

existing

house

wiring

to the

Mod-

ule(s) of

your

choice.

The Modules respond

to the

command sig-

nals. The

Lamp Module

turns on and

off, dims and brightens

(from

other

controllers) any

incandescent

lamp

up to

300 wats.

The Appliance

Module

turns on and

off appliances such

as a

win-

dow

fan,

window

air conditioner, stereo

or

TV

(not

"instant

on"

TVs). It

can

also be used

for

a

lamp -

but cannot dim it. The

Wall

Switch

Module

turns on and off, dims

and brightens

(from

other

controllers)

any

incandescent light

up to 500 watts.

TELEPHONE

RESPONDER

Model TR551

Sef Up

lnstructions

Printed in Hong Kong

Sllde Switch.

Set to Normal

or Answering

Machine mode.

Security Code

Choose a

number

000 ro

999.

Lasr

digit

sets code for

"flashing

light."

Telephone

Responder

Mini Timer

(optional)

Num'oer keys

Housecode
Set

all of

your

Modules to the
sameletter

"On/Off

keys All Lights On

key AII Units

Off key

INSTALLATION

1.

Plug

power

cord

into

any

functioning

120V

outlet and

plug

phone

cord

into

an

RJll

phonejack.

2.

Using a

small

screwdriver,

set

Telephone Responder's House-

code dial to

one

of the letters

(

A

through

P).

3. Set Security Code

(0

to

999). Use one, two

or

three

digits as

desired,

Set

all dials

to OFF

for no

security

code.

4. Install

and set

up Modules

(sold

separately) refening

to the

in-

structions

included with

them. Turn

off the

power

at

the circuit.

breaker

panel

when installing

Wall Switch

Modules.

5. Set all of

your

Modules

to

the same

Flousecode

as

you

set on

the

Telephone Responder.

6. Set

each

Module

to a

Unit Code between I

and 8.

Any Mod-

ule(s) set to the same

number

as the third digit of the security

code

(on

right)

will

flash

on

and off

when

the

phone

rings.

To turn a

light

or

appliance

ON or

OFF

from

the

keyboard.

Press dnd

release

the

number

button corresponding

to the Unit

Code

you

set

on the Module to be controlled.

Then

press

and

re-

lease the ON or

OFF button.

Walt
Switch
Module

To

turn

AII Lights

On

from

the

keyboard.

Press

and

release

the

All Lights

On button to

instantly

turn

on

ALL lights

connected to

Lamp

Modules and Wall

Switch

Mod-

ules

(which

are

set

to the

same

Housecode

as

the Telephone Re-

sponder).

This key

does

not

affect

Appliance Modules.

To turn All Lights

and appliances Off

from

the

keyboard.

Press and

release

the All Unis Off key

to

instantly

turn off

ALL

Modules

(which

are set to the same Housecode as the Telephone

Responder), including Appliance Modules.

Important.
Your Telephone Responder is FCC registered. In

order !o

fully

comply

with the

FCC

rules, these

instructions

should be

followed

prior

to

installing

and using

the

product:

l.

Connections cannot be

made

to

coin operated telephones, or to

party

lines. The FCC requires

that any connections to

tele-

phone

lines

are to use standard

plugs

and adaptors.

2. Notify

the

telephone company

that

you

will be connecting a

Registered

unit to the

line.

Give them the

following informa-

tion

regarding

the

Telephone Responder:

A) FCC Registered Number B4S8N5-68382-OT-N.

B) Ringcr Equivalence

0.3B.

3.

If

a

problem

arises

with

your

telephone service after

you

have

connected

the

Telephone Responder,

disconnect. the

unit to see

if

thc

problem

is

caused by

its

use.

If

the

Telephone Responder

is

at fault, leave it

disconnected until

it is repaired

or

replaced.

If

the telephone

company

makes

a service call to

your

home

and determines that the Telephone Responder has

caused the

problem,

they

have

the right

to charge

you

for

a service call.

Telephone

Operation.

1.

Call

your

home from

any

phone.

The Responder

answers the

phone

after 30-35 seconds

(about

6

rings).

Wait

for

3 beeps.

2. Enter your

Security Code

(if

you

set one)

from

the

touch

tone

pad

on the telephone

you

are calling

from. Then

enter the

num-

ber of the

module

you

want to

control,

followed

by * for

ON or

#

for

OFF.

Note,

p

on the touch

tone

phone

represents Module

number

10. After

the

module

turns on or off,

you

hear

3 beeps.

You may now

enter

another

number,

then

press

*

for

ON or

# for

OFF again

and wait for

the 3 beeps. Enter

your

Security Code

only once

at the biginning

of tie call.

If

you

make a mistake when

entering

the digits,

press

*

or

#

then

enter them again.

The Re-

sponder will keep

the

line

engaged

for

30

seconds

after the

last

digit

you

key in.

If

you

own

an

answering

machine

set the slide switch on the

Tele-

phone

Responder

!o the Answering Machine

position,

otherwise

set

it

to the Normal

position.

PROBLEM

SOLVING.

If

a

particular

Module

won't

go

on or off

from

the

buttons on

the

Telephone Responder:

Check that

you

have

power

to the outlet

controlling

the

Module

and

the switch on the

light

or appliance

is

ON.

Check that

the Unit

Code on the Module

is

set to the

correct

num-

ber. Check that

the

Housecode

on the Module

and the

Telephone

Responder

are set to the same

letter.

Try

plugging

the

Module

and the Responder into

the same outlet.

If

the

Module

doesn't

work in ANY

outlet,

not

even with the

Module

and the

Responder in

the same

duplex

receptacle

(top

and

bottom) replace

the

Module. If

the Module works in some

outlets

but

not in

others, call

1-800-526-0027

for help.

If

you

canrt control ANY Modules from

the Telephone

Re-

sponder.
Check that

you

have

power

to

the outlet

for

the Telephone Re-

sponder. Check that the

Housecode

on the Telephone Responder

is set correctly.

Try

plugging

the

Module

and

the

Telephone

Re-

sponder

into

the same

outlet.

If NONE

of

your

Modules

work in

ANY outlet,

not

even with

the

Module

and

ttre

Telephone

Re-

sponder

in

the same duplex receptacle

(top

and

bottom)

replace

the

Telephone Responder. If

the

Telephone

Responder

works

in

some outlets but

not in

others, call 1-800-526-0027 for help.

INTERCOM

SYSTEMS.

Intercom

systems which

send

voice

signals

over existing electri-

cal

wiring

may

interfere

with

the operation

of the

Telephone

Re-

sponder

when

the

intercom

is in

use.

If

t}te

Intercom

system

has

its own separate wiring it will not

cause a

problem.

POWER INTERRUPTIONS.
When

the

power

is restored

after

an outage,

Lamp

Modules

and

Wall Switch

Modules

will normally

be OFF. Appliance Modules

will

stay as they were

before the

intemrption.

MANUAL

CONTROL.

Lights

and appliances

connected

to

plug-in

Modules

can be

turned ON with

their own

power

switch. Simply

turn the switch

OFF then

ON again once or twice. For lamps

with

three-way

bulbs,

you

might have

to

rotate

the

power

switch

up to 4 times

be-

fore

the

light

comes on.

The Wall

Switch

Module

can be turned

ON or OFF

locally

using

its

push

butlon.

The

power

On-Off

switch on the Wall

Switch

Module is

used to completely

tum off the

power.

For

example,

when

changing

a

light

bulb.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

Don't

exceed

the

ratings

of the Modules,

these are:

Lamp Module -

300

watts max.

incandescent

only.

Wall

Switch

Module

-

500 watts max.

60

watts min. incandes-

cent only.

Appliance Module -

appliances rated 15 Amp. resistive

(such

as

coffee

pots

and heaters)

or

l/3

H.P. motor load,

or

400

waus for

TV

sets or 500 watts for lamps,

because

of the

"inrush

current"

from

a cold

lamp.

Appliance Module: Don't

use

for

"instant-on"

TVs, heavy

duty

heating

appliances or anything which would

be dangerous if it

were turned

on

remotely while

unattended,

an electric

fan with

poorly protected

blades

for

example.

Wall

Switch

Module

and

Lamp Module:

For

safety: Don't use

with Fluorescent,

Mercury,

Sodium or

Low

Voltage lights. NO appliances such as

fans

etc.

Use

for incandes-

cent

lights

only.

Don't use to control a lamp

or

fixture

which al-

ready has

a dimmer

on

it. Don't use

a

Wall

Switch

Module

to con-

rol an outlet unless

you

are sure

no

one

will

plug

an

appliance

(a

vacuum

cleaner

for

example)

into

the outlet.