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Contents
1 The Purpose of an APS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Supported APS Units and their Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1 Units Supported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2 Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Physical Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4 Configuring the Service Kit and Base Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1 Configuring the Service Kit for Dial-in via an APS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2 Configuring the Service Kit for a Direct Connection via an APS . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.3 Configuring the Base Station to Dial Out to an Alarm Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5 Configuring the APS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.1 Ensuring the Security of Configuration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2 Configuring the Set-up Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.3 Configuring the Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6 Testing the Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7 Essential Modem Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
8 Known Issues or Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Document Conventions
‘Configure > Communications > Alarm Center’ means ‘click the
Configure icon on the toolbar, then in the navigation pane find the
Communications group, and select Alarm Center from it’.
Associated Documentation
TN-742: Remotely Monitoring and Configuring the TB8100 Base Station.
TB8100 Installation and Operation Manual (MBA-00005-xx).
TB8100 Service Kit User’s Manual (MBA-00010-xx) and online Help.
TB8100 Alarm Center User’s Manual (MB8100-80-00-806) and online Help.
Your APS User’s Guide.