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System Administrator’s Guide
Document K14392V1 Rev A 33
07/07
Forcing a Local Dial-up Across Area Codes
1. In the Add Site/Update Site dialog box (as in Naming / Renaming a Site), in the
“Connections to the Site” pane, click either:
, to add a connection. The Add Connection dialog box appears.
- or -
, to update a connection. The Update Connection dialog box appears.
2. Click Use Dial-up Networking.
3. In the Connection Name box, append a suggestive name such as “force local call”.
4. In the Phone Number box, type only the telephone number needed to reach the unit.
5. Leave the Country Code and Area Code (City Code) boxes empty. Steps 4 and 5 fool
Windows’ Dial-up Networking into making a local call across different area codes.
6. An “Add Site / Update Site” window is displayed.
7. Click Close. The Sites tab appears In the tab’s Primary Connection column, the first
letter of “dial-up” appears in parentheses: (d), followed by the telephone number used to
connect to the Multi-Media unit.
Dial-up Technical Note
PPP
During a dial-up connection, temporary TCP/IP network communications are established between
the Multi-Media unit and the PC. These default point-to-point protocol (PPP) Internet Protocol (IP)
settings can be changed, should they conflict with other network devices (printers, scanners and
so on). See
Serial Device: Modem, on p. 138.
Should you plan to add an alarm station
Should you plan to add one or more alarm stations using dial-up connections, Honeywell
recommends that area codes be included in all telephone numbers. Dial-up connections between
a Multi-Media unit and an alarm station running View are explained in
Dial-up Connection to an
Alarm Station, on p. 208.