Steve
Senior Member
I had an issue that was driving me nuts for a while that I think I just realized what was happening and would either like to confirm that is by design, or see if there is a workaround, suggestion or fix.
When the M1 goes into alarm mode, Output1 spits out the Burglary warnings/siren, etc. That works fine on its own. What I did was to create a telephone configured as reporting format 5 - Voice and made a rule on alarm to dial that phone and announce Burglary. What happens is that when the alarm triggers the speakers on Output1 start their thing but a second or two later they just cut off. The keypads continue to beep. I realized that Output1 must be being used to deliver the voice message over the phone so when telco was seized to deliver the message, Output1 local was cut off. I did confirm after telco was completed and released the line, sound came back local.
Aside from having additional sirens on Output2 (I do have a few piezo screamers with a delay on Output2), is there any way to continue to have local voice and deliver a voice message over telco? My concern is if there is some self monitoring, there is no 'deterrent' of the local alarm until Output2 kicks in. I know I could just send a text message or email to the phone instead of a voice message, but was just wondering...
When the M1 goes into alarm mode, Output1 spits out the Burglary warnings/siren, etc. That works fine on its own. What I did was to create a telephone configured as reporting format 5 - Voice and made a rule on alarm to dial that phone and announce Burglary. What happens is that when the alarm triggers the speakers on Output1 start their thing but a second or two later they just cut off. The keypads continue to beep. I realized that Output1 must be being used to deliver the voice message over the phone so when telco was seized to deliver the message, Output1 local was cut off. I did confirm after telco was completed and released the line, sound came back local.
Aside from having additional sirens on Output2 (I do have a few piezo screamers with a delay on Output2), is there any way to continue to have local voice and deliver a voice message over telco? My concern is if there is some self monitoring, there is no 'deterrent' of the local alarm until Output2 kicks in. I know I could just send a text message or email to the phone instead of a voice message, but was just wondering...