Comparison between SD-8 and Microtel 500


FEATURE

H&R ELECTRONICS SD-8

MICROTEL 500

NUMBER OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS CAPABLE OF DIALING 8 64
NUMBER OF MONITORED CHANNELS 8 8
TYPE OF VOICE MESSAGE DIGITIZED DIGITIZED
SOURCE OF VOCABULARY FACTORY INSTALL, OR USER INSTALLED USER INSTALLED
ACKNOWLEDGMENT FEATURE YES YES
TIME DELAY AFTER ACKNOWLEDGE TO ALLOW FOR CALLED PARTY TO RESPOND TO ALARM. YES,TIME SET FROM 1 MINUTE TO 99 MINUTES YES TIME NOT KNOWN
TELEPHONE LINE UTILIZED STANDARD VOICE GRADE STANDARD VOICE GRADE
REMOTE ACCESS BY TELEPHONE CHANGE TIME, MESSAGE OR GET STATUS, "BUY" ADDITIONAL TIME IF REQUIRED FOR FAILSAFE DELAY. IN ADDITION TO REMOTE PROGRAMMING . STATUS, REMOTE PROGRAMMING
VOICE PROMPTS TO AID IN PROGRAMMING YES UNKNOWN
TYPE OF VOCABULARY UNLIMITED WORDS AND PHRASES ANY WORD/PHRASE
TOTAL TIME OF VOCABULARY FOR ALARM DESCRIPTIONS 90 SECONDS FOR VOICE PROMPTS 90 SECONDS TOTAL SPEECH 256 SEC
STORAGE OF VOICE MESSAGE PERMANENT STORAGE REQUIRES NO BATTERY TO HOLD VOICE 100 YEAR RETENTION OF VOICE 10 YRS RETENTION PROVIDED BATTERY POWER APPLIED
EFFECT OF NO POWER ON VOICE NO EFFECT, WILL STILL BE NORMAL WILL DEGRADE AND BE SCRAMBLED
DELAYS AVAILABLE TO CUSTOMER 0 TO 99 SECONDS AND 0 99 MINUTES NOT STATED
OPERATION IF THE SYSTEM IF ACKNOWLEDGED THE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN IN A QUIESCENT STATE UNTIL THE FAILSAFE TIME DELAY HAS EXPIRE. NEW ALARMS HAVE NO HIGHER PRIORITY

NEW ALARM WILL CAUSE SYSTEM TO RE-DIAL ALARM CONDITION

WARRANTY TWO YEARS TWO YEARS
STANDARD SYSTEM MONITORS EIGHT CHANNELS REQUIRES I/O CARD FOR EACH ALARM
TYPE OF ALARM CONTACTS EACH UNIT MAY HAVE N/O OR N/C THIS IS CONFIGURED BY INSERTING CARDS FOR EACH CHANNEL
NUMBER OF BOARDS INVOLVED IN 8 ALARM CONDITIONS TWO 9 TOTAL ONE MOTHER, 8 I/O
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO TRANSMIT TO COMPUTER SYSTEM NOT AVAILABLE AVAILABLE AT ADDITIONS COST
PROGRAMMABLE RING COUNT BEFORE HANG UP USER SELECTED 1 TO 99 1 TO 20
PROGRAMMABLE CALL INTERVAL SELECTED BY CUSTOMER AT THE MAIN MENU FROM 0 , 1,2,5 OR ANY 4 OTHER SEQUENCE IF IDENTIFIED PRIOR TO SHIPMENT 1 TO 999 MINUTES
ACCESS CODE REQUIRE TO ACCESS SYSTEM REMOTELY 4 DIGIT CODE SELECTED BY CUSTOMER 4 DIGITS BY CUSTOMER
ACCESS OF STATUS INFORMATION FREE TO ALL WITHOUT CODE REQUIRES 4 DIGIT CODE
ACCESS OF PROGRAMMING SYSTEM REMOTELY WITH CODE REMOTELY WITH CODE
NUMBER OF MESSAGE REPETITIONS MESSAGE COMPOSED AT THE TIME CUSTOMER RECORDS EACH OF THE 8 ALARM MESSAGES. TOTAL TIME SET ASIDE FOR ALARM MESSAGES OF ANY LENGTH NOT TO EXCEED 90 SECOND.

CALLED PARTY MAY ENTER 3 DIGIT CODE TO REPEAT THE ENTIRE MESSAGE AS EACH TELEPHONE CALL CONDITION MAY DICTATE

1 - 20 REPETITIONS (FIXED)
ABILITY TO RESPOND TO BUSY OR ANSWER ON THE TELEPHONE NETWORK YES YES
METHOD OF DIAL OUT TOUCH TONE TONE, OR PULSE(OLD STYLE OF DIALING)
PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES SPEECH, TELEPHONE NUMBERS, TIME DELAYS TYPE OF CONTACT CLOSURE CAPABLE OF PROGRAMMING ALL VARIABLES FEATURES EXCEPT TIME WINDOW FOR PAGER WHICH IS SELECTED VIA TELEPHONE CONTACT BY FACTORY AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL SPEECH, TEL NO.'S AND OTHER UNSPECIFIED FUNCTIONS
TYPE ENCLOSURE FIBERGLASS NEMA 1 WITH THE OPTIONS FOR STAINLESS STEEL, NEMA 4, OR OTHER ENCLOSURE NOT LIMITED TO ANY SPECIAL ENCLOSURE NEMA 4X FIBERGLASS
CIRCUIT BOARD THEORY TWO STACKED BOARDS(8 CHANNELS) 8 DIFFERENT BOARDS, PLUS MOTHER BOARD
TYPE OF LIGHTNING ARRESTOR ON TRIP CIRCUITS OPTO ISOLATORS, WITH POWER SUPPLY W/ CROWBAR TYPE FEATURE GAS TUBE /ZENIER
TYPE OF LIGHTING PROTECTION ON TEL LINES SIDACTOR CAPABLE OF DISSIPATION 600 VOLTS OTHER LIGHTING PROTECTION IS AVAILABLE.

THE 9 VOLT TRANSFORMER OFFER SUPERB PROTECTION FROM SPIKES AND TRANSIENTS

GAS TUBE /ZENIER
BATTERY BACK UP 24 HOURS 24 HOURS
METHOD OF ENTERING DATA INTO SYSTEM STANDARD TELEPHONE HANDSET INCLUDED IN SYSTEM KEYPAD ON UNIT
VERIFICATION OF ENTERED DATA AVAILABLE VIA LCD DISPLAY ON THE ENTRY HANDSET LCD DISPLAY
LCD DISPLAY SINGLE LINE LCD FOR TELEPHONE ALL DIGITAL INPUTS 40 CHARACTER LCD
STORAGE OF DATA INCLUDING TELEPHONE NUMBERS NON VOLATILE MEMORY NON VOLATILE MEMORY
INTERNAL DIAGNOSTICS LED DISPLAY OF ALL OPERATING VOLTAGES ON THE SYSTEM NUMBER OF CALLS PLACED, RECV, AND POWER FAILS
ABILITY TO DETECT VALID TEL LINE STATUS VIA LED DISPLAY YES
LCD DISPLAY OF HELP IN PROGRAMMING YES NUMBER ENTERED VIA THE HANDSET YES
NUMBER OF O & M MANUALS FURNISHED 3 ADDITIONAL AS REQ'D @ $10 EACH 3
ABILITY TO DIAL A PAGER AND ENTER THE STATION LOCATION CODE (3 DIGITS) AND THE REMAINING DIGITS 1-8 DEFINING THE VARIOUS ALARM CHANNEL WHICH HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED AND TIME OUT PER TIME SET BY CUSTOMER NOT STATED PROBABLY NOT AVAILABLE NO A/C FAIL IN ADDITION TO 8 CHANNELS
ABILITY TO DIAL A PAGER AND ENTER THE A/C POWER FAIL CODE THE NUMBER 9 DIGIT IS TRANSMITTED WHEN THE CUSTOMER SELECTS TO MONITOR THE INTERNAL A/C POWER FAIL NOT STATED PROBABLY NOT AVAILABLE NO A/C FAIL IN ADDITION TO 8 CHANNELS

 

FEATURES FOUND IN THE SD-8 BUT NOT THE MICROTEL 500

Updated 3/98

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