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🛡Home Security => Problems and Troubleshooting => Topic started by: stungagain on May 04, 2010, 12:57:53 PM
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I've read several posts here, on other sites, the x10 knowledge base, etc.
I have Time Warner phone, cable, & internet.
My dialing function doesn't work. I programmed in my cell phone # to all 4 memory locations. And I recorded a message.
When I trigger my security console, I don't get a call to my cell phone. I can just vaguely hear it when I plug in & listen with the little ear piece. Also, when I pick up my home phone, I can hear my security message a little better. Even more interesting, when I press "0" on my home phone, my security console will stop alarming and I can hear what's going on in the room from the security console. I can't tell by listening on the ear piece or my home phone just how many digits are being dialed from the Console (but I do hear a few dial blips).
So, any ideas or suggestions on how I can make this work? Thanks.
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I added a DSL filter and this seems to have helped, a little, at least the Console appears to have dialed a full number. But it dials the wrong number...not really close to what I program in.
X10 Tech Spt says to return it and try another one.
At least I can say the advice about adding a DSL Filter (even if don't have DSL, but instead cable digital phone) seems to help.
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We have seen other threads on cable phones not dialing correctly with the console.
I did a search and found a few there maybe more.
http://forums.x10.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=22h0ifhtshu5dvqb9gg19uh5u7&topic=19954.0
http://forums.x10.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=22h0ifhtshu5dvqb9gg19uh5u7&topic=19531.0
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i have the same problem with Vonage. I cannot call a number with the digit 3 in it. Fortunately, we have enough phones in the family that at least one of them doesn't have a 3. I suspect that the tones from the dialer are not close enough or the Vonage (or Time Warner) do not have enough slop to accurately decode them, or both. I hope over time that the dialers will ger more accurate.