In this mode, ElkRP calls the system and someone with access to the system is responsible for making it answer. The telephone number ElkRP dials is on the Account Details screen.
The customer or on-site installer has to be expecting the call. ElkRP dials the number. When the customer’s telephone rings, the person on-site uses the keypad to force the system to answer the call. The details of how to do this differ from one system to the next. Refer to the system’s instruction manual for specific information. After the system answers, ElkRP connects to it.
The advantages to using this method are that it is very reliable because, if the person on-site answers on the first ring, it eliminates the possibility of an answering machine or some other device answering first. It also provides security, because someone with access to the system must be present to allow a connection (thus the system’s auto-answer feature may be disabled if this method is the only method used).
A disadvantage to using this method is that it is not automatic. It requires human intervention on the system’s side, and the person must be expecting the call.