Doorbell Answer
Your system may have a weather resistant exterior audio station designed for doorbell operation. The
exterior audio station has only one button, a Call button. The exterior audio station cannot receive
pages, Monitor or receive incoming calls.
To initiate a call from the exterior audio station do the following:
Step 1 - Press the Call button on the exterior audio station. All the interior audio stations will make a
chime sound. Since there can be more than one exterior audio station on the system there are two
different chime sounds available. This will help you identify from which the call is coming.
To answer a doorbell call do the following:
Step 1 - Press the Page/Answer button on any interior audio station. The audio station will beep
twice. At this point a private communication link is established between the exterior audio station
used to perform the call and the audio station that answered.
Responding to a Doorbell Call Without Answering
If your system has been set up to allow responding to a doorbell call without answering, all audio
stations will be able to communicate with the doorbell which initiated the page for 30 seconds
without pressing the Page/Answer button to answer.
To respond to a doorbell call without answering do the following:
Step 1 - Once the doorbell tone is heard from the closest station, simply respond without pressing the
Page/Answer button.
To answer a doorbell call after responding hands-free do the following:
Step 1 - Press the Page/Answer button on the closest audio station to establish a private
communication link and allow a duration longer than 30 seconds.
Responding To A Doorbell Call Without Answering will not work if there is already a page in
progress, a telephone call is in progress or if the monitor feature is active.
Doorbell While on Page
If a page is in progress when a doorbell is pressed the two persons on the page will hear the
doorbell tone. Only the two persons on the page will hear the doorbell.
To answer the doorbell while on page do the following:
Step 1 - Either person can press the Page/Answer button on their audio station. The page will be
disconnected and the person who pressed the Page/Answer button will be immediately connected to
the exterior audio station that initiated the doorbell.
Activating a Doorstrike
If your system has been set up for doorstrike operation, a doorstrike can be triggered while a
communication link exists between an interior audio station and an exterior audio station.
To activate the doorstrike feature do the following:
Step 1 - Press and hold the Page/Answer button on the interior audio station for 1 second. An
acknowledgement beep will be heard and the doorstrike will activate.
Monitoring
The Monitor feature can be used to broadcast one interior audio station to all the other audio stations
on premise. This is useful for monitoring a baby in a room.
To turn on the monitor feature do the following:
Step 1 - Go to the audio station in the room you want to Monitor.
Step 2 - Press and hold the Do Not Disturb button for at least 2 seconds. The Do Not Disturb light will
begin to flash and the station will be put in Do Not Disturb mode. All sound in the room will be
transmitted to all the other interior audio stations.
To turn off the monitor feature do the following:
Step 1 - Press the Do Not Disturb button once. The station will return to the state it was in before the
monitor feature was turned on. Do Not Disturb (Light is ON) or Normal (Light is OFF).
Paging, Doorbell and Incoming Calls While Monitoring
Interior audio stations can still be used to initiate/answer pages, annunciate and answer the doorbell
and ring and answer incoming phone calls. If a page, dooranswer or telephone call answer is in
progress the Monitor feature will not operate until the conversation is ended.
Answering Incoming Calls
When an incoming phone call is detected, a ring tone will be generated on all interior audio stations
which are enabled to ring.
All interior audio stations can answer an incoming phone call regardless of whether it
rings or not.
To answer an incoming telephone call do the following:
Step 1 - Press and hold the Page/Answer button for 1 second. When the button is pressed a private
communication link is established between the interior audio station where the button was pressed
and the incoming call.
To hang up a telephone call do the following:
Step 1 - Press the Page/Answer button for 1 second. When the button is pressed the audio station will
hang up the call. If the person calling hangs up the audio station will hang up after 30 seconds of silence.
Answering an Incoming Call While Paging
If a page is in progress when an incoming call is detected the two persons on the page will hear the
ring tone. Only the two persons on the page will hear the ring.
To answer an incoming call while on page do the following:
Step 1 - Either person can press and hold the Page/Answer button for 1 second on their audio station.
The page will be disconnected and the person who pressed the Page/Answer button will be
immediately connected to the incoming call.
Transferring an Answered Call to the In-house Phones
Once you have answered a call at the interior audio station, the call can be transferred to an in-
house phone.
To transfer the call:
Step 1 - Pick up an in-house phone and press the [#] key. When the in-house phone is picked up and a
[#] is pressed the phone call will be transferred from the intercom station to the in-house phone.
To hang up the call:
Step 1 - Simply hang up the phone hand set as you normally would.
Call Waiting
To answer a second call while on line with the first call, simply press the Page/Answer button briefly.
This will function like pressing a telephone off-hook switch or Flash button. To return to the first call,
simply press the Page/Answer button again.
User Help
If your system has been setup for User Help, the following steps will allow the Escort5580 Audio
Assistant to instruct you through the Audio Interface.
On an LED keypad:
Press and hold the designated Help function key for two seconds. The audio interface will perform a
page to all stations. Answer the page from the closest station by pressing the Page/Answer button.
The Audio Help will now begin by prompting "HELLO, ......"
On an LCD keypad:
Press and hold the designated Help function key for two seconds. The Audio Help will begin by
prompting "HELLO, ......"
The volume level of User Help can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the volume of
the Escort5580 Audio Assistant.