Rps; Rps Connection Methods - Bosch ICP-EZM2 Easy Series System Reference Manual

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For an overview of the Installer Phone Menu and User Phone Menu, refer to Section 1.3 Phone
Menus, page 10.
For detailed Phone Menu programming options, refer to Section 5 Programming, page 37.
4.2

RPS

RPS (Remote Programming Software) is a Windows-based account management and control
panel programming utility designed to remotely set up and program specific control panels.
You can use RPS to program the control panel from a laptop or PC that is on-site or off-site
from the control panel.
For complete installation and operation instructions, refer to the RPS Installation and
Operation Guide (P/N: 4998141259) that is available on the RPS CD-ROM.
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Once you configure a control panel using RPS, you can copy the programming from the
control panel to a programming key for use on another control panel, or for backup. Refer to
Section 4.3 Programming Keys, page 36.
4.2.1

RPS Connection Methods

You connect to the Easy Series Control Panel to make changes interactively.
To connect RPS to the control panel:
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3.
Automatic
This option is the primary method to use for establishing a connection between RPS and the
control panel.
Connect the internal modem on the RPS PC, or an external modem, to the control panel.
Manual Dial
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Open the control panel account by double-clicking the account, or select the account and
click Open.
Click Connect. The Panel Communication window opens.
Select a connection method from the Connect Via menu that best meets the system's
needs for remote programming. Refer to the following sections for descriptions of each
connection method.
Either the installer or RPS operator establishes a phone connection between the control
panel and RPS:
– The installer dials the RPS phone number using the house phone, or connects a test
telephone to the control panel's test posts,
OR
– From the RPS site, the RPS operator uses a telephone connected in parallel to the
RPS modem and manually dials the house phone number.
The RPS operator selects Manual Dial as the connection option on the RPS Panel
Communication window.
To answer the incoming call, the RPS operator clicks the Connect button on the RPS
Panel Communication window to establish a remote connection between RPS and the
control panel.
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