How To Clear a Phone Line Failure from a Honeywell Vista with SEM

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Phone Line Failure means that the system is looking for a connection via a landline (POTS). This does not mean that the SEM is not communicating. If a SEM-Honeywell/ADEMCO Vista panel is getting a Phone Line Failure, there may be a value programmed in [*][41].

To clear a phone line failure on a SEM-Honeywell/ADEMCO Vista:

Typically, this can be resolved automatically. To do so:

  1. Verify the SEM is the only communication path for alarm signaling to the monitoring station. The SEM is not compatible with phone lines (POTS) or other communicator modules. If a phone line is connected to the panel, disconnect it.
  2. Power cycle the system.
  3. Verify a successful zone scan occurs. When the SEM scans for zones, it automatically programs all of the required settings in the Dialer Programming sections (41, 42, 43, 45, 48, 49, 64).
  4. It should finish in about 10 minutes. Once it is done, let us know and we can send commands to resync the system (during normal business hours.

To clear a phone line failure on a SEM-Honeywell/ADEMCO Vista manually

Most of the time, the above will clear the error. Sometimes, you will need to make manual adjustments to programming. The below fields in programming may need to be altered.:

To enter System Programming at the keypad:

  1. Enter the installer code.
  2. Press [800] .
  3. Press * [41] Primary Phone No. needs to be cleared. Press [*] to clear and move on.
  4. Press * [42] Secondary Phone No. needs to be cleared. Press [*] to clear and move on.
  5. Press* [43] Partition 1 Primary Acct. No. needs to be set to a four-digit number. Alarm.com automatically sets this setting to 1111. Type 1111 then Press [*] to clear and move on.
  6. Press * [45] Partition 2 Primary Acct. No. needs to be set to a four-digit number. Alarm.com automatically sets this setting to 4321. Press [*] to clear and move on.
  7. Press * [48] Report Format needs the primary phone number format set to [77]. Press [*] to clear and move on.
  8. Press * [55] Dynamic Signaling Priority needs to be set to [1]. Press [*] to clear and move on.
  9. Press * [64] Test Report Code needs to be set to [1,0].
  10. Press * [92] Phone Line Monitor Enable needs to be set to [0,0].*
  11. When done press * [99]to exit programming.

You will need an alphanumeric keypad like the Honeywell 6160 in order to access programming.