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If you don't have a dialup modem on your system you can't use mobile phones as alarms.
If the modem is in use by another application you will not be able to use mobile phones as alarms.
When the phone rings in response to an alarm, don't answer the call as you will incur call charges. Simply reject the call.
Phone alarms are enabled in Options>Use phone.
Setup modem: Brings up a dialog with compatible modem devices. Simply select the one you normally use for dialup connections. If you're not sure which to select; In Windows go to Start>Settings>Control Panel and double click the Network and Dialup connections. Search down the list for an item with Type = Dial-up, right click it and select properties. Take note of the description of the checked item, there's normally only one, if there are more, note the description of the first one.
Default phone No: Click to open a dialog to allow you to set a default phone number for new timers to call when an alarm is triggered. Do not use the same number for the line your modem is connected to, it can't dial itself. This would normally be your mobile phone number unless you have more than one line in your home. It is not advised to use land line phone numbers for alarms as in most cases you can't tell who the caller is which will result in you being unable to decide whether or not to ignore the call. It wouldn't normally be necessary but each alarm can have it's own number, see Time pointer properties. If you need to dial a number for an outside line, include that number, ie., "9 0161 962 4358" (without quotes) where '9' is the number to access the outside line.
IMPORTANT: Make sure that any phone numbers you use are your own. If you inadvertently put someone elses phone number in and keep dialing it you run the risk of being reported to your phone company for being a nuisance.
You will rarely, if ever need to use the following options when using the timer for it's intended use which is cooking. You might want to use them if there's a likelihood that a phone might be engaged when an alarm is triggered.
Retry wait: Default=2 seconds. Determines the length of time after a failed connection to wait before redialing. Only applicable if Max Attempts is more than one. If 'Menu>Options>Alarm period' is set to less than 'Retry wait' the call will be cancelled before the program has a chance to redial.
Max Attempts: Default=1. How many times the dialer should try to connect.
Test: Dials the default phone number using the computer modem. Your phone should ring and automatically terminate after the Alarm period as set up in Options>Alarm period.
see also: Use phone in the Options menu.
and Setup modem error
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