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    Template Accounts                                 Bulletin 2060 09/27/99  
    Copyright (C) 1993, Coastal Security Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.  
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    The central station can create an account which defines all of the signals
which you normally program for a certain type of alarm panel.  Once this is
done, you no longer need to provide complete signal information with each
account you put on line.  All you need to do is refer to the template account
number and submit any changes or deviations with the new account paperwork.

    There is no charge for a template account.  You may have as many as you
wish.  Template account information will be included in your down loads so that
you may review and update them like any other account.

    When an alarm signal is received the central station software looks for a
matching code and zone in the subscriber's record first.  If not found, the
template account is searched.  If still not found the invalid signal procedure
described in bulletin 1010 will apply.

    It is imperative that in all template accounts the dispatch agencies are
defined as follows:

	agency 1 for police
	agency 2 for fire
	agency 3 for medical
	agency 4 for guard or runner service

The central station software will convert these agency numbers to the proper
numbers for the actual subscriber when a signal is found in the template
account.  If you use a dispatch agency number higher than 4 in a template it
will be copied directly into the subscriber account.

    Dealers using remote access need to know how template account entry works.
If you enter a template account number and the account has no signals defined,
the software will ask if you wish to load the signals.	If you type "Y" for yes
then the signals defined in the template account will be copied into the
subscriber account so that you can modify them as you see fit.	You may delete
signals that are exact duplicates of signals that will remain in the template.
There is no need to load a copy of the signals from the template account unless
you need to make special changes for a particular subscriber.

    Always keep in mind that when you change a template you may be changing the
way signals will be handled for a large number of accounts.  The central station
data entry department can produce a report for you listing all of the accounts
that use a particular template.  You should request this report by fax before
making extensive changes to a template and especially before deleting a template
account.