LineGrabber For Personal Emergency Response Systems

LineGrabber™ For Alarm Systems

The LineGrabber™ allows the Rescue Alert Medical Alarm to call for help when activated even when another telephone extension is off-hook in the house. (see note)

When several telephone jacks in a home share the same line, and a telephone is off-hook, your Rescue Alert unit may not be able to seize the line to make the emergency call.

The LineGrabber™ can help to solve this problem by allowing the Rescue Alert to seize the phone line from other connected devices (phone, fax, computer modem) on the same line, without the installation of an RJ31X jack.

The LineGrabber™ will work with rotary, pulse, and tone dialing phones, and is compatible with caller id, message waiting, and DSL.

How many LineGrabbers™ will I need?
For proper line seizure, each telephone device that shares the line with the Rescue Alert RA400 must have a LineGrabber™. The RA400 connects directly to the jack without a LineGrabber™. If there is a telephone connected behind the medical alert base unit, it needs a LineGrabber™.

Should I Use the LineGrabber™ or RJ31X?
The LineGrabber™ and the RJ-31X jack both achieve the same goal. Hardware cost for the LineGrabber is higher than with an RJ-31X jack, but when you consider the labor and electrical permits cost, the LineGrabber™ may be less expensive. The LineGrabber™ is designed for apartments, small homes, and stores where an RJ-31X jack would be a time-consuming installation. Installing LineGrabber™ is easier than installing an RJ-31X jack because it does not require hard wiring and most people can plug them in themselves.

NOTE: The LineGrabber™ may not work in large apartment complexes or businesses that have a pbx phone system, whereas the RJ31X will. If a telephone is left off hook for a long period of time, the telephone company may disable the telephone service to the house. If this condition arises, service to the house remains unavailable until a service complaint is made to the subscriber's telephone company. Alarm systems, like Rescue Alert's, depend on telephone service to function. Because there is no operating telephone service, the LineGrabber™ will not remedy the situation mentioned above. The amount of time elapsed before the telephone company disables the telephone service varies depending on the telephone company, the type of central office equipment, and other factors.

	LineGrabber™ Instruction Manual
	RJ31X-Kit
	Pricing Information

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