The general feeling that one gains with an alarm system such as ADT monitoring the home is one of safety and comfort. Nevertheless, if you fail to protect your house through the ADT alarm system before leaving your house, then it can not alert the monitoring center if there is an intruder. The latter, of course, negates the purpose of having the system in the first place!
Fortunately, you will not need much help to arm your ADT alarm once you know the process of how to do it. So let me show you how to arm your ADT system before you leave the house in this article. Whether you have installed an ADT security system or their latest technological security system known as ADT Pulse with home automation, you will discover the critical basic things you need to do to ensure that your security system is armed.
Ensure That All Doors and Windows Have Been Locked
The first step that you should take before arming your ADT alarm is to ascertain that all entry points into your house are properly secured. Just make sure to go around the house and physically look at all the doors and the windows that open directly to the outside, you will see that they are all closed properly. Any swing open of the exterior doors or windows when arming the system will cause the system to chime or display an error message on the main screen that a zone is not ready to be armed. It is easier to spend some time for this rapid check now rather than suffer from headaches and false alarms later.
Disarm Other Users If Needed
In case some of the people living in your house such as relatives may have activated their access codes before, ensure that you cancel the security setting well before activating it when you are leaving the house. To disable the ADT panel, input your passcode to remove the arm status if the ADT panel was armed by another’s passcode. Having multiple passcodes armed simultaneously on one ADT alarm might result in problems in the future, so disarm fully first.
Select The Most Suitable Arming Mode
ADT alarm panels have different arming modes you can choose from to enable different levels of security while you’re away:
Stay Mode: For before sleeping or staying at home, but don’t want the perimeter guarded. Stay mode will keep the sensors alert by the exterior doors and windows yet give you the ability to move within your house. Whenever Stay Mode is on, then there will be no motion inside the car, and so all internal motion sensors will not operate.
Away Mode: This arming mode is usually set for cases where you are leaving your home and none of your family members remain behind. It sets and controls all the sensors within your system including internal motion sensors when you are away. If there is any unauthorized or unauthorized access or movement in your home when you are in Away Mode, ADT will trigger alarm tones and an emergency signal to the monitoring center.
Instant Mode: Stay Mode Premium — a higher level of Stay Mode aimed at granting the maximum level of perimeter security while being in the house. If all the doors and windows opened, the alarm sirens would sound if any of them were armed under Instant Mode. Instant Mode also does not have the delay of Stay Mode to provide an even faster answer.
To work effectively in protecting your home or business, individual arming modes can be selected based on whether one is leaving the premises or staying inside. Selecting the correct mode eliminates the unwanted alerts and notifications that are conveyed to ADT’s call center while not neglecting the important events.
Enter Your Passcode
It’s as easy as that: after checking the property, disarming other users, and selecting the right arming mode for the property, just type in your personal 4 or 6-digit passcode on the keypad and then select the “Arm” option. HE newer ADT Pulse touchscreen systems let you press the mode you want and then hit your PIN on the keypad. Either way, once the system is armed, it will show the keypad with the armed mode as the appearance.
Of course, it helps to know what the keypad display means, particularly if you are new to using a particular model of phone.
Solid Green LED light – All the sub-functions of the selected mode are activated to create a fully armed system. All the doors, windows, and internal sensor cams that are being watched are also safe and set. This means your ADT alarm is working and protecting your home when you are not around or when you are away.
Flashing Green LED – There is a problem with at least one of the protection zones/sensors in that property, but the system is partially active. For instance, the energy-saving foam door stops a door ajar, and the disconnection of the door sensor from the panel signals a blinking green light. In conclusion, as long as entry delay is allowed, you can leave the doorway that causes the problem without tripping the alarm then call the ADT technical support team if you cannot solve it on your own.
Solid Red LED light: The system was never armed at all due to some serious problems detected not allowing the arming of the system. For instance, if the smoking detector is off due to low power, it produces a system lockout from arming until the issue is solved. The panel will explain the particular type of trouble error that needs to be cleared before trying to arm again.
Sticking to the green solid light guidelines discussed above will guarantee that your ADT security system is offering optimum defense when you are away from the house. It is reassuring that your home is protected and under surveillance all day and night through ADT’s monitoring team.
Exit Safely After Arming
In this case, ensure that you allocate enough time that you can safely leave the house once the all-clear signal comes up. Almost all ADT panels also have an exit delay that starts counting down from the moment you arm your system to when the sensors begin to activate as you walk out. The basic exit delay windows range from 30 – 60 seconds Although, it is important to check your system’s status light and user guide to be certain about the timing.
If people are walking around inside the home after the system has been armed, simply shout “exiting now!” to alert them before opening doors to prevent them from opening a door behind you only to discover that other doors have opened barriers. This tip prevents pets from activating exterior boundary sensors while you are preparing to leave the house.
Pack Light / Disarm The System On Return
If you are coming back home after being out, there is usually enter the master passcode or the secondary user passcode followed by pressing the disarm button on the ADT alarm keypad to remove the security monitoring. As with arming, allow sufficient time for any door delays once inside a residence before the system’s sensors become active to prevent false alarms.
Once the system acknowledges your return and that the alarm has been disengaged, it then means you can roam freely within your compound with the full knowledge that maximum security is on stand-by to be activated the next time you leave your house.
Key Takeaways
Making sure you know how to turn on and off your ADT home security system correctly is vital to gaining full protection. As outlined here, you can save time and power by learning how to arm your ADT alarm like a pro before stepping out of the house in Stay, Away, or Instant armed modes. Making sure that doors/windows are closed, codes are deactivated, high-security levels are established, and can enter or exit safely after the system is armed will enable your system to operate at its optimal level.
It is easy to think that you have to go through a lot of procedures to activate your ADT alarm, but in the long run, you just learn it and do it perfectly the next time. Follow the above steps and you will be able to arm your system as you leave the room/house with full protection.
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