ADT Pulse is a home security system that enables the user to access the home security system to monitor the home security from the smartphone and a web portal. This includes the option to enter into the system personal alarms to use in either arming or disarming the system. These are four digits long by default but the user has the flexibility to change these longer at any given time for added security. 

Prerequisites

Before changing alarm codes, users will need to make sure that they have the following:

  • My connection to the ADT Pulse smartphone app has to be established with the security system in the first place.
  • It was the four-digit master alarm code of the current year and the following year.
  • An alternative four-digit alarm code was chosen to be the new code

Users will also wish to inform other people within the house who have their alarm codes informing them that the code will be changed to ensure that all the codes are changed at one time. This is a way of preventing the problem of alarms going off each time somebody attempts to use an old code.

Depending on the subscribed ADT package, there may be variations on how one can switch codes. Users need to ensure that the plan they have provides for remote access as well as utilizing the mobile app to adjust settings in the system before going through the following steps.

How to Reset the Master Code of Burglar Alarm?

Here are the steps to change the master alarm code through the ADT Pulse mobile app:

1. On the device that will be running the app, open your smartphone browser and launch the ADT alarm system Pulse application if you haven’t signed in already, do so by entering your account information. This leads you to the systems controls of your company.

2. Touch the Menu icon located in the upper left corner of the app’s GUI layout. This unveils the app options.

3. Move down the menu and select the Security Settings tab. This to me raises options on how to deal with the settings of your security system.

4. Tap Master Code. This will lead you to the product and you shall be asked to input the current master code.

5. On the keypad that appears, input the current four-digit master alarm code. Type Done in the next row once the entries are inputted correctly.

6. You will then input a new four-digit master code and you will be asked to confirm it two times. To enter the code, type the new code once and then type the code again, followed by Done.

7. The Save button is enabled once the new code is entered in the two text boxes and its value is validated as correct. Press Save again to reset the master code in the system.

8. You will receive a confirmation that the master alarm code has been updated with the new one. Tap OK.

The organization’s new four-digit master alarm code is now changed and can be used to activate and deactivate the system as desired from this moment. It is to be mentioned that all other previous codes related to users will remain unchanged until they are individually altered.

User alarm codes are easy to change, and in this article, we will explain how you can change them to enhance the security of your home.

9. To implement, follow the steps below; Open the ADT Pulse menu, then go to Security Settings Press User Codes.

10. If you want to modify any code, you have to tap on the specific code. You may for example be asked for the current master code which should be entered.

11. There will also be an old four-digit user code on the keypad, press the red X icon to delete it.

12. First, enter a new four-digit code and press Save again; second, repeat the new four-digit code and press Save.

13. They repeat the procedure for all the user codes that require an update.

Now when users try to enter their old codes, the system will not disarm; hence, ensuring that unauthorized persons do not open the gates. Hence, everybody should switch to the freshly updated codes going forward any time the system requires arming or disarming. They can also try to edit codes in the future by repeating the general process within the app.

Key Things to Remember

Here are some key tips to remember when changing ADT alarm codes:

  • Altera la codificación máster en primer lugar y luego modifica todas las codificaciones individuales del usuario.
  • Choose a new password for yourself, so that such a code can be easily remembered, but others cannot easily guess it
  • Do not use the birth dates, addresses, phone numbers, or any other codes that may easily be connected to the user
  • Inform all users that there is a new code out there to be used at a time when users will start using an entirely different code.
  • This is because switching codes now and then makes the system secure and makes the users feel more secure.

One can easily change the alarm codes via the new ADT Pulse app within a few minutes. Based on the idea of having unique updated user codes that are customized to meet each user’s need, users have the assurance that their homes and families are secure. Contact ADT customer service for any queries on whether to update the codes or anything that you would like to know about your Pulse systems.

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