Vivint is a Home Security System and smart home firm that offers different smart home gadgets and security touch panels for homes and companies. Vivint home security systems are modifiable with gadgets such as door/window contacts, motion sensors, and CCTV cameras among others which are all connected to the master Vivint alarm panel in your house.
Vivint’s Smart Hub serves as the main interface of the SMART home system. This can be done with an actual touch of the button or by inputting a code, which will in turn allow the user to arm, disarm, or shut down the security system completely. Moreover, it also sets and shows the status of the system through its LCD LED lights and built-in speaker.
It is crucial to understand how to shut down the Vivint panel properly without causing the alarm to sound or causing the system to lose power abruptly, which can lead to the corruption of the saved data. Luckily, it is quite easy to shut down a Vivint system when done correctly as outlined above, using the panel only.
How to safely and securely power on or off your Vivint Smart Home panel?
It is also possible to disable a Vivint panel with the following procedures:
- Press the control panel of your Vivint home security that has a keypad. The panel is a Vivint solar panel and its keypad contains the number buttons from 0-9 and the other buttons which include star(*), pound(#), ARM, STAY, and OFF buttons.
- If asked, insert the correct code for your device and or account. Almost all panels in Vivint call for unlocking using the 4 or 6-digit home security passcode. This assists in authenticating the allowed user and denying the rest from reaching system interfaces.
- If none of the previous steps work, press the SYSTEM OFF or POWER DOWN button. Type your passcode and then look for the SYSTEM OFF or POWER DOWN button on the keypad and press it. Regarding the touch panels, you should locate the on-screen icon that says SYSTEM OFF and make a firm touch on it.
This will start the power-down sequence of the Vivint control unit that handles the home automation system. Although different types of panel models are available in the market, names of buttons and positions may differ but they all will perform the same task.
1. The panel will make verbal countdown announcements as it turns off – 10, 9, 8 … When the OFF button is pressed, the Vivint panel speaks out the message that is ‘Powering System Down’ and then a countdown begins in the voice mode for 30 seconds until the system switches off.
It will then shut down and the descending numbers on the built-in speakers will be “30…15…5, 4, 3, 2, 1”. The backlights that are used in the display will also be off as the process continues to the end.
2. Cutting the power supply for the panel and other devices of the system is done when the countdown reaches its end. Once the 30-second timer has elapsed, the Vivint system will shut itself off safely. The control panel screen will be off and other devices such as security cameras and smart locks could potentially open or power down at this point.
No component of the Vivint home security will be monitored or even recorded since the main panel for this brand is currently out of service. Nonetheless, equipment such as the smoke detector may continue to store a backup battery as a contingency.
What Happens If You Turn Off the Vivint Panel and then Switch it Back On
To power it down, you need to press certain buttons on your Vivint panel, and to power it on, you only need to follow the same process.
You can either:
- To power it back on instantly, just hold down the circular button that is located below the Vivint panel’s casing.
- Wait approx. Two minutes of auto rebooting time when the backup batteries have been charged fully.
After completing the reboot process, it may be necessary to input the security code again to bring back the normal security operations of the panel across all the connected system devices.
Conclusion
It is also essential to turn off or restart smart home devices sometimes because it can help in addressing some technical challenges or enhance their performance. To sum it up, proper procedures should be followed to prevent issues from occurring further in the future.
For Vivint panels, customers should always turn the power off on the keypad (or touch screen) and should not remove the power abruptly as explained above. Ensuring the system remains on its full shutdown mode, but allowing the automated verbal countdown before the Vivint system powers off protects the system and its settings from damage.
Though the process may differ depending on the specific panel models, the power-off process enables you to turn off the Vivint equipment to avoid accidents such as fires, and electrical shocks among others when on vacation, doing electrical work, or even when moving the panels to another place. Just remember to type in your passcode when prompted and never press other buttons but the indicated SYSTEM OFF or POWER DOWN button.
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