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Triggering Alarm/Siren from App
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davey_d
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At this time, there is no way to manually trigger a local alarm remotely - whether by you or by us. The only way to trigger an alarm is by being at the protected location.
But thank you for your suggestion. For your situation, we can also suggest that you set at least some of your sensors to Instant Trigger (you can set these in the Keypad settings, on a per-sensor basis). With the feature enabled, those sensors will trigger an alarm instantly, without the countdown!
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dstavis
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jsparks349_1
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whoaru99
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If you get a camera motion alert and can see someone breaking in/attempting to break in, in the interests of time, I suggest it would be prudent to call the Police directly. Every additional step increases response time.
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jsparks349_1
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stefano
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2 months ago
Calling the police is a good idea. However, if you are not local, the 911 response center may not be your police station and you need to have their number as a contact. On the other hand, it might be useful to call the service center monitoring your home and notify THEM that you have someone on video who does not belong there. Perhaps THEY can trigger the alarm remotely.
This is pretty fundamental if, for some reason, the sensors other than the camera are not triggered.
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