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Separate Door Chime setting per Entry Sensor
Hello,
Does anyone know if this is an option ?
Because if not I believe Simplisafe should definitely get on this with a future update because it shouldn't be very hard to do.
There should be a function that allows you to turn off or silent the chime feature when a device is triggered on "certain' devices.
For example, if one of our bedroom doors are always opening all the time in the house we don't want to be getting used to that notification since it could be the front door or back door opening but we just assume it's always the bedroom door. Or in another case like if someone is sleeping or watching a movie downstairs and people upstairs keep opening and closing the door then the chime keeps going off and it could be disruptive .
The chime feature should be used to notify me when a device is triggered when I'm home and I should take mental note of it . But now I'm just so used to the chime that I don't realize it could possibly be the front or back door opening and my dog could walk out and I won't notice.
If there is anyone out there that can shine light on this that would be great.
Again I know you can turn the whole thing off. But I want only the bedroom door and office to not chime.
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jimzeroff
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I think it would be great to be able to turn chime off by each door, we have some that we use all day and other we would like to be alerted. I can only find all off or on.
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Ben_in_NC
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3 months ago
Hi,
I have had my SimpliSafe system for about 3 years now and have referred other family members who have SimpliSafe systems now as well so awesome product.
I have a request as I have 2 special needs children with one being Non-verbal and more severe along with there being significant safety challenges that we have to manage. I have a separate siren unit that we use and likely will be adding another upstairs as well but we use the siren unit for the door chime alert and not the base station entry sensor chime or name announcement function for a number of reasons.
I have a very significant need for the entry chime capabilities to be expanded. What I desperately need is for the various entry sensors to be able to have potentially different chime sounds (I am guessing the siren is just a Piezoelectric speaker and not fully voice/audio capable). I have 5 external entry doors with sensors on them and they all chime exactly the same. If there were a way to set different distinct chimes or even potentially different groups of sensors to a unique chime it would be life changing. We have therapists who go in and out through our front door multiple times a day but our other entry doors are not really within easy viewing point from our living room where my wife or both of us usually are throughout various times of the day and evening. It is crucial for us to be able to audibly be able to tell if the back door versus the garage door versus the front door for example were opened which would help us better potentially stop one of my children from exiting the house during the day or evening without us fully being aware it's potentially them as my more severe child can now unlock door knobs and deadbolts and putting interior keyed locks or additional door latches/locks would stop normal function of myself or other caregivers/therapists or family members from being able to enter without challenges.
Additionally it would be excellent if you could set certain sensors to not chime in addition to not triggering an alarm countdown when the system is in home mode (for example I open my exterior garage door to the outside but have not entered the door from the garage to inside the house when getting home in the middle of the night from work after everyone is asleep and alarm set to home and I am bringing tools and such into the garage before actually coming into the house from the interior garage door and either may not be aware the alarm is set or may not want that door chime alert going off multiple times inside the house as I come in and out of the exterior garage door. Also sensors such as a cabinet or a bedroom door that maybe is set for silent alert/monitoring (my crawlspace door for example) that I may not want chiming or my childs bedroom door we monitor with a sensor that we may want to chime but not activate the countdown or alarm when the alarm is set to home mode.
I think this expanded functionality could prove very useful/desirable to other customers as well in addition would likely make the system very desirable to special needs families that may have unique needs to better monitor and alert for various things and would likely become a widespread desired product to those families as a solution to a number of problems that traditional systems that either don't have the functionality for or are not even capable of solving for due to wiring and such along with location of the device need.
This function could very well be a lifesaver for my family and others who have children that are capable of potentially unknowingly wandering out of the house and are not aware of danger of things like cars in the road or maybe take off and run and are attracted to water but can't or don't know how to swim for example and often end up being found in a lake/pond or swimming pool that may be nearby or in a neighbors back yard.
Thank you for taking the time to read this as I know it is a lengthy post but I wanted to give many examples of the need and the urgency and impact this functionality could be to a family or potentially save a childs life!
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