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NOTICE: To ensure optimal performance of your sensor, we recommend updating your Base Station firmware to 2.21.4.6. You can manually run an update by using the SimpliSafe® Mobile App and navigating to My System > Base Station Settings > Firmware and tapping on Update Available. If you're experiencin

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Sensor Name Announcement Audio Alert

Sensor Name Announcement* (formerly Entry Sensor Alert) enables your Base Station to announce the Entry Sensor by name whenever it is opened. For example, if you open the front door you might hear your Base Station reply with “Front Door Entry Sensor open” instead of the usual chime. This feature is

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Testing the Entry Sensor

Test Mode is a great way to test the connection between your Base Station and other SimpliSafe® products. We recommend periodically placing your system into Test Mode to ensure that your devices are still communicating with the Base Station without any errors. Placing Your System Into Test Mode Disa

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How To Change The Entry Sensor's Chime Volume

When your system is disarmed and an Entry Sensor is opened, it will relay a chime to the Base Station to notify you of the potential intrusion. This chime is set to medium by default but can be toggled to Off, Low, Medium, or High at any time from the SimpliSafe® Mobile App, Keypad, or your SimpliSa

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What's the difference between Entry Delay, Exit Delay, and Instant Trigger?

Your Entry-, Motion-, and Glassbreak Sensors come equipped with several modes that can help you with arming your system, disarming it, and triggering an alarm event the moment the sensor is triggered. Below you can learn more about what each mode does and how it impacts the usage of your system. Scr

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How SimpliSafe® Products Respond During an Alarm

SimpliSafe’s® Professional Monitoring protects your home or business across many types of alarms. If an alarm is triggered from your system, you’ll be immediately notified through App Push Notifications or Alarm Text Messages. Depending on your monitoring plan and alarm type you can also interact wi

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Enabling Secret Alerts for your SimpliSafe® Sensors

What are Secret Alerts? Secret Alerts* are private notifications sent to you by specific sensors you designate to be on a special “alert-only” setting. Sensors on this setting won’t trigger a system alarm or chime to the Base Station, but send a discreet notification directly to you instead. All of

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