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Water Sensor Installation Guide

Overview The Water Sensor alerts you to leaks and flooding, helping you prevent expensive water damage. They are always sensing, whether your system is armed or not. We won’t request dispatch of emergency services for water alarms, but with professional monitoring you’ll receive an courtesy call let

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How to Find the Serial Number for Your SimpliSafe® Device or Camera

During troubleshooting or for account verification purposes, you may be required to identify the serial number for a product within your system. You can easily find the serial number for your devices or cameras within the SimpliSafe® Mobile App. Using the SimpliSafe® Mobile App: Open the SimpliSafe®

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How to Rename a SimpliSafe® Sensor

There may be a point where you need to rename a sensor for your SimpliSafe® System. Renaming a sensor can be done easily through the SimpliSafe® Mobile App, but you can also rename a sensor using your Keypad. The following will walk you through these steps for each platform so you can pick whichever

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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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Adhering Sensors to Surfaces

Installing SimpliSafe® sensors takes less than a minute! In most cases, sensors can be mounted on walls by using the adhesive strips on the back of each device. However, there are some situations where the sensor may not adhere to the wall effectively, like: Brick surfaces: the surface can be rough

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Testing the Water Sensor

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

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Sensor Not Responding For Multiple Sensors

If you are seeing the error “Sensor Not Responding” for multiple sensors throughout your home, this may indicate an underlying issue with the placement of the Base Station that needs to be addressed. We recommend that you place your Base Station in a centrally-located area within your home or busine

Errors / Warnings

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