chiefjohnston

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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020

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Outdoor Sensor for Driveways and Yards

A driveway sensor would be an option that I would love to have. Out in the country we like to have a bit of warning when someone comes up the driveway.

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captain11

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5 years ago

If you have a gate, an entry sensor would work, if within range of the base.

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maverickd3

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I wish they had base extenders!!! Not wifi extender. Because there are door locks in my house that just won't reach the base 😞

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media1

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4 years ago

There is a problem with car security parked in a driveway, you have the capability to make an optional alarm that would alert owners if their car is being tampered with in the driveway, a small version that uses cellular to call owner immediately if any motion is detected in car or possible vibration.  I do not know of any product that would accomplish this that is made today.  Many technically significant criminals now can enter a  car by picking the key lock and the factory car alarm is thereby defeated.  Programming a code take a little time, but instead of viewing criminals stealing cars we need a way to have immediate knowledge primarily during the night.

It is possible to make an addition to existing alarm systems, but in a driveway the signal may not be strong enough to reach the base station - and it needs to call owner immediately, not call center.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Auto coverage in driveway

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davey_d

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Hi @media1 ,

For the foreseeable future, SimpliSafe is really focused on guarding against intruders into the home. Though we do already have the Wireless Outdoor Camera, which can watch over your property outdoors.

The Outdoor Camera, like our other cameras, cannot trigger an actual alarm. But it is able to send a Push Notification on your phone when there's motion in view.

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spw352

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It would be useful to tag sensors as "informational" to announce when activate but will not drive the alarm.   So we could add driveway sensor to know if some activity (but won't trigger the alarm)  Just a little change to your basestation software to add the checkbox to each sensor config and not trigger alarm if informational.

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simplisafe_admin

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@spw352 It sounds like our Secret Alert setting may fulfill what you are looking for. When enabled, you will receive a notification whenever a sensor is triggered, but your system's alarm will not go off. To learn more, see the Enabling Secret Alerts for your SimpliSafe Sensors article in the Help Center.

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spw352

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11 months ago

Dyi'er could use your entry sensor and create all kinds of monitoring capabilities uf could tag sensors as informational only.  Motion outside, gate open, attic door open...

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glenrp33

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3 months ago

Great idea! I would like a Waterproof/Weatherproof sensor for my fence gate.

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