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The Temperature Sensor can display Fahrenheit or Celsius through the SimpliSafe® App. The SimpliSafe® App will display Fahrenheit or Celsius based on the settings of your phone. If you wish for the SimpliSafe® App to display a different temperature type, you’ll need to update your phone’s system set
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Temperature Sensor
A flashing yellow light during the setup of your Outdoor Security Camera Series 2 indicates that the camera has successfully connected to Wi-Fi, but is having trouble reaching the SimpliSafe® servers.This issue can occur for a variety of reasons, such as:A firewall setting on your router is blocking
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Outdoor Cameras
iOS users may see a “Push Notifications are Disabled” error, and Android users may see a “Communication Unsuccessful" error when trying to enable push notifications on a new SimpliSafe® account.A single phone can only receive push notifications from one system. If you log out of one SimpliSafe®
App Support
The Smart Alarm Wireless Indoor Security Camera is the first camera from SimpliSafe® that can trigger an alarm. By default, the alarm trigger is only on when the system is set to away and can trigger depending on the motion type that was selected in settings (People Only or All Motion). When the ca
Smart Alarm Indoor Camera
If you choose to opt out of Automatic Face Matching, you can delete your facial recognition history from within the SimpliSafe® Mobile App:Open the SimpliSafe® Mobile App on your phone or tabletChoose My System from the bottom navigation barSelect Location SettingsScroll to the bottom and tap ‘Autom
Outdoor Camera Series 2
The Smart Lock Series 2 is powered by four (4) AA Alkaline batteries with the PIN Pad taking two (2) CR2450 Lithium Batteries. The Smart Lock and PIN Pad batteries have a life expectancy of 8-12 months, depending on usage.If your Smart Lock is still offline after replacing the battery, skip to the s
Battery / Power
Smart Lock Series 2
All SimpliSafe® Video Doorbell Pros use both video analytics and passive infrared (PIR) to detect motion in its field of view. Our granular motion detection options allow you to better control the quantity and types of notifications you get by customizing your activity zones, motion types, and sensi
Video Doorbell Pro
When your system sounds any burglary alarm, there’s a brief false alarm grace period. If you don’t cancel the alarm within this grace period, it will be handled by a SimpliSafe® Monitoring Agent. Once an Agent is handling your alarm, they will begin reviewing your Video Verification recordings and S
Install / Set Up Help
When installing your Outdoor Camera, it’s important to ensure that you twist the mounting dome onto the mounting plate until you hear an audible “click”. Continue to twist clockwise by hand until there is an audible “click”. When done properly, the mount will feel stable and secure; it will also req
Dark mode is a great way to give your eyes a break, by swapping bright white backgrounds for gray and black ones.You can now enable dark mode for the SimpliSafe® Mobile App on your iOS or Android phone or tablet.To enable or disable dark mode:Open the SimpliSafe® Mobile App on your phone or tabletNa
Customize your Settings
When adding a Base Station to your system, you may run into an “Invalid Base Station Serial” error message in the SimpliSafe® Mobile App. This could be due to one of two reasons:The Base Station’s serial number was entered incorrectly while setting up your systemYou are completing a Base Station rep
Errors / Warnings
Base Station
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® App, Keypad, or your SimpliSafe® Onl
Entry Sensor
Some customers may have permitting requirements for the municipality or jurisdiction they reside in where an alarm must be triggered from two separate sensors before SimpliSafe® requests dispatch of emergency authorities to your home or business. This is referred to as “Cross Zones”, where the alarm
Alarm Events & Monitoring
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 ModeDisar
Key Fob
When logging into the SimpliSafe® App, you may be prompted to set up Biometric Authentication. To be eligible for this feature you will need to have an iOS device that supports Face ID or Touch ID, or an Android device that supports Face Unlock or Fingerprint.Once Biometric Authentication is configu
SimpliSafe® now indicates the WiFi signal strength in the App next to our latest generation of cameras, Smart Alarm Indoor Camera and Outdoor Camera, so that you can ensure that your camera will work when you need it most. This status represents the connection strength between your camera and your m
The Smart Alarm Wireless Indoor Security Camera is a battery-operated security camera designed for indoor use. It’s part of SimpliSafe’s award-winning home security system and features:1536p HD video capture125-degree diagonal field of viewBuilt-in motion detectorNight visionInstant phone alerts80 d
In some instances, you may need to add the MAC Address of a SimpliSafe® product to your network’s allow list or firewall in order for it to connect to Wi-Fi. A MAC Address is a unique, 12-character alphanumeric attribute that is used to identify individual electronic devices on a network.Only the Ba
Cameras
If you find that your Wireless Outdoor Security Camera is detecting too much motion, there are some recommended placement and settings changes you can make to minimize the amount of motion it detects.Adjust the Placement of the CameraIf your Outdoor Camera is facing a high traffic area like a busy s
2-Step Verification is a required element for your SimpliSafe® account and is enabled when you first set it up. When enabled, this feature will send you an email after you log into your account asking to verify your device to ensure that no one is able to access your account without your permission.
