If you put it on your front door, doesn't the alarm sound when you open the door to leave? So how would it protect the house if you have to turn it off to open the door to leave? Or does the alarm sound until you close the door behind you? My neighbors...
1253238
It would stop as soon as you close the door it sounds off when it doesn't detect the sensor.
1772208
hello, the system has sensors, that you install where you need them, when you activate the alarm, if anyone tries to enter thru your door or window, the siren goes off , and it is loud enough to scare anyone off, not to mention alert your other neighbors, you can set it up to call your cell phone, or the local police dept, just make sure that you ok it with your police dept, every city has different rules. good luck
2008026
no- good question, if you are outside, and want to come in. the alarm will LOUDLY go off, and then once you walk IN the house you can reach to shut it off. IF you are INthe house and want to leave, you can press the bypass button, but you will need to close the door completely in a few seconds, or the alarm will go off. ( example--you can not go out and leave the door open b/c you're coming right back...you MUST close door as soon as you pass through it)
901311
Why doesn't this have settings? I would like a LOUD alarm when I unintentionally left the door ajar. Last night, someone left the door open and the upper shelf was hot in the morning because the light was on all night. Having it on a tilt won't matter if there is something blocking it from closing. I would hate for my door to be intentionally ajar - putting in groceries, cleaning frig - and have a continual chiming. Others might like this if they want to know when people are raiding the frig, lol. Anyway, these things need settings.
700701
It depends on your surrounding ambient noise. We did hear ours going off in the basement from the upstairs and the other side of the house, but we didn't have much other noise on at the time. If we'd had the TV on, we probably wouldn't have heard it right away. If you change out the batteries For these when you do your smoke detectors, then it should sound the alarm for at least a day before losing power. Should be enough time for you to hear it when the house is quiet, like bedtime.
2230133
It doesn't really work like an alarm that you arm & disarm. It's purpose is to remotely notify you that a door is opened. It doesn't make a noise at the door, only at the wireless signal receiving unit located elsewhere. I'm frequently at the other end of my house upstairs, so I use one on both the front & rear screen door to alert me of the door being opened. It works great, I set mine up this way over a year ago and I've yet to even need to change any batteries.
591562
Does not work with an on or off switch. It has a 2 pronged extension that fits between the door and door frame. When it is set the prongs are together, but when door is opened the prongs separate and the alarm goes off. To set you pull the prongs out of main unit and place in between door and door frame and it is set. Sounds like a legitimate alarm and somewhat loud. I am happy with the product.
623642
I had this happen twice shortly after my home was constructed and everything was new and I'd moved in. The alarm turned itself off at after 30 seconds. The only thing I could think of is that something new was "outgassing" (paint, plywood glue, etc.). Just to be sure, call your alarm company or an installer of smoke alarms to see if one of your sensors units has gone bad.
114325
No, not really. When the infrared transmitter detects movement...the receiver sounds. But if you, the person who set the alarm system up initially, knows this (as you obviously do) it is no big deal. The thing chimes and you say "Oh yeah, cool. My alarm works." But I think I understand why you ask, because if you have a true siren-type of alarm, you need a delay of a few seconds to turn the bloody thing off because you don't want to hear it triggered. After all, it is "you" entering the alarmed site and not an intruder. But this 1Byone system is more for when you are home or in your garage and you wish to know that somebody else is within range of the transmitter and they set it off (not you). Kind of like when your dog barks at a person approaching. There is no "delay" so to speak, but you thank your dog at any rate because he/she warned you of said interloper (or whomever...could be an in-law:). But no, to answer the question, no delay feature. If it detects, it beeps. Low or High setting. Still a good system though. I've become accustomed to the chimes as it has detected my movement on the order of 100 to 1, me vs. ?
2249055
well, when it did decide to go off, it was VERY loud. It was very picky on what would set it off - we returned ours and I do not recommend it unless you have a clear line of sight and have it close to your house. Hope this answers your question
2079753
No it doesn't. The alarm goes off and you can hear it anywhere in the house so you run to turn it off LOL
880527
If the door has a glass window on it I would assume it would work the same way. If the window breaks or vibrates it should set off the alarm.
655987
The alarm is not real loud, and no volume control. Unless you had this inside in a place a few rooms away, or maybe in basement if it was not far away from the door down to the basement, you wouldn't hear it probably.
93104
The easiest answer is to buy some extra presence sensors. Then when they are detected you can have the home disarm. For example, I keep one on my keychain (mostly because from your phone you can make the presence sensors beep to find it) and one in the glove box of my car. When my keys and car are both gone, it activates away mode which arms the alarm and locks any doors that i left unlocked. It also turns off all the lights in the house. When the sensors are detected again, the alarm disarms and the door coming in from the garage unlocks, and the system is changed back to either night or home depending on the time of day. Does this answer your question? As an added bonus, you'll be able to check the app on your phone to see who is home.
2092533
If you turn off the alarm then it won't sound if the baby should stop breathing so defeats the purpose of having it. Our babies always slept through the alarm which only went off when they moved off the area covered by the pad. Hope this helps.
1835719
I got a hold of Skylink, they said if the alarm is activated by an intruder the alarm will automatically shut off after 3 minutes. However the alarm will remain activated unless disarmed and will again go off for another three minutes if a door is opened or until you manually disarm the alarm on the keypad
603877
If it is moved or gets jarred it will make a loud "chirp" as a warning. I haven't had any false alarms with it. I believe if the alarm is triggered that it goes off in like 15 seconds unless the code is entered before that.