Can the sensors be turned off from inside? I have a teenage daughter who is sneaking out of the house.
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Yes, it can be turned off, but only if she has access to the main unit. If you hid it outside her door at night, it would work. Also, from my previous experience, the alarm is very sensitive. Be sure that the unit is attached to the door before turning it on, otherwise the alarm will sound.
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The sensor can't be turned off. Once set and the alarm is turned on, if the two pieces are moved away from each other the alarm will sound.If an attempt is made to open the sensor it would be moved away from its counterpart which would fire the alarm.As a side note, we use ours for a sleep walking child who has left the house and it works perfectly.
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the sensors on the gate for example could be dactivated by taking out the battery which is not a quick and easy task the dark. those sensors send a signal to the contol box that alarms if the seensors are activated. it is a simple matter to disconnect the control box by pulling out the power cord. Put the contol box somewhere where your teenager can't get to it.
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Sensors are always on. The master unit/receiver (alarm) can be muted. You would have to remove the sensor from the window, or door, (thus triggering the alarm) to remove the battery. Best to keep master unit in your bedroom. I have a sensor on my back door AND my daughter's window. You can set different beep quantities for the different sensors.
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Yes, the receiver (base unit) is in the house and has a selector switch to set the unit to a constant beep, to a siren or to OFF when a sensor is tripped! You in effect are not turning the sensors off, you are turning off the "monitoring" of the sensors.
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There is mute button on the back of the main unit. It is there because it is the ONLY way of turning off the alarm. Unlike what other people have stated the Alert mode goes off every second when the door is open and shuts off when closed, It is about as load a loud microwave ove, louad enough to wake you but not ear piercing like the alarm mode. The Alarm mode triggers once the door is opened and does NOT shut off even after the door is closed. The ONLY way is to press the mute button on back. It is very loud!! It's loud enough to be scary. I recommend you use alert mode for wandering children or pets. Alarm mode is only good for serious break-ins not for wandering children or pets. There is mute button on the back of the main unit. It is there because it is the ONLY way of turning off the alarm. Unlike what other people have stated the Alert mode goes off every second when the door is open and shuts off when closed, It is about as load a loud microwave ove, louad enough to wake you but not ear piercing like the alarm mode. The Alarm mode triggers once the door is opened and does NOT shut off even after the door is closed. The ONLY way is to press the mute button on back. It is very loud!! It's loud enough to be scary. I recommend you use alert mode for wandering... » Read More There is mute button on the back of the main unit. It is there because it is the ONLY way of turning off the alarm. Unlike what other people have stated the Alert mode goes off every second when the door is open and shuts off when closed, It is about as load a loud microwave ove, louad enough to wake you but not ear piercing like the alarm mode. The Alarm mode triggers once the door is opened and does NOT shut off even after the door is closed. The ONLY way is to press the mute button on back. It is very loud!! It's loud enough to be scary. I recommend you use alert mode for wandering children or pets. Alarm mode is only good for serious break-ins not for wandering children or pets. « Show Less
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the sensors that is attached to the door cannot be turned off because once you remove the guard strip its always sensing. You can only turn off the base unit from inside the house in which if you have more than one sensor which is maximum of four sensor, all of them will be off. Unless you reprogram it from the base unit but in my opinion is such a hassle to reprogram.
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They can be defeated by placing a magnet next to the transmitter and opening the door as needed. This fools the transmitter into seeing it as a closed door. No, it is not foolproof.
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You can not leave the doors open. Only way is to remove battery or place magnet on sensor.
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Yes - there's a home setting as well as an away setting. Home is the window and door sensors. Away is for all devices - so motion detectors are active. Any detected movement would trip the alarm. I've had mine go off now twice - but not sure what set it off for sure either time. I may have to tweak their position slightly to avoid false alarms.
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I use one sensor and it alerts me in 2 locations on my property, Bugs running across it can set it off. Needs some light to make it work too.
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There is only one sensor and it is inside the unit. I don't think this is meant to be outside.
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Carolyn, I would think you could, I have mine pretty far a part so really can't answer your question. The sensor goes off quickly but takes 15-20 seconds to reset before the alarm goes off again. I also have a driveway alarm from Harbor Freight that is cheaper and they respond quickly and you can add another sensor.Sorry about the answer. I see what another posted. I've haven't had any issues with my alarms and really like them.
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I know for a fact it can be but that it is against code virtually everywhere to do that. This should only be an issue if you sell the home or there is an accident the sensors would have stopped. When I sold my house it came up in the inspection report. I had kept the sensors but the buyer also did not want them installed.
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You cannot turn off the motion sensor. Even though the emotion sensor has a "zero" time setting, the fan will still go on when motion is detected but, that zero time setting will only enable the fan to go on for less than one minute. I have connected my fan to a wall switch that enables me to shut the fan off completely. That may be as option for you if you do not want the fan to go on when you are just entering or leaving the room. Just remember to flip on the wall switch when you do want the fan to do it's job for either bathroom smells or humidity control.
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I don't own this system - I would bet it has to turn off the motion sensors and only rely on the contact sensors. With only 5 contact sensors, you are rather limited on when perimeter defense you can set. I do like the RFID tag being capable of shutting it off.
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Sure. Just unplug it from the control panel. But that means you'll have no siren inside the house.
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No the sensors are not necessary. I have not connected any of the sensors as of yet because it is in a small area and I have direct sight to my equipment.
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Yes. The light can be switched off. However, the temp readouts stay on all the time.
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It has settings for Low, High and Off.To avoid false alarms, you have to "aim" the sensor at the door. That way it doesn't matter if there's movement in the room.
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No, there is no on/off at the sensor. If she tries to take it off or anything like that it will seperate at set it off. It works like a charm. Use the alert channel #4
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I can see your point about turning it off. I have a cheaper unit that I keep in my shop. Thinking about upgrading. I just turn the sensor toward the wall when I'm working out there so the alarm will not be sounding constantly all day when I'm out cleaning or working. Kind of like telling the guard "don't shoot! It's me! Just take the afternoon off"! I just have to turn it back around when I lock up. Form a habit like pulling your keys out of the door after you lock the lock. It's just habit.
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No sensor , no switch, just by putting in the battery. To make it stop you 'd have to take the battery out.
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Officially, no. There is not a switch to turn it off or anything. But you can open it up and yank the wires out and then it will always run in low mode. It is set up to run in low mode except when the motion detector detects movement and then it switches to high mode for whatever time you have it set to stay in high mode.