The security system you choose should be one that answers your biggest concerns. With over 30 years’ experience, we’ve seen it all. We have clients who bought a system to appease their insurance company. We have clients who have been concerned with stalkers. We have empty nesters who just want to sleep securely. We don’t judge. We just make sure you get what you need. For whatever reason.
Your safety matters to us. EdinAlarm’s security systems will protect you from intruders, assist during emergencies and alert you when necessary.
Detectors will be placed throughout your home to protect you from fires, drastic temperature changes and water detection.
Forgot to turn a light off? Second guessing if you turned your alarm on? Access your thermostat, lighting and security system from anywhere.
An alarm system from EdinAlarm can provide a sense of security for everyone in your home. Whether it’s intrusion or fire, or personal monitoring for medical alerts, we all feel a little better with a little more control.
To fully protect your home from intrusion, we recommend securing both the perimeter and interior. There are a variety of solutions available, including sensors for doors, windows, glass breakage, and motion detection. Your client service representative will customize your system based on your lifestyle. For added security, we offer a four-button remote key fob which can initiate panic from anywhere on your premises. This can sound the sirens as well as dispatch the authorities.
Independent seniors can often maintain their independence with an emergency medical wristband that allows them to summon medical help with the push of a button. This can be incorporated into any of our systems without an additional monitoring fee.
We recommend a monitored EdinAlarm smoke detector on each level of your home and heat detectors in garage and mechanical/furnace rooms. Our smoke detectors have built-in heat detectors designed to go into alarm if the temperature reaches 135°F. This system can notify firefighters early enough to prevent a fire.
Monitored smoke and heat detectors alert both your family and the Central Monitoring Station as soon as the system senses smoke. Many EdinAlarm systems have voice modules that can indicate the location of the fire by sensor name. For instance, if the second floor smoke detector goes into alarm, the system will tell you “fire, fire, second floor smoke!” That information alone is very helpful when you’re woken from your sleep and a little confused. It’s more than enough to save your life.
Each EdinAlarm installed system features a chime mode to alert you when a secured door or window opens. With a voice module, the system will also announce the name of the opened sensor, i.e. “Front Door Open.”
With Alarm.com, you can receive an instant text or e-mail notifying you who armed/disarmed your system and when. We also offer sensor activity monitoring, which can notify you any time a specific door or window is opened. You can customize your notifications to alert you only during certain times of the day and on certain sensors. For instance, if children are sleeping on the lower level, you can receive a text or e-mail if their windows are open from midnight to five in the morning. This technology is also useful to control areas such as liquor cabinets, wine cellars, chemical closets, filing and jewelry cabinets.
More and more people turn to EdinAlarm to watch their home while they are away for the winter or to protect their cabins. Mishaps, such as frozen and broken pipes, leaking water and failing heat supply are just a few of the costly problems we protect you from, along with fire and security.
We recommend monitored EdinAlarm smoke detectors on each level of your home and heat detectors in garage and mechanical/furnace rooms. Our smoke detectors have built-in heat detectors designed to go into alarm if the temperature reaches 135°F. This system can notify firefighters early enough to prevent a fire.
No one likes frozen water pipes and with our temperature detection, you’ll never have to worry about that. We recommend placing a freeze sensor underneath your kitchen sink. This will alert you when your home’s temperature dips below 42°F, allowing enough time to correct the problem before your pipes freeze and burst or when freezing temperatures damage your home.
We recommend purchasing CO2 detectors from your local hardware store and installing them in accordance with their instructions.
Dishwashers overflow, washing machine hoses break, toilets overflow, water heaters fail… leaving thousands of dollars in damage and months of repair. Water detectors sense even the slightest water amount and alert our Central Station, which will send you a text or email so you can fix the situation before it becomes a problem.
For even greater security, EdinAlarm offers WaterCop®, which will automatically shut off the main water supply if unwanted water is detected. A licensed plumber must install the WaterCop® valve.
EdinAlarm partners with alarm.com to give clients remote access to their security system from any web-enabled device. Together we make your security system an easy-to-use tool that fits effortlessly into your lifestyle.
Forgot to arm your system? Using your mobile device, you can check the arming status of your system and arm/disarm remotely. Forget to close the garage door? Check your mobile app and close the door from your phone. You will receive text alerts when a door or window is opened or who disabled your alarm. Detailed insights will be sent so you know which windows were open at what times… you can even choose to monitor liquor cabinets, wine cellars, chemical closets, filing and jewelry cabinets.
Alarm.com can keep a log of all activity—not just alarm activity—for up to 60 days. This history logs power outages, low battery notifications, arming/disarming, and motion detector activity.
Get instant notifications via text and email stating who armed/disarmed your system. If the power goes out at your home, you’ll know when it’s restored. If a liquor, gun or medicine cabinet is opened, you’ll know. If the overhead garage door is left open too long or a particular door or window is opened during a specified timeframe, you’ll know.
Video Monitoring with Cellular Backup – You’ll always have access to our monitoring system to check on your home.
Home security systems traditionally use your home phone line to communicate with our Central Monitoring Station (CMS). In the absence of a home phone line, we install a dedicated cellular line. When the system is armed and a door or window opens or a motion or glass break detector trips, a signal is sent to the control panel, which is then transmitted to CMS by seizing the phone line. Once CMS has received the signal, they will call the home to confirm an emergency or false alarm by requesting password verification. If CMS doesn’t reach anyone at home, we recommend that they call one additional contact before dispatching authorities in an effort to reduce false alarms. If no one answers the call, offers an incorrect password or there is a confirmed emergency, CMS will dispatch the proper authorities and continue calling individuals on the call list until someone has been notified of the situation. While this is our standard protocol, we can adjust it depending on your preferences.
“What if my house loses power?”
EdinAlarm systems have a stand-by battery back-up to power the control panel, designed to last approximately 30 hours. If you have traditional phone lines or a dedicated cellular back-up, like Alarm.com, your system will be able to communicate as long as the control panel has power. Alarm.com can also notify you via text or e-mail when the power goes out and is restored.
There are many ways to keep your home safe and pet-friendly. EdinAlarm can design a system to allow your pets to roam freely and keep your home secure
Security systems are typically dependent on home phone lines to communicate with the Central Monitoring Station (CMS). If you have Voice-over IP phone lines, our system will typically be able to communicate, however it’s not as reliable as a traditional analog line.
With limited battery back-up, your modem may fail if the power goes out. If your modem fails, dial tone fails, and our system will be unable to communicate with CMS. To secure homes with no phone lines or unreliable phone lines, we use Alarm.com’ s cellular technology to ensure communication with CMS. Alarm.com has a host of customizable features that put you in control of your EdinAlarm system from anywhere.
In case of a false fire alarm, disarm your system twice.
Discounts range from 4% to 20% depending on the features you’ve included in your security system and your insurance provider. Features that typically increase your discount are fire detection, intrusion, water detection, cellular back-up, and low-temperature detection.
Why do I need EdinAlarm monitored smoke detectors?”
While electrician-installed smoke detectors sound an alarm, they do not dispatch the fire department or tell you where the fire is. EdinAlarm’s monitored smoke detectors are designed to alert our Central Monitoring Station (CMS) when they sense smoke and, in turn, CMS will dispatch your local fire department. Beyond a siren, most EdinAlarm systems are equipped with a voice module, which indicates the location of the fire by sensor name. For instance, if the second floor smoke detector goes into alarm, the system will announce “Fire, Fire Second Floor Smoke!”
Every 3-5 years, depending on the types of sensors you have in your home, your system will alert you that you need to change the batteries in your sensors. At this time, we recommend scheduling an EdinAlarm technician to change all batteries, including the one in your control panel, clean and test smoke detectors as well as check the alignment of door and window sensors. The National Fire Alarm Protection Agency has determined that the useful life of a smoke detector is ten years, so we recommend replacing them at this interval. After ten years, smoke detectors may create false alarms or fail to detect smoke. To communicate with the Central Monitoring Station (CMS), our system may seize the phone line. Once the call is made, the phone line returns to normal. To cancel a false alarm, please use your cell phone to call our CMS at 1-800-728-1169.
“What should I do if a smoke detector initiates an alarm accidentally?”
First, disarm your system twice at the keypad, then use your cell phone to call the Central Monitoring Station (CMS) immediately at 1-800-728-1169. Give them your name and passcode. Ask them to place all of your smoke detectors on test for the next hour while you clear out the smoke or determine the problem. CMS will not dispatch the fire department if the smoke detectors are on test.
“Why is my keypad beeping? “If your system is beeping, press the (*) key to determine the problem. To silence the beeping for up to eight hours, disarm the system (even though the system may be off) by pressing 1 + CODE or DISARM + CODE. Now press the star (*) key twice.
The system beeps for a variety of reasons, including low battery, sensor failures, communication failure, power failures, and to indicate that an alarm recently occurred.
If you have a low system battery or a low battery on one of your sensors, contact us at 952-942-5276 to schedule service for you.