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March 01, 2022

Ways To Control Your Hagerstown Home Security Using Your Phone

Nowadays, a home security system goes beyond door sensors and security cameras. Your home defense can now involve CO detectors, smart lighting, and a whole host of home automation components. To command everything you are able to utilize your central command touchscreen when you are at your property. Or, you may control your Hagerstown home security with a phone.

Thankfully, the responsive ADT cell phone app makes interacting with your devices easy to do.

Taking the First Steps With ADT Control

The first step to controlling your Hagerstown home security system with your cell phone is by downloading ADT Control for your Android or Apple phone. Once the download is complete, your ADT representative will instruct you through the basic configuration. Once you have created your log-in details, you may enter it on other phones or tablets. When wanting to engage your system, tap the shield icon. You can also access any connected equipment from this convenient interface, including window and door sensors, smart locking and lights, and video cameras.

Gain Remote Access From Anywhere

A home security app on your mobile device allows you to control components around your house with an easy tap of your finger. Forgot to secure the front door when you left? All you have to do is access your ADT mobile app. You can arm your system, view cameras, alter light levels, increase or decrease your HVAC, by hitting the right icon in your app. You will stay connected with immediate updates on your mobile device in the event any of your connected security elements sense trouble.

Improve Your View

If you control your Hagerstown home security system with your phone, you have a live view of your residence and surroundings when cameras are operating. Access live footage from your surveillance system directly from your cell phone, and keep shorter segments or a single image, and access more extensive recordings as you wish. In the event guests arrive at your door – the mail carrier, a delivery driver, or a family member -- take advantage of the 2-way audio feature to talk with them.

Increase Functionality With Custom Schedules and Geo-Services

Through the primary menu, you will enjoy access to some advanced options. Schedule your comfort levels, sensors, smart lighting, and anything else you like by designing a customized scene. In this area, you may designate how your components communicate together, and when you want them to activate or shut down. Make a bedtime scene that switches off your downstairs smart lights, turns on the outside entrance light, reduces the comfort levels, and engages your alarms. Next, you can customize a wake-up scene that does the opposite when it’s time to get your household going.

If you would like to go even more high-tech, you might turn on geo-services from the main hub or the app. You can now have your residence “shut-down” by locking the doors, shutting off the lighting, and turning on your security system when you depart for work. Then when you pull in after a long day’s work, your house will come to life by automatically opening the garage and disengaging the alarms.

Get The Power Of ADT Control In Hagerstown With One Simple Phone Call

Finally, you can walk out your front door with certainty as you know your residence is [[safer|more secure|better protected] than it has ever been before. Just call (301) 288-1501 or complete the following form and a one of our security specialists will guide you toward the perfect home security system for your property -- complemented by the amazing functionality of ADT Control.