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March 14, 2022

Tips To Control Your York Home Security From Your Smartphone

These days, a home security system is more than door sensors and security cameras. Security can now involve CO detectors, smart lighting, and a wide array of home automation components. To control everything you can use your convenient touchscreen interface when you are home. If you’re away, you may control your York home security with a phone.

Thankfully, ADT’s mobile security application makes managing your system a simple process.

Taking the First Steps With ADT Control

The first step to controlling your York home security system through your cell phone is by downloading the ADT security app for your mobile device. At installation, your installer will instruct you through the initial set-up. Once you’ve created your unique information, you may enter it on other devices. To arm your home’s security, touch the easy-to-identify shield. You can also access every device from this convenient interface, including window and door sensors, smart locking and lights, and video cameras.

Control Your Devices From Wherever You Are

A home security app on your cell phone allows you to control devices around your house with a simple finger swipe. Did you fail to lock the door when you left? All you have to do is access the ADT Control App. You can activate your overall home security, view cameras, adjust the lights, change the thermostat, by touching the right icon inside the app. You can even get instant alerts on your cell phone when any of your security devices sense trouble.

Improve Your View

If you control your York home security system with your phone, you can get a live view of your interior and exterior when cameras are operating. Explore live footage from your surveillance system right from your mobile device, and keep shorter segments or a single image, and watch lengthier videos as desired. In the event people stop at your house – the mail person, a delivery driver, or a family member -- simply utilize the two-way talk functionality to speak with them.

Increase Functionality With Custom Schedules and Geo-Services

When you go to the main menu, you will enjoy access to several advanced options. Use scheduling your smart thermostat, door and window sensors, lighting, and more through the use of a custom scene. By using this feature, you can program how your security elements interact with one another, and when you would like them to activate or shut down. Make a nighttime scene that switches off all the main living area smart lights, flips on the porch light, lowers the comfort levels, and arms your overall security alarm. Then set a morning scene that does the opposite when you need to rise and shine.

If you want to get more technical, you might turn on geo-services from your security app or touchscreen hub. By doing so, you can have your residence prepare itself by locking the doors, turning off the smart lights, and turning on your security system when you drive away. Upon your return following another day in the office, your home will come to life by automatically opening the garage and turning off the alarms.

Reap The Benefits Of ADT Control In York With One Simple Phone Call

Finally, you can walk out your front door with confidence knowing your home is [[safer|more secure|better protected] than it’s ever been. Just call (717) 256-1592 or complete the form below and a security rep will help you build the perfect home security system for your unique needs -- complemented by the amazing functionality of ADT Control.