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March 14, 2022

How To Control Your Provo Home Security From Your Phone

These days, a home security system is more than alarms and sensors. Security might now involve smart locks, flood sensors, and a range of home automation devices. To manage everything you are able to use your touchscreen hub when you are home. If you’re away, you can control your Provo home security with a phone.

Luckily, the ADT Control® home security app makes interacting with your devices a simple process.

Getting Started With ADT Control

To begin controlling your Provo home security system with your cell phone is by downloading the ADT Control app for your Apple or Android device. After it’s installed, your ADT representative can guide you through the basic configuration. When you have established your username and password information, you may enter it on various phones or tablets. When wanting to engage your your alarms, tap the shield icon. You are able to access every device from this convenient interface, including window and door sensors, smart locking and lights, and video cameras.

Access Your System From Wherever You Are

A home security app on your mobile device makes it easy to command devices throughout your home with an easy tap of your finger. Forgot to engage the front door lock when you left? Simply open your ADT mobile app. You can set your alarm, view cameras, alter light levels, change the temperature, by touching the correct icon within the app. You will stay connected with immediate updates on your cell phone when any of your components are triggered.

Get A Better View

If you control your Provo home security system with your phone, you can enjoy an actual video feed of your interior and exterior when cameras are active. Explore live footage from your surveillance system right from your phone, and record shorter segments or a single image, and access longer recordings as desired. Then when guests arrive at your door – the postal worker, an Amazon or Grubhub driver, or a family member -- simply utilize the 2-way audio functionality to speak with them.

Go Advanced With Schedules And Geofencing

By using the primary menu, you will find some high-tech settings. Schedule your lights, heat, sensors, and anything else you like by creating a customized scene. In this area, you can designate how devices operate with each other, and when you want them to engage or turn off. Create a end-of-day scene that turns off your common-area smart bulbs, turns on the exterior entry light, lowers the temperature, and activates your overall security alarm. You can also generate a wake-up scene that does the opposite when the time comes to get out of bed.

If you’re looking for to get more technical, you can allow geo-services from your security app or touchscreen hub. Now, you can have your residence “shut-down” by activating locks, switching off the lights, and engaging your security system when you leave the driveway. Then when you pull in following another day in the office, your home will come alive by automatically opening the garage and disengaging your alarm.

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

Now you’re able to go away with certainty knowing your house is [[safer|more secure|better protected] than it’s ever been. Simply dial (801) 980-2683 or fill in the form below and a skilled security professional will help you build the ideal home security system for your unique needs -- complemented by the amazing functionality of ADT Control.