White House Alarm Systems: Wireless Home Security System

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Product Description

Mace 80355 Wireless Property Safety Method

Customer Critiques

What I liked:
- Price tag of the kit
- Simple to install and operate
- Integrated phone contact unit
- Range of the sensors
- No false alarms
- WIndow/door sensor can simply be modified to control two or way more wired magnetic sensors. All you need to do is connect the new dispositives in serie with the current 1
- I can contact the control unity with my mobile phone and disarm the alarm prior to get property when I am not with the remote manage
- My phone rings within 9 seconds after the alarm is triggered
- The control unity saves a history with the information and zone of the five final instances it was triggered
- Works with 9V batteries
What I dislike:
- Only one remote manage
- Not incredibly loud. I can barely hear it outside my apartment if the front door and the room door (where it is installed) are closed Items get much better if I install it close the door, but this way a person can simply smash it or unplug the telephone cable in a few seconds. I'd rather to have an external siren
- Manual have two completely different procedures for remote operation of the alarm. The correct is the second one in the end of the manual exactly where you should press a number + to operate the control unity
- Added accessories (specifically the remote manage) can be pricey and tough to acquire
- Window/door sensor could be smaller
- There is a smal screw in the back of the manage unity that entered inside it via a smal hole the first time I opened it to insert the battery. It was a pain to take away it later
- I'd like to have a keyboard outside residence so that I can disarm the alarm devoid of the remote manage.
- I didn't discover how to disarm zones with out deleting the sensor from the manage unity database
What was a plus (capabilities not informed in the manual or in the product description):
- Window/door sensor have a glass break detector. It triggers the control unity with impact
- WIndow/door sensor have a switch to locally play an alarm sound even if the control unity is not armed.
- Manage unity have four wire connections in the back: 1 for external siren and three triggers (1 generally closed and 2 usually open for added sensors)
Updated on 02/26/2011
Right after 6 months, the 9V battery of the motion sensors are more than. The battery of the window/door sensors are nonetheless OK.
Updated on 6/17/2011
The manage unity alerts you when the battery of the sensors are also low. If you do not fix, it can give false alarms.
I removed the batteries from the motion sensors and connected to the 9V output in the control unity. Every thing is working fine and I do not require to replace the batteries each and every 6 months any longer.

This evaluation consists of the Mace Property Security unit PLUS the optional external speaker.
I bought this technique about a month ago. It came with each an instructional DVD plus written instructions. Each were pretty simple and easy to stick to. It might possibly take a couple of tries on some of the items to be programed for the reason that it will revert back to the principal menu if you take too lengthy but this is not a problem. Making positive the detectors are properly set up is a ought to otherwise it won't arm properly. Make sure the door/window sensor is no significantly more than 1/4 inch apart. If either is set up incorrectly it will tell you on the lcd to please close and gives the sensor number that is not correct (included motion detector is 1 and door/window sensor is two). It really is smart to double check phone number entries,delay instances, etc upon completion. I have the door/window sensor situated in my outdoor shop about 125 feet away past 3 walls from the main control and it functions fine. I've implemented motion detectors before and they can be a situation considering that they will detect pets or even rodents. It is top to locate them in narrow areas (such as a narrow hallway) to minimize the risk of a non human triggering it. The alarm is fairly loud and can be heard throughout my residence but considering that I reside in a rural location and also wanted to defend my detached shop, I chose the external alarm. I would say that when set up it may very well have an effective range of about 200-250 feet, depending on neighborhood noises. This hopefully would scare away intruders but not positive my neighbors (about 900 feet away) would discover it.
My only complaint issues the instructions. During my initial set up I had difficulties arming the method and had to call consumer assistance. The instructions indicated that troubleshooting details was out there on their internet site but there was none. I was able to get a troubleshooting guide from tech help and he indicated that hopefully this would be put on their web site in the future.
Also, the directions for the external siren indicated there are three completely different versions of software program developed more than the years that expected distinct programing approaches and the serial quantity of the key control unit indicated which version I had. This proved to be incorrect and once more I had to contact tech support to get the correct programing process. The excellent news is that Mick at tech support was terrific. He responded speedily to my calls and walked me through the couple of minor troubles I had. For me, it really is not just about a amazing cost (I paid about $72 which includes shipping for the Property Safety package and about $42 for the optional siren) but customer support and I rate each at A+. Once more, my only challenge was with the instructions and hopefully these will be corrected by Mace. I decided it nonetheless earned 5 stars based on the excellent assistance they provided.
I researched a number of alarm systems and identified this unit to actually be an terrific obtain based on it's quality and capabilities and I'm rather happy with it.