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Here's a list of common problems that Yale alarm owners encounter. Most of them are not due to equipment failure, and the remedies are quite straightforward. If your problem isn't here, let us know in the contact form and we'll include the solution in the blog. 1. Panel or hub is beeping. This is the system notifying you of a fault. Normally this is a low battery in a sensor, a tamper switch is open or the power has been switched off. The panel and app will both tell you what

A PIR sensor detects movement by measuring changes in infrared (IR) energy — essentially body heat — in its field of view. Humans and animals emit infrared radiation. When a warm body moves across the sensor’s coverage area, the sensor picks up a sudden change in IR levels, triggering: An alarm A camera recording A notification A light activation.

The most common objection to acquiring a burglar alarm is that, faced with a wailing siren from an absent neighbour, most of us will just...