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December 22, 2013
How to Acknowledge a Trouble Alert on your 2GIG Go!Control Panel
suretyCAM offers a quick tutorial describing the trouble alerts feature of your Alarm.com powered 2GIG alarm system and shows how to silence the associated warning beeps and look for the cause.
Continue readingDecember 20, 2013
How to Bypass Individual Zones on your 2GIG Go!Control Panel
suretyCAM security and automation provides a quick demonstration of how to bypass individual zones on your 2Gig alarm panel.
Continue readingDecember 19, 2013
Arming options for your 2GIG Go!Control Panel by suretyCAM
The techs at suretyCAM security and automation provide a quick overview of the options you have in the arming menu of your 2Gig alarm system.
Continue readingNovember 26, 2013
Nest vs Alarm.com Thermostat – Common Sensibility
The Nest thermostat is a big deal. A couple of the guys who worked on the iPod/iPhone founded Nest so it’s gotta be best. It looks cool and techie so it must be the smartest way to manage your home heating and cooling, right? I don’t think so. I’m tired of hearing people make such […]
Continue readingNovember 14, 2013
Image Sensor Installation Instructions
Attached is a PDF with instructions for 2GIG’s new Image Sensor. ImageSensorDocumentation2GIG-V-1
Continue readingNovember 13, 2013
Arming and Disarming Your 2GIG Go!Control Panel and Alarm System
Interested in how easy it is to use the 2GIG connect home with Alarm.com? Need to show the dog sitter how to use the security system? suretyDIY shows some of the basics here.
Continue readingNovember 13, 2013
Learning in Your 2GIG Thin Door/Window Contact (2GIG-DW10-345) as a Door
Need to learn in a thin door contact from 2GIG into your Go!Control panel? suretyDIY shows you how to enroll it here.
Continue readingNovember 10, 2013
Learning in a 2GIG Compatible Combined Shock Sensor and Window Contact
Have a 2GIG Compatible Combined Shock and Window Sensor to learn in? suretyDIY shows you how.
Continue readingNovember 10, 2013
Can Hackers Unlock My Z-Wave Door Lock?
A recent paper presented at Black Hat USA that demonstrated a Z-Wave door lock being hacked and unlocked remotely has been causing a lot of turmoil in the security and home automation world. Does this mean Z-Wave door locks are no longer secure? Absolutely not! Let’s ignore the sensationalized panic being spread by certain security […]
Continue readingNovember 8, 2013
New Mobile Features for Alarm.com: Forget it? You can Still Set it.
It was 7:35 on a weekday morning a few months ago, I was functioning on limited sleep and excessive coffee, and I was running late for an eight-o’clock meeting in downtown Columbus, Ohio. I hastily showered, dressed myself, and grabbed an apple from the fridge, because all I had time for was a sad facsimile […]
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