Alternating Current - An electrical current whose magnitude and direction varies continuously and sinusoidally. AC is the form in which electricity is delivered to businesses and residences--standard electrical power.
All doors and windows are closed, no motion is detected, and no other sensors have been tripped recently.
A process in which a change in one device triggers an action by another device. For example, when a door/window sensor detects an open door, you can create an automation that causes a camera to take a picture.
Generally refers to connections to the Internet with much greater bandwidth than you can get with a modem. There is no specific definition of the speed of a "broadband" connection but, in general, any Internet connection using DSL or cable is considered a broadband connection.
Temporarily disarm a sensor that would otherwise be able to trigger an alarm.
The type of wireless communication that is most familiar to mobile phones users. Called "cellular" because the system uses many base stations to divide a service area into multiple "cells". Cellular calls are transferred from base station to base station as a user travels from cell to cell.
A type of display that organizes and presents information in a way that is easy to read.
Any device on your home security network that is not a sensor, such as the gateway, security panel, lamp modules, cameras, and so on.
When a device's status changes, the event is displayed in the Recent Events section of the Summary tab. For example, when a motion sensor detects motion in the room it is monitoring, a fault is recorded, and the event appears under Recent Events.
Exceptions are events that do not occur when they should. You set up the system to alert you if something you expect to occur does not happen. For example, if you expect your children to arrive home between certain hours, you can set up the system to send you an alert if a door does not open during those hours.
The gateway is the device that manages the connections and communications among the various devices in your home security and home automation system. It is literally the heart of the system.
General Packet Radio Services - A packet-based wireless communication service that provides fast data rates and continuous connection to the Internet for mobile phone and computer users.
Video of a scene at the current moment.
Indicates that the battery is on a sensor, device, or the security panel's back-up battery.
A collection of Z-Wave devices that communicate among themselves and relay messages to the gateway.
Eight user-definable modes that enable total home automation at the touch of a button. Modes use schedules and automations to perform actions with respect to the security system's arm state, scheduled times, sensor status, system events, and more. Only available with non-cellular systems.
Disconnected from and not communicating with other devices on a network.
Connected to and communicating with other devices on a network.
A still image taken by a camera.
Any device that receives a signal or stimulus (such as heat, pressure, light, motion, and so on) and responds to it in a distinctive manner.
Indicates that a sensor is offline, has been tampered, or has a low battery.
Modify a sensor or device resulting in an alarm condition (for example, by opening a sensor or device).
To put in motion or move to act. When something trips a sensor, it causes it to provide some type of alert, alarm, or indication that it detected something. For example, you can trip a smoke detector by pressing its test button and cause it to sound an alarm.
The gateway cannot determine the state of a sensor or device. This usually happens when the gateway or security panel is offline.
A short motion video captured by a camera.
A specific area of protection, such as front door, kitchen window, and so on.