Arming Schedules can be customized to automatically arm and disarm a system for each individual day of the week or across multiple days. Arming Schedules provides users with robust scheduling options to auto-arm and disarm by the day of the week and time of day. This option is ideal for businesses where there are set hours of operation. 

 

Note: The Wireless Signal Forwarding service package does not have the option to add on interactive features, like Scheduled Arm/Disarm.

Arming schedules is part of the Scheduled Arm/Disarm add-on for Remote Monitoring & Control in the customer's Service Package. If this does not show up as an option for you, please contact ePropertyCare support.

Restrictions

  • It is not possible to create a schedule that only disarms, but it is possible to create a schedule that only arms. 
  • It is not possible to schedule the system to switch between Arm Stay and Arm Away (and vice versa) unless the system is disarmed in between. This is the same as how the panel functions locally. 
  • There may be security panel stipulations for bypassing sensors that are needed in order to arm successfully.
  • If a panel offers Stay/Away zones, it affects the way in which a panel is able to arm (i.e., if the panel does not have these options, it reverts to Arm Away even if a rule is set to Arm Stay).
  • Arming schedules can only be created using the Customer website (i.e., not the Customer app). 
  • Arming schedules cannot be configured to use the silent arming feature. 

 

To create an arming schedule:

  1. Log in to the Customer website.
  2. Click Automation.
  3. Click Arming Schedules.
  4. In Choose Schedule Type, click to select either Use business hours to use the location's existing schedule or Create a custom schedule to configure a new schedule.
  5. In Add an Arming Schedule, select the automated system action from the dropdown menu.
    Note: If the system has multiple partitions, there will be the option to select which partition the schedule applies to. 
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    • If Create a custom schedule was selected, the time for the system action must be configured. 
       
      • To create a schedule that only performs one arming action (i.e., Arm Stay or Arm Away), use the dropdown menus to configure the first arming action and click to deselect the second arming action option. This sets the schedule to only perform one arming action. 

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      • If a second automated system action is desired, click to enable the second arming action settings and use the dropdown menus to configure the second arming action.

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  6. Verify the arming schedule is configured with the correct settings.
  7. Click the Save button.

 

Overnight Arming Schedules

If an Arming Schedule crosses midnight (e.g., Arm Away system at 10 PM, and Disarm it at 7 AM), the second arming command takes place on the following day.

Example: If the system is set the schedule to Arm Away at 10 PM and Disarm at 7 AM, Mon-Fri, this means that the schedule concludes with a Disarm at 7 AM on Saturday. To create a weeknight arming schedule that concludes on Friday night (so that the system is left armed over the weekend), construct the schedule by specifying the morning Disarm command first, followed by the Arm Stay or Arm Away command that arms the system at night (e.g., Disarm at 7 AM, Arm Away at 10 PM, Mon-Fri). This prevents the schedule from crossing midnight.