It indicates when the Alarmhandler last heard from one of your cameras. This will update even though you see no new recording in the app, if monitoring is ON but the cameras do detections.

This concept is used by traditional alarm services and means that the perimeter of your home is secured, meaning doors and windows. This means the alarm will detect opening of windows and doors, and this is typically turned on when going to sleep and you don’t want to trigger the alarm when moving around inside the estate. Another reason to just secure your estate doors/windows and not the interior could be that you have pets that might trigger the photo sensors or body heat sensors monitoring your interior.

Alarmhandler supports “Home ON” for both SMS alarms and IP cameras. For SMS alarms, the app will send the control code to your alarm to enable perimeter sensors. For IP cameras, the cameras that you’ve marked as “perimeter” under settings for the camera are enabled when you tap “Home ON”.

No, this must be done either by the estate owner or the person handling the event. Alarmhandler is just an intermediary between your alarm and you and your helpers.

It costs nothing extra to connect multiple IP cameras to Alarmhandler for one property as long as you comply with our Acceptable Use Policy. Traditional IP camera recording services and SMS alarm monitoring services typically charge extra for each sensor you attach to the system.

You can try Alarmhandler risk-free for 30 days.  You will then receive an invoice for your first subscription period. If the system was not for you, then just ignore the invoice and your account will be automatically deactivated. Unlike most other services, Alarmhandler does not store your creditcard details upon payment. This means you will never pay for the service, if you do not actively renew it. So to cancel the subscription, just cease to pay the renewal invoices.