How To Know if You've Left the Door Unlocked with Alarm.com

This guide will show you how to create a reminder notification that you have locked one of your Z-Wave Door Locks.

What do you need?

  • Z-Wave Door Lock
  • Alarm.com account with home automation

Getting Started

  1. To get started, log in to your Alarm.com account, click on Notifications then select +New Notification

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  1. Next, select the Lock Activity option in the Standard section of notifications.

  2. From here, you can do the following:

  • Give the Notification a name
  • Choose which Locks are associated
  • Select how long the lock is unlocked for, prior to a notification being generated
  • Pick a time frame that the notification is active for.
  1. When you are done selecting the parameters for the notification, you can then select which recipients will receive a notification and by which method, SMS, Text, or email.

  2. Be sure to click Save when finished.