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Is there a way to put the system in "Test" mode?

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PinGuy
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Is there a way to put the system in "Test" mode?

I would like to be able to contact the monitoring service and let them know I will be testing my system for the next hour (or other length of time). I then want to trigger and alarm and verify my phone gets celled to report the alarm without calling the Police or Fire departments.

 

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JamesC
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PinGuy,

 

While there is no "test" mode, professional monitoring agents will attempt to contact you to verify before notifying authorities. If you cannot be reached, the agent will then automatically contact authorities to dispatch the appropriate response team to investigate.

 

You can temporarily disable panic mode while testing if that helps, see here: https://kb.arlo.com/000062779/What-is-the-Panic-button-on-my-Arlo-Keypad-and-how-do-I-use-it

 

For more information on emergency response, see here: https://kb.arlo.com/000062864/What-is-Arlo-Professional-Monitoring

 

JamesC