User Manual

Getting started with the Alarm Detector
What is it? What does it look like?
How do I start it up (how do I put the battery in)?
Where in my home should I put it?
I can't see a flashing light on it anywhere
How do I stick it up in my home?
What does the flashing light mean, whilst I'm installing it?
I can't get it to flash regularly every second where I want to install it
What does the flashing light mean, when I'm testing it?
What is it?
The Alarm Detector is a way of connecting your existing smoke or carbon monoxide alarms to AlertMe. as part
of the AlertMe Emergency Alarm systems (Smoke Alarm and Carbon Monoxide Alarm). It is battery powered
and looks like this:
It works by listening out for the noise of a smoke alarm, or other alarm, going off; it should be installed within
5cm of the alarm it is to listen to. There's more info here.
How do I start it up?
To put in a battery, squeeze the tabs on opposite sides of the sensor, and lift off the front (see here for
pictures or here for a movie). The battery is supplied by AlertMe in the Alarm Detector box. Clip the back on
the sensor again when you have put the battery in. The light should then blink twice every few seconds for a
while; this will stop once the Alarm Detector is communicating with the Hub. If the light does not turn on at all,
then click here for help. If it stops flashing, but does not appear on the website as an icon, wait a few minutes.
If that doesn't work, try taking the battery out for 10 seconds, replacing it, and waiting another few minutes. If
it still doesn't appear, click here.
Where should I put it?
The Alarm Detector is a way of connecting your existing smoke or carbon monoxide alarms to AlertMe. To add
an existing alarm to the AlertMe system, simply install an Alarm Detector immediately next to the alarm.
When an alarm goes off, it will make a siren noise as usual, but in addition you can receive phone calls or text
messages through AlertMe.