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Hi, DIYers, I'm Jorge from Alarm Grid.
Today we're going to be discussing if you installed
an IQ 2 or an IQ 2 Plus on your own,
can you still get monitoring?
Simple and quick answer to that is yes.
Depending on the company you go with, like, for instance,
if you go with us, we're a DIY company,
it doesn't matter who installed the system-- whether it was
a professional installer or the end user, yourself,
that installed the system.
As long as the system is not tied up with another company,
as long as the system is not locked,
you-- we can activate the system and get it
set up so that it can send out and it can receive signals
from the Alarm.com platform.
So if you installed the system on your own,
not only is it going to save you a lot
of money because usually what happens with these companies
out there send out installers and everything
like that is they send out--
they have a fee for the installer to go out,
then they have a fee per hour.
Now, when you do this self installation,
you're saving yourself all of those costs of having
to have the installer go out.
The good thing about the IQ 2 and the IQ 2 Plus
is that it's very, very easy to setup.
If you guys are in an apartment or somewhere
that you're renting and you don't
want to make a hole in your wall,
the system actually comes with the backstand
already that you guys can use so you guys can actually just
put it on a countertop-- kitchen counter, your bedroom
counter, your nightstand, wherever you guys want
to place a system.
It doesn't have to go install on the wall.
It just has to be plugged in for power.
And if you mount it on a counter,
it already comes with a desk stand that you need for it.
Now, if you guys are installing this in your house
and you're looking for a cleaner look,
as long as you guys have the right tools, then
the install should be very easy.
You have to make a small hole in the wall.
Fish the wire behind the wall so it's not just
a dangling wire on the front of the wall
so that everyone can see.
So you fish the wire behind, you bring it down to an outlet,
and the system already comes with a power supply
that you need to plug-in for power.
Now, again, these are all self installation solutions.
It's-- the system itself is very easy to set up.
The sensors are wireless so they pretty much
have a little peel back sticker on back that you can--
soon as you take the sticker off,
you just mount the sensor where you need it.
Same thing for the magnets.
If you guys want to secure it, you
can always drill it into the frame of the house as well.
If you guys want to make sure--
if you guys aren't confident that the adhesive sticker
is going to hold the sensor in place--
but, yeah, self-installation is always
going to save you guys a lot of costs.
You don't have to have the installer go out,
you don't have to pay any installation fees,
it's all self-installation.
And then whenever you're monitored with a company like
us-- a DIY, a do it yourself company--
all you have to do is sign up for the Alarm.com service
to get the system activated.
Now, what is Alarm.com.
Alarm.com is a service that the alarm companies, ourselves,
deal out to the end users.
So you have to go through an alarm company
to get the Alarm.com service.
Now, alarm is-- it's an interactive platform.
It allows you to control your alarm system from your phone.
So if you go into your App Store or Play Store,
you can go ahead and download the Alarm.com app,
but you can't log in if you're not monitored because you
don't have an account.
You get that account and you receive
the welcome emails when you're monitoring company
has activated you.
Now with the application you can pretty much
do everything on your system except programming.
So you can arm and disarm the system,
you can create and delete user codes with the app,
you can control Z-Wave devices.
So if you have lights, locks, thermostats, garage door
controllers, plug-in modules, switches, light bulbs,
anything that's Z-Wave or Z-Wave Plus,
as long as you guys have included into your IQ 2 or IQ 2
Plus, it'll go up, it will be pushed up to the Alarm.com
platform, and then from there you
can access all these devices from the app
as long as, again, you're on the correct monitoring
plan and service.
If you guys have Alarm.com video cameras,
you can also view those video cameras through the application
as well.
You can create email and text message notifications,
you can look at the status of your system,
the status of your sensors, create email and text messages
whenever a door is open or closed,
literally you can do a lot of things
with this Alarm.com platform.
And, again, all you have to do is just
sign up for the correct monitoring plan.
The company will activate the system.
They'll send you your welcome emails
and then you're free to use the application.
They also have a website.
So if you ever find yourself not having cellular reception,
but you have a computer or something in front of you,
you can go to the Alarm.com website
and log in to the platform that way as well.
Now, Alarm.com is also what you're going
to be using for the system.
That's what it's sending out the signals to.
And then from there, whether you're doing central station
monitoring or self-monitoring, that's
where the signals will be sent to.
So if you're doing a self-monitoring plan,
that means that the Alarm.com application
is going to send you email, text message, or push notifications.
But since it is a self-monitored plan, it's up to you
to contact the authorities because there
is no central station involved in self-monitoring.
And, again, not every company will
have this self-monitoring option,
so make sure you guys are looking in that as
well whenever you guys are looking to get your IQ 2
or IQ 2 Plus monitored.
The other plans are central station monitoring plans.
So if you guys have a central station monitoring plants,
not only is the application going
to be sending you emails, text message, and push
notifications, but it's also sending the alarm signal out
to the central station so that they can then
look at the signal and say, OK, the front door alarm is going
off, let me go ahead and start going down the call list
that we have for the end user and we'll
see if everything's OK.
If nobody answers or if you guys say that it is an actual alarm,
then they'll go ahead and they'll
contact the correct authorities, whether it's
the police department, fire department, or the ambulance--
the medical department, all right?
So this is just a quick video.
If you guys do the self-installation,
it is completely OK.
Again, it all depends on what company you're going with.
But if you're going with a DIY company like us,
it does not matter to us who installed it,
whether it was a professional installer or yourself who
installed it, as long as it's connected to a network,
as long as it's powered up, we'll be able to activate
the system for you.
If you guys have any questions about the monitoring plans
or need help getting your IQ 2 or your IQ 2 Plus set up,
feel free to send us an email to support@alarmgrid.com.
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I'm Jorge and I'll see you guys next time.