A pass code with most alarm companies is optional. In general it is used for verification purposes or to verify that you are who you say you are. Let’s say you’re at the house and your home security system has a smoke detector as one of its devices (devices being anything the alarm can detect such as a smoke detector, motion detector or a entry door contact). You are cooking dinner and you burn the food enough for the smoke detector to go off. The alarm calls the central station and they in turn call the fire department.
As you’re trying to clear the smoke away from the smoke detector your phone rings and it is the central station calling to verify the alarm is valid. They ask your name and for your passcode to verify you are who you say you are and if you give them the correct information they can cancel the alarm.
You might think “well what do they do without a passcode?” In that case they would take your word for it and cancel the alarm. But let’s look a little closer at this scenario.
What if someone set the fire on purpose? Then the call came in and that person told them to cancel the fire department? A passcode would solve this problem.
Another scenario where a passcode is very useful would be in the case of a hold up.
Let’s say someone breaks into your home, the alarm goes off and the central station calls the authorities then calls the house. You answer but the person holding you up demands you tell them everything is ok. Without a pass code the central station would cancel the alarm and you would be in trouble. Now if you have a pass code, the call comes in and you are being held up. You can tell them a false pass code or that you don’t know your pass code and in either case the central station would send the authorities.
These are just a few reasons to say yes to using a passcode with your alarm system.
We at EnforcerSecuity.com require the use of a pass code with your alarm system.
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