Smart home maintenance tips to keep your Lawrence system running properly
Maintenance is essential to various aspects of our lives. You exercise to keep your body in shape and take your vehicle to the mechanic so it operates properly. Your Lawrence smart home is no exception. Even though it needs less upkeep than your vehicle, you still need to perform a few straightforward tasks to keep components running smoothly. It’s not difficult, and we’ll make the job even easier with these smart home maintenance tips.
Clean Equipment Is Key To Reliable Function
Dirt and dust are threats to sensors, surveillance camera lenses, and all electrical gadgets. How reliably do you believe your outdoor surveillance will spot intruders if it’s covered in cobwebs? Your smart home won’t look so smart if it’s not functioning as you expect. But you can help by performing these basic maintenance duties:
- Keep your lenses dirt-free by wiping them periodically with a microfiber towel gently dampened with a safe cleaning solution. Stay away from paper towels that could scratch the lens, and never spray a cleaner straight onto the camera.
- Prevent dust from settling on fragile electronics. If contaminants work their way inside the protective exterior, it can harm those sensitive electronics and keep air from circulating. Even your command hub’s narrow, flat top can accumulate dust.
- When cleaning or dusting, do a short inspection to make sure your components are fixed firmly and placed correctly.
It’s easy to keep your smart home devices dirt-free, but you should do a few other things to promote error-free functionality.
Do a quick test of your Lawrence security system
Have you not gotten a smartphone notification in recent weeks? Your system may be working great, and your property safe and secure, but it may also signify there is an issue. Why not find out by performing a short assessment of your equipment? Here’s what you can do:
- Play the part of an intruder and see if you can activate your motion detectors, access point sensors, or additional devices you have. You can often put your system into “test mode” to avoid contacting your monitoring company.
- Launch your home security cell phone app and look at the video footage. See if the images are crisp and the camera is directed where it needs to be.
- If you have automation set up, test it. Did the smart thermostat change settings at the right time? Did your lights flip on or off as planned?
- Make sure batteries are switched out regularly. Many systems will even alert you when they’re low.
Evaluations can be conducted periodically or at any point you think a sensor is failing.
Is your system firmware current?
Those smart devices you have around your house don’t just run on their own. These connected instruments have firmware built in, so they operate properly. In many instances, the firmware will self-update, but not always. Run the updates as soon as they’re available (your system will likely inform you) to prevent errors or security problems.
Get a reliable smart home in Lawrence from Vivint
Interested in a reliable, low-maintenance smart home in Lawrence? Connect with the home security professionals at Vivint. Offering the latest in home surveillance and automation, we have the right system for your property. Call (785) 829-4689 right away to get started.