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Smart home maintenance suggestions to keep your Fort Lauderdale system in top shape

December 16, 2024
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Maintenance is essential to various elements of our lives. You work out to keep yourself healthy and take your automobile to the mechanic so it runs smoothly. Your Fort Lauderdale smart home is no different. While it requires less attention than your vehicle, you still need to complete some easy tasks to keep components functioning as intended. It’s not challenging, and we’ll make the job even easier with the following smart home maintenance tips.

Clean Equipment Is Essential To Proper Function

Dirt and dust are hazards to sensors, surveillance camera lenses, and all electronics. How effectively do you believe your outdoor surveillance will spot intruders if it’s obscured by cobwebs? Your smart home won’t seem so smart when it’s not operating as intended. But you’re able to help by performing these easy maintenance duties:

  • Keep your camera lenses clear by wiping them down frequently with a microfiber towel slightly moistened with a safe cleaning solution. Stay away from paper towels that may damage the lens, and don’t spray a fluid right onto the camera.
  • Prevent dust from settling on sensitive electronics. If debris get inside the outer exterior, it can harm those sensitive electrical components and halt needed air movement. Even your central interface’s narrow, flat top can gather dust.
  • When tidying up, do a short verification to ensure your components are connected securely and placed appropriately.

It’s easy to keep your smart home devices dirt-free, but you can perform a few other tasks to ensure proper function.

Perform a quick test of your Fort Lauderdale security system

Have you not been sent a smartphone notification in recent weeks? Your system could be working great, and your property safe and secure, but it might also signify something isn’t working right. How about finding out by conducting a short check of your equipment? Here are some suggestions:

  • Assume the part of a burglar and attempt to trigger your access point sensors, motion detectors, or other devices you have. You can usually set your system in “test mode” to avoid notifying your monitoring agents.
  • Go into your home security smartphone app and examine the video stream. Determine if the images are crisp and the camera is directed where it is supposed to be.
  • If you have automation programmed, check it. Did the smart thermostat adjust at the specified time? Did your lights flip on or off as planned?
  • Make sure batteries are changed periodically. Many systems will even notify you when replacement is needed.

Inspections can be done occasionally or any time you believe a component is not operating properly.

Is your system firmware up-to-date?

Those smart devices you have around your house don’t just operate automatically. These incorporated elements have firmware in place, so they perform as intended. In many instances, the firmware will self-update, but there may be exceptions. Install the updates as soon as they’re ready (your system will probably notify you) to steer clear of performance or security issues.

Get a reliable smart home in Fort Lauderdale from Vivint

Looking for an intuitive, simple-to-maintain smart home in Fort Lauderdale? Speak to the home security professionals at Vivint. Providing you the best in exterior surveillance and automation, we have a solution for your family. Call (954) 287-0437 today to design your home’s security.