When was the last time your alarm system was serviced?
Security alarms require regular servicing to ensure that they continue to protect your home or business and to minimise false alarms. Routine maintenance will also extend the life of your security system, making sure issues are repaired promptly. We recommend a combination of self-maintenance and professional alarm servicing to thoroughly maintain the alarm system.
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Alarm maintenance tasks
Some alarm maintenance can be performed by yourself and some tasks will need to be performed by a qualified alarm technician.
Alarm servicing tasks that you can perform:
- Keep sensors and security cameras free from spider webs, dust and debris build-up
- Maintain a proper pest control program to minimise pest movement setting off alarms
- Remove hanging ornaments or plant growth from near sensors or cameras
- Change alarm codes regularly
- Perform routine tests monthly (or more often depending on use)
As well as these, we recommend that you get a qualified alarm technician out once a year to carry out a full security system service. This includes:
- Checking overall security alarm system integrity
- Ensuring that system is communicating correctly with the monitoring station or your self-monitoring system (if monitored)
- Testing the integrity of the backup battery to ensure sufficient charge in case of power failure
- Review all sensors to make sure they are working correctly
- Service security cameras and recording systems to ensure the best picture possible is produced
- Investigate the cause of false alarms
By carrying out alarm system servicing once a year you can be confident that it will work properly when needed. Don’t assume your security system is working, book alarm maintenance today.
Alarm battery replacement
The backup battery is the most common reason an alarm starts beeping or drops out. We replace panel and backup batteries and test the system afterwards to confirm it holds. A low-battery warning usually means the backup battery needs replacing, which is a straightforward job. If you would rather check or replace it yourself first, our guide covers what to look for.
Is your security alarm system beeping or showing a fault?
A beeping keypad or fault light usually points to one of a few things: a low or flat backup battery (the most common), a system fault warning, a communication error between the panel and its network or monitoring connection, or a recent mains power interruption. Some you can clear yourself, like silencing the keypad or waiting for power to restore. Others, like replacing a battery or a communication fault that will not clear, need a technician. Our guide on why your alarm might be beeping walks through the common causes and quick fixes, and if you have a Bosch 6000 panel, check what your trouble messages mean. If it doesn’t resolve, we can service the system for you.
Alarm system repairs
We repair faults across sensors, panels, sirens, keypads and wiring. Where a system is older we are straight with you: many are now end of life, so parts are limited or no longer made, which caps what a repair can achieve. When that is the case an upgrade is often the better value, and a current system adds remote access that older panels do not have, so you can arm, disarm and check your alarm from your phone.
Security system services
Our experienced technicians can also
- schedule regular maintenance to suit you; replace faulty parts or wiring; set up alarm monitoring
- service CCTV cameras and recording equipment; upgrade your security system in part or full
- upgrade to a system you can self-monitor
- and give expert advice on protecting your property.
Brands we service and upgrade
We service and repair the systems we support, including Bosch and Ajax. Where a system is past its serviceable life, such as older Hills panels like the Hills Reliance, we upgrade it – any brand – to a modern Bosch 6000, reusing your existing wiring and sensors where possible and adding app control and remote access through MyAlarm and the iFob Control app.
For expert home or business security alarm servicing and maintenance throughout Brisbane and suburbs contact Alltronic Security on 07 3353 3248 or complete our online service booking form today.
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Frequently Asked Questions about security cameras
01Why is my security alarm system beeping?
Most often it is a low or flat backup battery, but it can also be a fault warning, a communication error, or a recent power interruption. Some you can clear yourself; a battery replacement or a fault that will not clear needs a technician. Our guides cover the common causes, and we can service the system if it does not resolve.
02How often should an alarm system be serviced?
A service once a year keeps sensors, the panel and the backup battery reliable and catches faults early. Monitored systems are often checked as part of the monitoring.
03Which alarm systems do you service and repair?
We service and repair the systems we support, including Bosch and Ajax. If your system is an older or unsupported brand past its serviceable life, we will recommend upgrading it rather than patching it.
04Can you repair my old alarm system?
Often yes, but many older systems are end of life and parts are limited or no longer available, which caps what a repair can do. We will tell you honestly when an upgrade is the better value.
05Do you still support Hills alarm systems?
Older Hills systems such as the Hills Reliance are past their serviceable life, so rather than patch them we upgrade them to a current Bosch 6000 system.
06What do you upgrade old systems to?
A modern Bosch 6000 alarm system, which adds app control and remote access through MyAlarm and the iFob Control app while reusing your existing wiring and sensors where possible.
07Do you offer alarm monitoring?
Yes. We offer 24/7 back to base monitoring, or self-monitoring through the MyAlarm platform.
08Do you charge a call-out or lock me into a contract?
We give a fixed quote up front and do not lock you into ongoing contracts.
