Auto Re-Arm in New Alarms

Learn how Auto Re-arm work and how to set them up in New Alarms

Auto Re-Arm automatically re-arms a partition that is disarmed during its scheduled armed hours, preventing it from being left disarmed when someone forgets to re-arm it on their way out.

Unlike systems that rearm after a fixed amount of time, Auto Re-Arm waits until activity has stopped. When a partition is disarmed during a scheduled armed window, the system begins monitoring for activity. Motion or other activity that could trigger an alarm restarts the inactivity timer.

After the partition remains inactive for the configured period, it automatically re-arms. If staff remain on site longer, rearming happens later. If they leave sooner, it happens sooner.

• Auto Re-Arm operates at the partition level.
• The partition must use Schedule for Arm/Disarm.
• Auto Re-Arm supports both sensor and camera partitions.

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Configuration

1

In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Alarms.

2

Select the alarm site you want to configure.

3

In the left navigation, click Partitions.

4

Select your partition.

1. Under Arming and Disarming, select Schedule for Arm/Disarm from the dropdown.
2. Check the Enable Re-arm box.
3. Enter the default inactivity period in minutes.

The default inactivity period is 30 minutes, and the maximum configurable period is 120 minutes.

Example

Your partition is scheduled to be armed from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with Auto Re-Arm set to 30 minutes.

• A cleaner disarms the partition at 10:00 PM to enter the building.
• Motion is detected until 10:40 PM, and the timer resets with each event.
• No further activity is detected after 10:40 PM, so the partition re-arms automatically at 11:10 PM.

If the cleaner had left at 10:15 PM instead and no further activity was detected, the partition would have re-armed at 10:45 PM.