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Create Low Battery and Depleted Battery notifications for doorbell cameras

You can receive notifications when a compatible doorbell camera's battery is low or completely depleted.

Compatible doorbell cameras

  • Alarm.com Wireless Video Doorbell (ADC-VDB780B)

Low Battery notifications

A Low Battery notification will be sent when the doorbell camera's battery level reaches 20%, and a Critical Low Battery notification will be sent when it reaches 10%.

Note: This notification is enabled by default.

Create/edit Low Battery Notifications

A Low Battery notification can be created using the Alarm.com app and Alarm.com customer website.

  1. Log in to the Alarm.com app.
  2. Tap Notifications.
  3. Tap Configure.
  4. Tap Add, or tap an existing notification to edit.
  5. Tap Low Battery (Video) Notification.
  6. Entered the desired name for the notification.
  7. Select the doorbell camera. 
  8. In Recipients, tap Add to select which contacts receive the notification.
  9. In the Address Book, tap to select the recipients to notify, or tap Add Contact to add a new Address Book recipient.
  10. Tap Close.
  11. Verify the notification is configured with the correct settings.
  12. Tap Save.
  1. Log in to the Alarm.com customer website.
  2. Click Notifications.
  3. Click New Notification, or click Edit to edit an existing notification. 
  4. Click Low Battery (Video) Notification.
  5. Enter the desired name for the notification.
  6. Select the doorbell camera. 
  7. In Recipients, click Add to select which contacts receive the notification.
  8. In the Address Book, click to select the recipients to notify, or click New Contact to add a new Address Book recipient.
  9. Click Close.
  10. Click Save.

Depleted Battery notifications

A Depleted Battery notification can be sent when the doorbell camera's battery is completely depleted.

Note: This notification is enabled by default.

Create/edit Depleted Battery notifications

A Depleted Battery notification can be created and configured using the Alarm.com app and Alarm.com customer website.

  1. Log in to the Alarm.com app.
  2. Tap Notifications.
  3. Tap Configure.
  4. Tap Add, or tap an existing notification to edit.
  5. Tap Depleted Battery (Video) Notification.
  6. Entered the desired name for the notification.
  7. Select the doorbell camera. 
  8. In Recipients, tap Add to select which contacts receive the notification.
  9. In the Address Book, tap to select the recipients to notify, or tap Add Contact to add a new Address Book recipient.
  10. Tap Close.
  11. Verify the notification is configured with the correct settings.
  12. Tap Save.
  1. Log in to the Alarm.com customer website.
  2. Click Notifications.
  3. Click New Notification, or click Edit to edit an existing notification. 
  4. Click Depleted Battery (Video) Notification.
  5. Enter the desired name for the notification.
  6. Select the doorbell camera. 
  7. In Recipients, click Add to select which contacts receive the notification.
  8. In the Address Book, click to select the recipients to notify, or click New Contact to add a new Address Book recipient.
  9. Click Close.
  10. Click Save.

 

 

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