GE 51107 Smart Home Wireless Alarm System Kit

My husband says it keeps his beer nice & cold – to the last sip.
Rating: 5 / 5

The term wirless implies that the three units are interconnected via transmission signals. They are simply individual battery operated alarms that can be destroyed within seconds by simply stepping on them. This is a toy alarm, pretty much useless in the real world. I should have paid extra for a true interconnected wireless system. Meanwhile, I will stick them on my two windows and the door. I should have returned this silly system, but I am too busy to do so right now.
Rating: 2 / 5

I purchased the GE simon XT security system and installed it myself. I am a licensed master electrician and although I do not install security systems for a living, I am technically inclined. I followed the instructions closely and the system works very well with a few glitches in the programing. The Motion sensors should only activate when they are manually activated when going to bed at night. This should be separate from the doors and windows. If you get up in the middle of the night to get a drink of water the alarm goes off. Also, there should be a delay so that when the motion sensors are activated, you have time to deactivate them prior to the alarm siren. Getting up in the morning I don’t have enough time to get across the kitchen to deactivate the system before the siren goes off and I get my ears blasted. I know that the system can be adjusted to eliminate this problem but I cannot get help from GE. When I call their tech support it will not give me a live person to talk with and if you tell it you are a home owner it says to call your professional installer and then hangs up on you. I sent three emails to GE tech support and they never responded. All I need to do is get a simple verbal instruction to set the program since this is not addressed in the instructions. GE simply turns their back on you once they sell you a product. This is not the first time this has happened to me with a GE product. Also, all of the literature with the Simon XT wireless system says that you can use it with alight module to turn your lights on and off remotely or with the control panel. This cannot be done. Apparently, according to the company that supplies the light modules, GE printed their literature prematurely and after production they found that the modules would not work with the transformer supplied with the system. GE went ahead and sold it anyway and just tells everyone that bought it that it doesn’t work and they’re just out of luck. Too bad, so sad. Shame on you GE!!! I have disconnected my $500.00 system because it doesn’t work properly and I cannot get any technical support for simple programing help.
Rating: 1 / 5

I have not been able to make the alarm go off.

I made it learn the access code. It will start or stop flashing when I key it in. But if set the alarm flashing and leave the door open for a minute it never goes off.

I did get it to work in chime mode once on the kitchen table but it has never worked on the door. Hopefully metal in the door frame doesn’t cause it to not work.

I called their tech support and they suggested it was broken. If I return and get a new one I’ll update.

If you are setting one up and using the tape to affix to the wall I recommend not using the tape until you verify it works.

UPdate: Further testing on kitchen table does seem to indicate door frame is problem.
Rating: 1 / 5

does anyone know if you can have the windows open slightly (6″) and have the window alarms set so that they will sound if someone tries to open the window further? I ordered this but have not opened the package, as someone else stated, if I break that molded plastic, I bought it!
Rating: 3 / 5