Your Account
An OpenAlarm account is the container for everything else: your locations, alarms, contacts, policies, and keys all live under it.
Signing Up
Section titled “Signing Up”Sign up at console.openalarm.io with your email and a password. A 6-digit code lands in your inbox to verify the address, and the first-run steps ask for two things that are required, not optional:
- Your name - it is how your contacts know who added them and whose alarm is calling.
- Your first location, with its address - the people you alert see which location triggered, and the address tells them exactly where to go.
That’s the whole gate. Everything else can wait.
Signing In
Section titled “Signing In”Password sign-ins are verified with a 6-digit code - by email, or from your authenticator app once you enable one. Better: add a passkey under Account → Security and skip passwords entirely - one tap with Face ID, Touch ID, or your security key signs you in, phishing-proof, no code to type.
The Account Pages
Section titled “The Account Pages”- Profile - your name, email, and mobile number. Changing your email or adding a number is confirmed with a 6-digit code (email or text) before it takes effect.
- Security - password changes, passkeys, and the authenticator app option, which replaces emailed sign-in codes with codes from your app.
- Settings - appearance, session timeout, and your timezone (used to time your alerts).
- Billing - your plan and invoices, handled through Stripe.
One Account, Every Property
Section titled “One Account, Every Property”You do not need an account per place. Locations partition everything - the cabin, the rental, the parents’ place - each with its own alarms, address, and dashboard view. See Locations.