Setup is done entirely in the Lima Shield Connect app. It takes 5 to 10 minutes.
Have these to hand:
Take it out of its packaging and place it on a flat surface, near a socket. Connect the supplied cable to the back of the Lima Shield, then to the wall socket.
Press and hold the button on the back of the Lima Shield for at least 3 seconds.
Its LED lights up white.
Download Lima Shield Connect, open it and tap “Create an account”. Enter your email, your country and a password, then tap “Create my account”. Then allow notifications: that is how you are alerted in the event of an alarm.
In the app, tap “Set up a Lima Shield” and turn on your phone's Bluetooth if prompted. You do not need to activate anything on the Lima Shield itself: stay within 5 metres, in the same room. Then select it in the list (its name starts with LIMASHIELD) and tap “Pair”.
After 30 seconds, check that the Lima Shield is plugged in and switched on with a white LED, that you are within 5 metres in the same room, and that it is not already set up on another account. Then tap “Search again”.
Make the same choice in the app, then tap “Continue”. Either way, 4G takes over if the connection drops.
Choose your network, enter its password and tap “Join”. You can also scan your router's QR code.
The Lima Shield only picks up 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi: check that your router is broadcasting on 2.4 GHz.
The Lima Shield checks its connection. When “Your Shield is ready” appears, give it a name if you wish, for example Home, then tap “Finish”.
If an update is offered, tap “View update” to install it, or “Later”. Do not unplug the Lima Shield during the update.
The Lima Shield is connected and disarmed: its status LED is solid white.
You can also:
In “Settings”, tap “Account and people”, then “Invite someone”.
Enter the person's email, then tap “Send invitation”. They will be able to arm and disarm your Lima Shield and view the history, but not change its settings.
The person appears as “Pending”. They create their account in the app with that email, then tap “Accept invitation”.
Open the pending invitation, then tap “Cancel invitation”.
In “Settings”, tap “Accessories”, then “Add an accessory”.
Tap “Lima Shield Remote”, the wireless SOS button.
Slide the small triangular tool supplied into the notch on the side, then lever the two halves apart.
Pull out the plastic tab sticking out from under the battery.
Hold down the small circled button, to the right of the battery, for 6 seconds, until the red light flashes. Then tap “Search”.
Not the big round button on the other side.
The search takes one minute.
Give it a name if you wish, then tap “Finish”. It appears in your accessories.
From now on, any press of the remote control button triggers the alarm: take care not to set it off by mistake.
In “Settings”, tap “Accessories”, then “Add an accessory”.
Tap “Lima Shield Keypad”.
Open the battery compartment on the back of the keypad, insert the supplied batteries with the correct polarity (+/−), then close it.
Hold down the 0 key for 5 seconds, until you hear 3 beeps. You then have 30 seconds to tap “Search for keypad”.
The Lima Shield searches for the keypad nearby. When it finds it, the connection is made automatically.
Tap “Finish”. It appears in your accessories, where “Access codes” manages the keypad codes.
To arm: your 6-digit code, then the bell key at the bottom right. To disarm: the code alone.