Apple has acknowledged issues with the alarm on its popular device, which have left users frustrated and (potentially) late.

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This allows him to send text messages to himself when the alarm system is armed, disarmed, or triggered. All the code is available on GitHub in case you also have a DSC 1550 alarm system.