How to Install a Hardwired Alarm

Remove the paper backing from one side of a vibration window sensor. Place the adhesive side of the sensor against the glass of a window that leads outside. Press the sensor with your fingers to adhere it to the glass.

Run the wire attached to the sensor down the wall and across the baseboard of the wall until you come to the room where you will be installing the alarm system's control panel. Staple the wire to the baseboard of the wall with "U" clamp staples using a staple gun.

Run the wire attached to the sensor down the wall and across the baseboard of the wall until you come to the room where you will be installing the alarm system's control panel. Staple the wire to the baseboard of the wall with "U" clamp staples using a staple gun.

Run the wire attached to the sensor receiving plate across the baseboard of the wall until you come to the alarm system's control panel. Staple the wire to the baseboard of the wall with "U" clamp staples using a staple gun.

Repeat these procedures with the other windows and doors in the house.

Mount the control panel to the wall with wood screws using a Phillips screwdriver. Plug the panel's power cord into a wall outlet for power; alternately you can wire the power leads from the control panel directly into an exposed electrical junction box.

Enter the default password into the control panel to disarm the system. Insert the plug at the end of each wire into an input on the control panel; the input may be on the panel's top or bottom or require the lid to be opened first.

Navigate through the menus until you come to the "Configuration" or similarly named menu. Follow the menu prompts to tell the alarm system that the sensors are now connected. Navigate back to the main menu. Enter the password to rearm the alarm system.