Battery backup was installed in modem, router, all wifi points and Konnected alarm board. The fire tablets display (Always on) time, date, 3 day weather, front door Nest camera, driveway Nest camera, garage open (with security code), arm stay, arm away, disarm (with security code).and status of all door, window and motion sensors. I purchased 3 Fire 7 tablets to use as control panels and installed ActionTiles on them. Currently my house announces the following: Door Open, Alarm is disarmed, Armed Stay will be active in 20 seconds, Armed Away will be active in 20 seconds, Intruder Alert. With routines in Google Home is was able to automate messages throughout all my smart speakers. My virtual switches in SmartThings show up in Google Home and enabled me to create routines. I was able to easily connect to SmartThings (without hub) and then connect SmartThings to Google Home. to pass the wife friendly test when I told her she would be able to disarm the alarm system with her phones NFC reader after setting up an NFC tag and/or that presence detection could do it automatically.Įxtremely easy to wire and connect to the internet. to combine with existing home assistant installation for remote monitoringīonus 3. to upgrade old wired alarm system to 21st centuryĢ. Overall I would score this unit an easy 10 out of 10 if your use case is the same as mine.ġ. The documentation is great for this unit from konnected's website which pretty much helped me do everything, thanks again! *Just as random project, I wired up a simple push button doorbell button to one of the 12 output zones and that works great in home assistant too! so I managed to have a very cheap and simple configurable doorbell that I wasn't planning for but this board gave me an easy platform to do so :) It was also a breeze to wire up the piezo buzzer so we still have a door open / close sound just like the old system using the existing wiring from the old keypad.Īlso, I had no trouble using home assistant's manual alarm panel configuration and setting the konnected board up for remote monitoring / notifications depending on what state the unit was in. I had no trouble wiring up my existing wired door sensor and 5 motion sensors to the board as it has nice handy screw terminals for the wires, once again these appeared correctly in home assistant after configuring them. Power over ethernet worked fine for me and the board immediately powered on and subsequently was recognised in my home assistant instillation :) Thanks to Nate and the team for putting it all together, what a brilliant way to snaz up your old home alarm system! This was exactly the product I was looking for. Superb addition to the the 21st century home! Works with common wired sensors & signaling devicesĪdds smart home features by connecting to any traditional alarm panel
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