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Two Things Needed To Keep Ring Alarm
I bought the Ring Alarm based on the feature list and reviews and videos, but now that I have it I'm a bit dissapointed by two things.1) I can't get sensor chirps to play through the keypad. I bought a 2 keypad setup specifically so that I could hear chirps throughout the house. This is the only modern system I've ever seen where the keypad doesn't do this, and it somewhat defeats the purpose of me having 2 keypads. Furthermore, having the base unit near a keypad just so I can hear chirps, when you arm/disarm you get 2 speakers talking to you which is somewhat obnoxious. You can't set the keypad to not play those sounds unless you disable all sounds.2) Z-wave integration. This was a big selling point for me, but I'm having difficulty geting my Z-wave devices to show up in the Ring app. I spent a lot of time and money putting Z-wave switches throughout my house and they are not GE, but I should be able to add them to the Ring app as something generic right? So far all my attempts have failed. I haven't tried adding them as a "sensor" but if that works I'm not sure if the app is going to control them properly.If I can fix either one of these issues the system can be a keeper.
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17-07-2019 15:26:02
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> @wirikidor wrote: > > I bought the Ring Alarm based on the feature list and reviews and videos, but now that I have it I'm a bit dissapointed by two things.> > > > 1) I can't get sensor chirps to play through the keypad. I bought a 2 keypad setup specifically so that I could hear chirps throughout the house. This is the only modern system I've ever seen where the keypad doesn't do this, and it somewhat defeats the purpose of me having 2 keypads. > > > > Furthermore, having the base unit near a keypad just so I can hear chirps, when you arm/disarm you get 2 speakers talking to you which is somewhat obnoxious. You can't set the keypad to not play those sounds unless you disable all sounds.> > > > 2) Z-wave integration. This was a big selling point for me, but I'm having difficulty geting my Z-wave devices to show up in the Ring app. I spent a lot of time and money putting Z-wave switches throughout my house and they are not GE, but I should be able to add them to the Ring app as something generic right? So far all my attempts have failed. I haven't tried adding them as a "sensor" but if that works I'm not sure if the app is going to control them properly.> > > > If I can fix either one of these issues the system can be a keeper. Make sure you have removed any existing z-wave switches from any other hub before you try and connect to ring. I had an issue with a z-wave ge switch that was still connected to my IQ panel it was replacing. When I removed it from the IQ panel I was able to add it to the ring alarm.
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21-07-2019 23:09:34
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I was able to add GE Z-Wave switches to Ring, and was excited about getting rid of my Wink Hub. But all you can do from Ring is manually turn the switches on/off. There's no way to integrate them with the alarm or other sensors. So I went back to running them through Wink. It would be nice if this functionality was better integrated though, so for example, you could turn on all your Z-Wave-connected lights when the alarm goes off.
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18-07-2019 15:59:33
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