The one thing I don’t like about the system is when the alarm is triggered the base station siren could be louder, I don’t think it’s loud enough. With my upstairs bedroom door shut and my fan on the base station siren wouldn’t wake me up but with the keypad in the bed hall right by my door it helps. Ring a also just released The dome siren which again could be much louder. I guess I’m just used to my Honeywell system where it was ear piercing loud
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Give it time ring alarm is still somewhat new, a lot of user are pissed about the dome siren because it is too quiet. Ring will fix it,also you can set up a Notification on your android phone that screams super loud. I used the app zedge to download a super loud Notification when my ring alarm goes off
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Couldn't agree more. I purchased the dome siren with hopes that it would be loud and to have door chirps come through it because the keypad doesn't provide that sound, the base station does. I think with customer feedback Ring will make updates, but I hope I don't have to get new equipment to have what I would want.
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Camit I have a two story house and use two keypads. If you don't mind please tell me how you get door chirp tones through your keypad? I want my keypads to play the chirp tones through my keypads as well as the base station. Thanks!
I never said the door chirps worked through the keypads where did you get this information ? The door chirps only work on base station not even dome siren as you know as them
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On this system, when the network connection is lost, what happens? And how long does it take for that to happen?
If you pay for the professional monitoring 10 per month you also get a 4g att back up. Happens immediately
Okay. I knew about the cellular monitoring, but is the cellular path on "all the time" or does it get engaged if and when the network path dies? If the latter, then what is the transfer time?
What I'm trying to understand is whether there is a potential "dead window" time that could be used by a potential intruder if the network is brought down.
What I'm trying to understand is whether there is a potential "dead window" time that could be used by a potential intruder if the network is brought down.
Your over thinking it.. yes the system uses your home internet (WiFi or LAN) as the primary connection,once it no longer sees that connection it resorts to the back up connection (AT&T 4g). It doesn’t matter what the Signal is lan or 4g the monitoring company will still receive it when the alarm is triggered . Also if your worried about the time that it might which, stop because the monitoring company ( rapid response ) doesn’t even call you until 30 seconds after the alarm has went off,unless it was a smoke alert or CO. This is how most companies do it .
Thanks for the help, everyone. I purchased the Costco 10 piece kit. Good member price ($240). I calculated what the extra cost would be to get to the same 14 piece kit as shown on sale directly from Ring, and it comes out still to be a bit less through Costco. I figured too that Costco would be a better route because of their generous return policy, if needed.
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So if this is OT for this thread, somebody please point me in the right (thread, if it already exists) direction - what is the optimal arrangement of motion detectors vs. point of entry sensors?
For anyone who is a Costco member, Costco is having a sale on their 10 piece Ring Security system kit. $200.
Lost internet yesterday for 12 hours due to a downed line and I was still getting alerts from the ring. I know there's a cell module inside but I never signed up for any plans. Are alerts offered for free over their cell module if ISP is down?
What’s nice about having cameras also is when your away and the alarm company calls on your cell that the alarm was set off and that they alerted the police. Then you drive 20 minutes back and reset the alarm after finding you left a door open when you originally left. Then you think “I guess the police where here and left already.” Go back later,check the cameras and find out you beat the SWAT team there by a good 30 minutes.