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They should preform similarly to most wireless alarm sensors. The battery is really the question, in wireless alarm sensors it's generally a CR123A or CR2032. In extreme cold range could be reduced. I've seen sensors with CR123A batteries do pretty well in the cold.
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Both the motion and contact sensors use a 123A battery.
On the Ring system, can I set some sensors to not trip the full alarm siren etc but just notify me?
I would like to arm my system at night but be able to sleep with a window open which is excluded for the night.
Also I’m not currently a Costco member does anyone know the current price?
Thanks
I would like to arm my system at night but be able to sleep with a window open which is excluded for the night.
Also I’m not currently a Costco member does anyone know the current price?
Thanks
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Its back at 239.
You cannot exclude the sensor for a specified period of time. However you can select whether the sensor is armed for a specific mode. So you can set that sensor to only be armed when the alarm is set to away, but disarmed when set to home, the rest of your sensors will remain armed (front door etc).
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Manual here: https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/a...02018826/Ring_Alarm_Security_Basics_Guide.pdf
you can bypass individual zones.
you can bypass individual zones.
I installed the Ring system today for a sister in-law. Impressed with the packaging, a lot of thought went into the overall system. Problem was the android phones we have are not compatible with the Ring for the initial bluetooth setup, after that they worked great. Tech support answered the phone within a minute and determined the problem with the phones quickly (I was surprised!) Setting them up with a iphone was easy enough and you can tailor the way the system works pretty much anyway you want. Still need to order one more extender for the sensors in a metal pole barn. Putting the one extender in a barn window and the base in a house window worked, about 100 ft apart. The house also has steel siding. Thanks to fenderman for bringing this system to my attention. So far I'm much more impressed than I thought I'd be.
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Note, that you can perform in initial set up using an Android phone. You just need to enable GPS. This is a quirk in Android not an issue with ring.
Install went great. Small bug on the iPhone app where if you phone doesn't grant camera privileges by default the app does not prompt you to enable them and just shows a white screen. I was able to enter the QR code digits manually.
I wish the support guy knew that, it would have saved me a bit of time with my wife's phone. My phone was too old, the app wouldn't install. Is it possible to read signal strength of the sensors? I couldn't find anything. It would be a nice feature.
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So I finally got mine set up last night. Easy peasy. No problems, but there were a couple of things I couldn't quite figure out. First, it's not clear how I might disable the alarm from my phone app when I get home. Second, I can't see if there's a way to disable certain sensors or zones when I want to arm the system while I'm still home (like at night).
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Its right there when you log into the app. Disarmed, home, away.
You can set any sensor to not be armed when you are home in the device>mode settings, select the sensor and uncheck home mode.
Thanks @fenderman. One other thing - do the sensors tie only to the base station, or do they also to the keypad? I'm trying to figure out the best place for the range extender. If the sensors close to the keypad can use the keypad as the linkage point, then that would change where I put the extender.
Never mind. I figured that out.
Is there a way to change the brightness on the keypad? Didn't see anything about that in the manual or in the app, so I'm guessing the answer is no.
Is there a way to change the brightness on the keypad? Didn't see anything about that in the manual or in the app, so I'm guessing the answer is no.
For the more technically inclined,
homespun/ring-alarm
I was able to use this project to build in some features that Ring doesn’t offer like auto arm and disarm based on time. Use extreme caution as you could create issues for yourself if you don’t know what you’re doing with code.
homespun/ring-alarm
I was able to use this project to build in some features that Ring doesn’t offer like auto arm and disarm based on time. Use extreme caution as you could create issues for yourself if you don’t know what you’re doing with code.
Motion detector in a bedroom?
I have the Ring motion detector set up on my first floor in a spot that provides good coverage. I'd like to put a second one upstairs, but all the rooms upstairs are bedrooms. I notice the motion detector flashes when something enters its field of view, so I was thinking that might be a little annoying if I put it in any one of the bedrooms. I can imagine someone getting up for a quick bathroom stop in the middle of the night and then have this thing flash brightly at them. Doesn't seem like something that would be welcome.
The reason I'd put one if a bedroom is that the bedrooms in the back of the house are over a first floor extension, so there's a lower story roof that makes accessing those windows pretty easy. I do have window sensors on those windows.
I have the Ring motion detector set up on my first floor in a spot that provides good coverage. I'd like to put a second one upstairs, but all the rooms upstairs are bedrooms. I notice the motion detector flashes when something enters its field of view, so I was thinking that might be a little annoying if I put it in any one of the bedrooms. I can imagine someone getting up for a quick bathroom stop in the middle of the night and then have this thing flash brightly at them. Doesn't seem like something that would be welcome.
The reason I'd put one if a bedroom is that the bedrooms in the back of the house are over a first floor extension, so there's a lower story roof that makes accessing those windows pretty easy. I do have window sensors on those windows.
I've never used the motion in the kit but see if you can place some white medical tape over the light without impacting detection, or does the whole unit flash?
It's just the central indicator, but I'll have to see if that is also part of the detection behavior.