Ring Alarms discounted for Prime Day (2020 Oct 13)
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Anybody looking to buy a Ring Security system, do it now or you will be forced to have a subscription...
That is kind of shitty. Takes away one of the key selling points for the system. It was great for those who just wanted a simple self-monitored system without a subscription fee. Going forward I would not know what to recommend for this purpose anymore.
I believe all Ring sensors and keypads, gen1 or gen2, use z-wave and can be paired with third-party base stations (Home Assistant, Hubitat, etc). But then the word "simple" no longer applies to any part of the system. LOL.
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Another issue with the Ring Alarm is it only supports 2 zones - home and away.
Ideally you want 3 zones - Home (perimeter - so you can move around inside but still know if someone forces an external door), Away - full arming so fully protected, Partial - Night time - downstairs & Perimeter armed but upstairs disarmed
Ideally you want 3 zones - Home (perimeter - so you can move around inside but still know if someone forces an external door), Away - full arming so fully protected, Partial - Night time - downstairs & Perimeter armed but upstairs disarmed
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To clarify, these are called zones but modes or states. The ring alarm does in fact support, home, away or disarmed. This was the case even in gen 1. You can easily choose which sensor you wish to be armed with the respective modes. But yes if you wish to have a downstairs motion sensor on at night then you would have to manually activate it.
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