The app will tell you which sensor triggered the alarm, but you’re on your own from there. If an alarm is tripped, a not-terribly-loud (105dB) siren in the base station sounds off, and an alert is sent to your smartphone that launches the Ring app (a more powerful siren from Dome is on the short list of supported third-party devices).
That goes double for people who already have other Ring devices, because it includes video storage in the cloud for an unlimited number of Ring cameras.
RING KEYPAD PROFESSIONAL
You can monitor the system yourself, but at the price Ring is charging for professional monitoring-just $10 per month ($100 per year if paid annually) with no long-term contract-it would be foolish not to sign up for it. The very affordable ($199) starter kit includes a wireless base station, a keypad for arming and disarming the system, one door/window sensor, one passive infrared motion sensor, and a Z-Wave range extender.
RING KEYPAD PLUS
And in an interview with Ring Solutions president Mike Harris earlier this week, I learned that’s exactly what Ring intends to do.Įach of the key components in the Ring Alarm home-security system is powered by a Z-Wave Plus chip (but the base station also has a ZigBee radio).īut let’s go over what it can do today, first. But it lacks nothing needed to support those and similar devices down the road. Httpss:// Alarm doesn’t support smart lighting controls, door locks, thermostats, garage-door openers, or other common smart home products today, and there’s a very short list of supported third-party products. But tapping this blue bar will sound the Alarm Base Station Siren and Keypad Siren.
Also, notice there is a blue bar “Sound Siren Only” at the bottom, which does not notify the Professional monitor people. Now you get a Count-down of 5 seconds to hit the “Cancel” at the bottom, before the signal request actually goes out. Then try sliding (swipe-right) one of the choices. Then you’ll have 3 slide-choices of which emergency agency you need (details on what actions will occur are written there in each choice). In multiple locations on your Ring App, you have quick access to the SOS Red Shield “Exclamation-Point” icon (upper-right corner of Dashboard, Camera video device, or on “Live View” by first tapping the blue “+” icon). Httpss:///en-us/articles/360022095492-Ring-Alarm-Panic-Button-InformationĪlthough you didn’t ask about the “SOS” feature with the Ring App (with Ring Protection Plan “Plus” and Professional Monitoring). Httpss:///collections/all-products/products/panic-button
RING KEYPAD PORTABLE
Ring also sells a separate “Panic Button” that is portable or wall-mountable (Dimensionsģ.01 inches in diameter and 1.07 inches in thickness), which gets all 3 Police, Fire, and Medical response after you hold the center button for 3 seconds. This “3-second holding” the dedicated button is for reducing accidental monetary button tap resulting in an unintended emergency response team being called. Yes, is correct about holding both the “X” and “Check-mark” buttons down together for 3 seconds to activate the “Panic” alarm feature, for both 1st and 2nd Generation Keypads, and with Professional Monitoring will result with all 3 responses from Police, Fire, and Medical personnel.įor your question, “On the 2nd generation keypad, do you need to hold the dedicated police/fire/medical buttons for 3 seconds, or are they instant?” These Emergency buttons to get Police, Fire and Medical individual response (when you don’t want all 3 together, like you only want the Police but not the Fire department), you simply press and hold the desired button for 3 seconds to activate. I thought that was how panic worked on the1st gen, and the 2nd gen had dedicated police, fire, medical panic buttons? Are you sure about this?Īlsorelatedlyy, on the2nd generation keypad, do you need to hold the dedicated police/fire/medical buttons for 3 seconds, or are they instant?