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Monthly Archives: August 2013

Insurance Discount with Iris

29 Thursday Aug 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Iris, Save

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discount, insurance, iris system, Lowe's iris, Lowes, state farm

I’ve when on to the lowes.com site today and notice on the Iris product page that there is an “Discount  Eligible” with State Farm.

State Farm Insurance Discount

 

I haven’t tried calling them to quote a price for my home or how much of a discount they provide with the Iris system yet.

If you have can you let us know your experience with State farm and how much was the discount with Iris that would be great. Thank you!

Iris out door camera

23 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Iris, Secure

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camera, Iris, Lowe, Lowe's iris, Lowes, security, Wireless

I purchased the Iris outdoor camera just to see how it will register to the Iris hub. I’m still not sure where I’ll be installing it from the outside because it looks like you need to drill a hole to the inside of your house to plug in for power.

So here’s what the box look like.

Iris outdoor camera in box

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Better Lowe’s Iris Product Page.

21 Wednesday Aug 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Iris

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Carbon monoxide detector, First Alert, Iris, Iris products, iris system, Lowe, Lowe's iris, Lowes, Smoke detector

I found a slightly better product page where they seem to have also added the Iris outdoor camera and siren on to Iris product listing.

http://www.lowes.com/Iris-Products/_/N-1z0ym5g/pl

Better Iris product listing pageI still don’t understand why their newest products is still not on their primary page at http://low.es/TEscH2.

I’ve also notice the following 4 items are not listed on either pages.

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Iris Siren can be purchased now!

21 Wednesday Aug 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Iris, Secure

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iris system, Lowe's iris, Lowes, Lowes.com, security, Siren

I just completed my online order for the Siren!

Siren Online for sale

 

 

It seems the local Lowe’s are starting to received them in their stores. I’ve checked online yesterday and the closes five stores near me and only one had 3 in stock. Today two stores have 3 sirens available now.

Installing Iris Smoke and CO Detector

21 Wednesday Aug 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Instructions, Iris, Secure

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Carbon monoxide detector, Iris, Lowe's iris, Smoke detector

I received in the mail the First Alert Smoke and CO detector today and just got it installed and working even though the Iris portal says it’s “coming soon”.

This is what it looks like in the package.

Smoke and Co in package

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Browser Session Timeout issue when logging into Iris Portal.

16 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Instructions, Iris

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Browsers, Firefox, IE, issue, Java, Lowe, Safari, session, time out, Web browser

Recently I’ve been having a lot of browser timeout session issues and I’ve been going from one browser to another. Now each different browser would start having the following message once I log in to Lowe’s Iris portal.

Session Timeout

 

To resolve this issue for me I needed to clear out the Java temp files in windows Control panel.

Clear Java

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iris Siren finally on lowes.com but out of stock

16 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Iris, Secure

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Lowe, Lowe's iris, Lowes, Lowes.com, security, Siren

We finally see the Iris siren online at lowes.com! It’s still not on the products page on lowes.com/iris but if you search for “siren” it would be the last product at the bottom of the search result.

Lowes Siren

If anybody can actually purchases the siren online would you please put in a comment so we know it’s available. Thanks!

**Update 8/21/2013**

I just purchased this online so it looks like it’s available now!

Iris Outdoor camera

15 Thursday Aug 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Iris, Secure

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camera, Iris, Lowe's iris, Lowes, Outdoor Camera, Wi-Fi, wireless cameras

Thanks to a John Moore who left a comment on another post that the Iris outdoor camera for sale on Lowe.com by putting the search term “Iris camera” and you’ll find 3 results.

Iris outdoor cameara

 

It’s odd that it’s not part of the Iris product listing on lowes.com/iris, and I don’t see this camera when adding a new device in Iris.

I was able to purchases this online so hopefully I’ll let you know if this will work.

Upgrading my hub from version 3.04r25 to 3.06r47

15 Thursday Aug 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Instructions, Iris

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hub, Lowe's iris, Lowes, Upgrade

If you have logged in to your Iris web portal recently you may have notice the following message.

Hub upgrade notice

To upgrade your hub either you click on the blue button with the right arrow or you may just click on the “devices” tab which will bring you to the devices page.

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Tilt Sensor, Smoke and Carbon Monoxide detector coming soon.

15 Thursday Aug 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Iris, Secure

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Carbon monoxide, Carbon monoxide detector, co detector, First Alert, Lowe, lowe s, Lowe's iris, Smoke detector, Tilt Sensor

I logged into the Lowe’s Iris portal today and notice the pop up message.

Iris Device Support -Smoke and Carbin Monoxide and Garage door tilt sensor

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