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Issue: Alarm notification provide incorrect device that’s triggered

20 Saturday Jul 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Iris, Secure

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alarm, alerts, email, iris system, issue, Lowe's iris, security, sms, text, Triggers

You may notice the same discrepancy like the example I have below when you receive an alarm notification.

Inaccurate triggered deviceIt seems all the text, email and phone calls from Iris will provide the inaccurate device that was triggered. While your history will provide the correct device.

I’ve contacted Iris support regarding this and they are already working hard to get this resolved.

Hopefully this will be fixed soon because it will save me time by not having to review the history first before knowing which camera view to check up on.

Issue: Erratic magic rule to turn on Smart plug when shutting off alarm.

09 Tuesday Jul 2013

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alarm, Iris, iris system, issue, Lowe's iris, Lowes, magic rule, magic rules, Motion detector, motion sensor, Partial, Triggers

When I created the post for shutting off devices using the smart plug, I originally set the rule to turn on the smart plug when disabling the alarm. Regardless if it was for “On” or “Partial”.

Alarm off to power on smart plug

While testing this it seems the smart plugs doesn’t turn on all the time. There wasn’t any pattern or anything that made sense to me. So I’ve contacted Iris support and found that this is indeed a known issue at this time. This is why I had  reconfigured the rule to turn on the smart plug when the motion sensor sees movement, and it happens to be more consistent.

If you know of any other magic rule issues please place a comment. This is so we all know if there is a specific issue and it’s one less thing for us to guess if it’s working, and hopefully try to create a workaround for it.

Seven security tips I’ve learned after using Lowe’s Iris

08 Monday Jul 2013

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911, alarm, Burglar alarm, camera, Everspring, intruder, intruder alert, iPhone, Iris, iris system, key fob, Keypad, Lowe's iris, Lowes, Motion detector, motion sensor, motion sensors, Partial, PIN, police, security, Triggers, verizon, vuezone, wireless cameras

This is what I’ve learned after having the Lowe’s Iris system for a few months.

Iris Hub and box

  1. You need to arm the alarm for the system to work – This may sound obvious but its harder then you may think. Relying to turn on and off from the iPhone app just doesn’t work for me because my phone is too busy with notifications and other apps to distract me. What helps is to have a visual trigger like the Keypad on the door right before leaving the house and another one in the bed room right before shutting the lights out and falling a sleep. I had to learn the hard way when my nephew’s bike was stolen from the garage. Even with the Keypads sometimes we may rush out without turning on the alarm which is why I’ve also setup Iris to enable the alarm if all Key fobs are not in range. Hopefully I’m not that absent minded to forget my keys and leave the door unlocked.
  2. Have your local police and fire department’s number – If traveling out of town is often on your calendar, then you need to keep your local authority phone number on your cell phone. Remember calling 911 from where you are will not reach to your local 911 dispatchers. Yes you may call your neighbors but they might not be there and it will also delay the process of contacting the police. I also like my neighbors so I wouldn’t want to risk their lives to deal with a dangerous situation when they are not trained to do so. Unless your neighbor is a police officer, then you may want to discuss with them your plans.  Continue reading →

How to set chimes for contact sensors?

28 Friday Jun 2013

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Setting chimes for a door sensors can be useful when your home alone, and like to be aware of your surroundings.

I’ve set this up so our keypads will chime when any of any of our doors open. I’ve notice the usefulness of this when my in-law came over and open our garage door when I wasn’t aware they were coming to our house. Apparently they told my wife and at least I wasn’t too surprised when I meet them out side. 

To do this you need to configure two things.

1) On the Device section you need to click on the “manage” button on the contact sensor which you like to enable to make a chime.

Device-Contact-Sensor-Manage

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Why does Iris motion sensor keeps triggering after I set the alarm?

19 Wednesday Jun 2013

Posted by Hsi-Pei Liao in Instructions, Iris

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alarm, false alart, intruder, intruder alert, Iris, iris system, Lowes, motion sensors, sensor, Triggers

If you rush out one day after setting your Iris alarm and a minute later you get a notification of an intruder alert that the motion sensor was triggered. Then you may need to increase the delay time between setting and activation under the alarm configuration page.

Delay Between Setting and Activation

Alarm Setting Page

 

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Accidental triggers from window curtains

18 Tuesday Jun 2013

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alarm, curtains, intruder, Iris, Lowe's iris, motion sensor, motion sensors, Triggers, windows

Our motion sensor has been triggering for something in our second floor. It triggered once when we were out and twice while leaving our home and I had to turn back to see what was causing the intruder alerts.

Later I found that we recently opened the windows just a crack because it’s very hot at home. That’s when I just hand to stand there long enough to see that a large gust of wind can cause the curtains to move.

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So now I have to decided if we should always keep this window closed or move the motion sensors or something else. humm…

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