Mike, thanks for all of your help, I got the stuff and installed the konnect.io, but I am at the part where I install the power supply, and I don't want to mess anything up, and there are not decent instructions that came with this power supply.. Do I just get a power cord off of an old appliance I don't need anymore and clip the wires and put them on the input of the power supply? seems kinda weird to me, but that also seems to be what its indicating to do. I also have a connection for "earth wire" I am unsure if I need to use, and an adjuster for output voltage range. I am unsure if I need to adjust. could you help to clear up my mind about connecting it the way I am thinking so I don't have to be scared i am going to mess something up please? Am I correct in assuming all I have to do is connect the two wires to a typical plug, and then connect the outputs to the wires going to to the control panel/tablet?
Richard,
Yes, you can use any old computer wire. Just cut off the female end and strip the wires back just enough to be under the contacts on the power box. The "earth wire" is the ground, which should be the, typically, green wire in your power cord. Yes, connect it as well. Yes, you will need to adjust your power for the tablets. The power box will send 12 volts down the line to your tablet. However, your tablet is a 5 volt device so you will need to step it down from 12v to 5v. To make it easy, Mike offers this adapter with his mounts. Just make sure to order the one that includes it. I believe it's around $5 more.
Nice setup, I'm looking at pulling the trigger on the 12 zone kit myself.
One thing I can't work out, and I've tried to Google to no avail, is how do the multiple alarm board/addon boards get treated as "one" singular alarm in say Smartthings?
The reason I ask is how do the zones and sirens attached to the separate boards end up as a "singular alarm system", so that if a sensor was tripped on a zone that doesn't have a siren attached to the board, how does the board which does have the siren attached get triggered?
All videos I've looked at only have one 6 zone controller, or don't cover the smart hub integration, and just start with the wiring to ending with this is what ActionTiles looks like
James,
The boards don't act as an alarm, they simply provide a way to connect wired "sensors" and make them available within your smarthub. Using Smartthings, for example, there is a Konnected SmartApp that will show all of your Konnected boards. You go into each board and setup the zones with names and sensor types. All of those will then be available Devices in Smartthings and that's where your automations are controlled. It doesn't matter what board the siren is conencted to or which of your zones triggers, your automations in your smarthub control that. I use the Smart Home Monitor automation to handle the alarm.
A good video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbYTUciCfQ0
Thanks Jm, that's what I thought but I was struggling to visualise how it all pieced together
I had watched that video already, it's good but only shows one konnected device, but at least gives me a good indication of how it works
Michael,
I ordered 3 of the fire 7 mounts from you. I will be receiving v2 12 zone from Konnected in about 3 months, but i had some questions for the smart home monitor app interface. On your installation, I see two cameras that are in the lower half of the screen. Is there a particular camera brand that needs to be used?
Michael,
I ordered 3 of the fire 7 mounts from you. I will be receiving v2 12 zone from Konnected in about 3 months, but i had some questions for the smart home monitor app interface. On your installation, I see two cameras that are in the lower half of the screen. Is there a particular camera brand that needs to be used?
Won -
Thanks for your note. In my setup (others may be doing differently), I'm using Blue Iris to serve up camera images to a Media tile in ActionTiles and have the media tile set to refresh once a second. For basic monitoring of cameras, this works well enough. My tablets also have the Blue Iris app installed which allows me to be view cameras with full motion video.
To answer your original question - I use Hikvision IP cameras. The IP cameras talk to Blue Iris.
Hope that helps, and don't hesitate to reach out with additional questions. Feel free to follow-up with us either at our website www.makesbymike.com or at our support email address support@makesbymike.com.
Thanks,
Michael
Mike, sorry if I sound stupid, but I only have CCTV cameras with a Amcrest DVR. Do you know of any way of getting these feeds into action tiles?