Interface kit for Hills Reliance R8 - Double Zone alarm

3rd-Party Sensors & Devices
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Hi all,


I currently have a Hills Reliance R8 unit (electrical diagram).

The board has 4 zone port; but on the code/dial-pad, it has 8 LEDs.

I suspect I have a 8-zone alarm system?

If yes, would it work if I connect Konnected alarm interface kit with this unit?


Thanks

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I'd also like an answer to this.  Does anyone from Konnected actually monitor this forum?


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I reached out to their support last time and the following was their answer.

Hope this helps:

If you want to keep the old board you could use an Interface kit. However, it will be only able to read one the zones on a doubling senario. And I’m not sure that board could be setup for a programmable zone to monitor the status of the alarm or a keyswitch for remote arm/disarm.

In that case, I’d recommend a Conversion kit. It would be simplier and allow you to use all the zones as well as full control. However, you will lose the old keypad.

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Anyone help us?

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Exactly the same scenario here. Having Hills Reliance R8 unit with 6 zones configured. Planning to get Konnected Alarm Panel Pro kit, will it work at all?

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Checking in on this thread as I have the same scenario. Has anybody had any luck with Konnected and the Hills Reliance using an interface kit, or is conversion the way to go?

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I haven’t pulled the trigger yet on an interface kit for my Hills r8, but here’s what I have found so far:

  • Can program a zone to be a key switch according to the manual
  • The AUX out can be programmed to be open/close depending on the armed/disarmed status of the system.

What I am trying to figure out is how to let the konnected panel know when the system has been triggered, possibly go off the siren? Anyone got any ideas?

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Hi all - I have recently purchased konnected to replace the R8. The issue I’m now having is with one sensor not working at all (all others do),but more importantly connecting the old RF Receiver. I have a remote with 4 buttons. So the issue is it looks like the receiver has two output relays for buttons 3 and 4, in my case used button 3 to open the garage roller door. I probably could reprogram button 4 as a toggle, but I wanted to use 1 and 2 to arm and disarm. I have done a conversion as this board had a whole heap of resistors which konnected wouldnt have accepted for doubling as I understand it but wasnt 100% sure. Can you use the interface module along with the actual pro panel? Has anyone managed to get the rf receiver working just using the green data wire with a zone on the pro?