When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported?

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Thu Dec 01, 2016 11:47 pm
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When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported?

When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported?

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Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:28 am
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Re: When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported

What specific functionality are you wanting?

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Fri Dec 02, 2016 1:55 pm
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Re: When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported

Don't mean to hijack the thread, but what is the current functionality of the 2868-222? Is it anything more than:

ON= Siren starts?
OFF= Siren stops?

Does anyone own one? Please share your usage.

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Fri Dec 02, 2016 8:59 pm
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Re: When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported

I thought these was a way of outputting to it to have a lower or higher volume sound. Also the box said Siren with selectable tones.

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Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:16 pm
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Re: When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported

There is a way to change it between a 120db siren and a "pleasant chime". I assume you could send a raw Insteon command to control that, as per the docs: http://cache.insteon.com/developer/2868 ... 816-en.pdf

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Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:54 pm
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Re: When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported

It seems to me that Indigo currently only supports one of the two alarms at a time. Or at least the documentation isn't clear on how to do it. I'd like to be able to do a chime (more pleasant noise) when something is first detected and then go to an alarm (obnoxious noise) some time later. Or maybe a series of short chimes for a period followed by an alarm. Also on the install screen (see the attached picture) in mentions "send power link button press" which seems to be unnecessary, unless I'm missing something.
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Sat Dec 03, 2016 3:01 pm
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Re: When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported

CraigM wrote:
Don't mean to hijack the thread, but what is the current functionality of the 2868-222? Is it anything more than:

ON= Siren starts?
OFF= Siren stops?

Does anyone own one? Please share your usage.


Here's a link to the documentation: http://cache.insteon.com/documentation/2868-222-en.pdf

I own one. I'm hoping to use it to replace my hardwired alarm. I'd like it to warn with a chime when a door/motion sensor is activated and switch to an alarm if it's not reset.

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Wed Dec 21, 2016 3:09 pm
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Re: When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported

Currently Indigo can turn the siren ON and OFF. Smarthome recently sent us the developer documentation for the siren – looks like it is the same 77 page (!!) PDF that Bollar linked to above. It does look like is has several settings, including choosing between a ding-dong chime sound versus the 120db siren. We'll be investigating better support for it.

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Mon Jan 02, 2017 5:50 pm
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Re: When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported

when I saw that Indigo7 supported these devices I bought some and upgraded to the new version. These look like very useful devices, and selectable alarms integration for doorbells vs intrusion/smoke detector would be great

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Sun Nov 12, 2017 5:31 pm
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Re: When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported

Hi there,

Any update on when we will be able to use Indigo to configure audible alerts and arm and disarm the device?

Thanks,
Dennis

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Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:57 pm
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Re: When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported

Hi Dennis,

This is still on our request list, but I don't have an ETA as to when we'll get to it.

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Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:35 pm
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Re: When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported

Thank you!


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Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:06 pm
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Re: When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported

Looking forward to it also! I have two of these units.. maybe get a 3rd pending configurability/control w Indigo. Thanks!

matt (support) wrote:
Hi Dennis,
This is still on our request list, but I don't have an ETA as to when we'll get to it.

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Sat May 26, 2018 10:37 am
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Re: When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported

Add another person waiting on being able to select between chime & siren.

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Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:35 pm
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Re: When will the Insteon Siren 2868-222 be better supported

1. I would like to be able to arm/disarm the siren from Indigo to control when the various sensors trigger the alarm or chime once they've been linked
2. I 'd like to be able to have Indigo be able to either trigger a chime or an alarm based on logic in the trigger.

Thanks!
Mark

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