As I progress through setting up ST in my new home, I’m looking at Smart Alarm and need a siren. This one (or two) seems to fit the bill due to its plug in form factor.
My questions though, are:
Can I use more than one, say one in the basement and one on my
second floor, and have them respond in the same way and at the same
time?
Can this be used as an audio indicator for door
openings/closings like with a traditional alarm system? E.g., my
in-law’s wired alarm chirps a door is open.
@John_Esher I’m sure the siren could be used as a chime but a smart app would need to be created in an attempt to achieve that. The Smart Alarm smart app, presently can not support that function.
I believe there is only one spot to choose a siren. So I think you would have to install/run two instances of the smart alarm app in order to achieve two sirens going at once.
You can also try asking the 2 siren question in the smart alarm post.
@ultrazero, I’m also hearing that high-pitched whine with my Aeon siren. My wife hears it two rooms away and she can’t stand it. Now that she has pointed it out, I can’t help noticing it either.
I assume this is part of the hardware that I can’t modify, and is likely to be the same with other Aeon sirens.
Does anyone have direct experience with the Fortrezz alarm, and have you noticed a high-pitched whine coming from that? I have to admit, this Aeon paired very easily with my hub and it looks really great (way better than the red globe on the Fortrezz). But I’d be willing to sacrifice looks for a device that doesn’t whine.
Same questions here, I want to be able to use it as a chime (Door Open/Close)
Hey Guys, bit of a noob here. Just got my Aeon Labs siren and I would like for it to go off when someone enters the house and neither my wife or I are home. can someone walk me through how they would do this?
Assuming you have presence set up with either your phones or with ST presence fobs, the best option is to use @geko’s amazing smart alarm app.
I just bought one of these and it took some effort to get it to pair. Now, I can’t test it and the activity page is completely blank. I’ve also tried to exclude it to no avail.
I had an issue when I first tried to pair the siren as well. I ended up rebooring my hub through the IDE and that did the trick. Paired right away. Rebooting actually solved a bunch of other issues I was having as well. Maybe it’ll work for you?
I finally got mine to work. I rebooted my hub and then placed the siren next to to hub (literally almost touching it). Finally paired correctly and works great.
I had to remove the device and unassociate it from my Minimote controller and delink it from my ZWave network and then I had to reboot. Now everything is good.
Just got the Aeon Siren today, and I did have a bit of trouble getting it to pair correctly with Smartthings. It would show up as pairing successfully in Smartthings, but would be unresponsive. Fortunately, I followed the advice to initiate the pairing process very close to the Smartthings Hub (within three feet) and now the siren seems to work.
However, I can’t seem to get the siren to only strobe for alarms. It seems that no matter the Alarm type I choose using the stock Open/Close Monitor app, all the alarms end up triggering the strobe and the audible alarm. The Activity Feed shows that a strobe command is being sent, but the Aeon Siren is showing alarm is both:
Here’s a log from the Open/Close Monitor app:
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: trace TURNING OFF
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: info OPEN CLOSE HANDLER evt.value: ‘closed’, turnOffOnClose: 'true’
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: trace timeOk = true
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: trace daysOk = true
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: trace modeOk = true
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: info SUMMARY EVENT data: [[icon:indicator-dot-green, iconColor:#49a201, default:true, value:Everything is OK]]
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: debug data: [smokeAndCO:clear of Smoke/CO, backgroundColor:#57C446]
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: debug data: [backgroundColor:#57C446, extremeTemperature:OK]
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: debug data: [backgroundColor:#57C446, unwantedAccess:OK]
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: debug data: [smokeAndCO:clear of Smoke/CO, backgroundColor:#57C446]
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: debug data: [backgroundColor:#57C446, extremeTemperature:OK]
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: debug data: [backgroundColor:#57C446, unwantedAccess:OK]
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: debug data: [backgroundColor:#57C446, extremeTemperature:OK]
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: debug Updating Dangers solution summary
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: trace STATE EVENT: ‘Back Patio Security Gate is OK’, data:[unwantedAccess:OK]
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: trace updateSolutionSummary()
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: trace setSolutionState()
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:38 PM: info openCloseHandler(Door Sensor (Back Patio Security Gate), contact:closed)
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:36 PM: debug Alarm strobe activated
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:36 PM: trace timeOk = true
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:36 PM: trace daysOk = true
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:36 PM: trace modeOk = true
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:36 PM: info OPEN CLOSE HANDLER evt.value: ‘open’, turnOffOnClose: 'true’
c79942e0-478c-42ac-90c9-44d8a68ebd71 12:45:36 PM: debug Alert: ‘Back Patio Security Gate was opened’, push:false, phone:null
And here’s a log for the Aeon Siren:
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:46:12 PM: debug Parse returned [[‘name’:‘switch’, ‘value’:‘off’, ‘displayed’:false, ‘isStateChange’:true, ‘linkText’:‘Aeon Siren’, ‘descriptionText’:Aeon Siren switch is off], [‘name’:‘alarm’, ‘value’:‘off’, ‘isStateChange’:true, ‘displayed’:true, ‘linkText’:‘Aeon Siren’, ‘descriptionText’:Aeon Siren alarm is off]]
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:46:12 PM: debug rx BasicReport(value: 0)
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:46:12 PM: debug parse(zw device: 11, command: 9881, payload: 00 20 03 00 )
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:46:11 PM: debug sending off
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:45:39 PM: debug Parse returned [[‘name’:‘switch’, ‘value’:‘on’, ‘displayed’:false, ‘isStateChange’:false, ‘linkText’:‘Aeon Siren’, ‘descriptionText’:Aeon Siren switch is on], [‘name’:‘alarm’, ‘value’:‘both’, ‘isStateChange’:false, ‘displayed’:false, ‘linkText’:‘Aeon Siren’, ‘descriptionText’:Aeon Siren alarm is both]]
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:45:39 PM: debug rx BasicReport(value: 255)
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:45:39 PM: debug parse(zw device: 11, command: 9881, payload: 00 20 03 FF )
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:45:39 PM: debug Parse returned [[‘name’:‘switch’, ‘value’:‘on’, ‘displayed’:false, ‘isStateChange’:false, ‘linkText’:‘Aeon Siren’, ‘descriptionText’:Aeon Siren switch is on], [‘name’:‘alarm’, ‘value’:‘both’, ‘isStateChange’:false, ‘displayed’:false, ‘linkText’:‘Aeon Siren’, ‘descriptionText’:Aeon Siren alarm is both]]
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:45:39 PM: debug rx BasicReport(value: 255)
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:45:39 PM: debug parse(zw device: 11, command: 9881, payload: 00 20 03 FF )
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:45:38 PM: debug Parse returned [[‘name’:‘switch’, ‘value’:‘on’, ‘displayed’:false, ‘isStateChange’:false, ‘linkText’:‘Aeon Siren’, ‘descriptionText’:Aeon Siren switch is on], [‘name’:‘alarm’, ‘value’:‘both’, ‘isStateChange’:false, ‘displayed’:false, ‘linkText’:‘Aeon Siren’, ‘descriptionText’:Aeon Siren alarm is both]]
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:45:38 PM: debug rx BasicReport(value: 255)
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:45:38 PM: debug parse(zw device: 11, command: 9881, payload: 00 20 03 FF )
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:45:38 PM: debug Parse returned [[‘name’:‘switch’, ‘value’:‘on’, ‘displayed’:false, ‘isStateChange’:true, ‘linkText’:‘Aeon Siren’, ‘descriptionText’:Aeon Siren switch is on], [‘name’:‘alarm’, ‘value’:‘both’, ‘isStateChange’:true, ‘displayed’:true, ‘linkText’:‘Aeon Siren’, ‘descriptionText’:Aeon Siren alarm is both]]
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:45:38 PM: debug rx BasicReport(value: 255)
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:45:38 PM: debug parse(zw device: 11, command: 9881, payload: 00 20 03 FF )
0699ae97-22be-4adc-b460-b7067caf971d 12:45:36 PM: debug sending on
Frustrating! Since this is now an officially supported device, I would report the issue to support@smartthings,com and see if they can help.
The Aeon Siren doesn’t have the ability to only strobe, unfortunately. It’s just not a feature of the device.
Nuts! Well that’s disappointing. Thanks for the clarification, I probably wouldn’t have figured that out on my own and would have chalked it up to a bug or defect.
I had some pretty high hopes for this siren as the form factor is quite nice, but the functionality of the siren turned out to be not as versatile as I had thought it would be. Not being able to only strobe is a bummer, but it’s also disappointing that we’re unable to trigger different alarm tones and volumes for different scenarios.
I’d like to know if there is a way to trigger the alarm for few seconds (and repeat every “x” minutes) when a specific door is left open ?
The use case is to get an audible notification when the main door is left open or similar. It would be great to have this feature available as part of regular “door” app. But for now a “Notify Me” app would also be fine 
.
Is anyone else having this problem? When I try and change the preferences (volume and siren sound), I get an error saying “Failed to save page: preferences.” I’ve reset the hub, uninstalled and re-installed the siren, and eventually, am able to save the preferences when I log in online and save them on the website. It doesn’t, however, change the volume and option. I’ve been searching for an answer on the net for a week, and finally bit the bullet and thought I would ask the pros.
Any thoughts?
Wow–you’re a lot more patient than I am!
Since this is on the official “works with SmartThings” list, support should be able to help.
Just write them at support@smartthings.com Tell them what phone app you’re using (Android, IOS, or Windows phone). They should be able to help.
Perfect, thanks for the help!
Did you ever figure the error?
I am not able to change the sound either. When I select a different #, it tells me "An unexpected error occurred"
Thoughts?