[OBSOLETE] Aeon Labs Multifunction Siren

HA! that worked using the SHM and custom sound “beep”

Now I am intrigued, how do I get it to play the other items like bell 1 & 2 or “someone is approaching” or “dogs barking” among just a few of the other cool sounds?

In custom message is “beep” the only thing you can put in there?

The Aeon Siren is just a siren so it can’t play other sounds and doesn’t even have a built in beep feature. The DTH simulates a beep by turning the siren on and off quickly.

Beep uses the “beep” settings you’ve specified in the device settings, but I believe you can also enter “custombeep1” through “custombeep6” to play the 6 preset beeps that are available as tiles when you open the device.

This post explains all the commands that can be used in that custom message field.

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It took me a month and a half to finally bite the bullet and replace my v1 hub with the new v2 hub. My first attempt a customBeep worked great. I hope it continues to work without issue. Thanks again for your Device Handlers and help along the way!

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Hi Everyone,

Newbie here. I’ve read much of the post here on how to get started but no success on getting my alarm to beep. I’m sure I screwed up some where.

Here’s what I did.

  1. Paired/Added Aeon Siren to smart things (tested and the alarm works )
  2. Added your device handler
  3. Added My Devices and added your Aeon Device Type.
  4. I can see your application and all the buttons, but can’t hear any alarm/beeps when I press the buttons.
  5. Looked at live logging, events are being received but no sound.

Any help is appreciated.

It sounds like either the device handler is sending secure commands and your device isn’t paired securely or vice versa.

If you pair the device before creating the device handler and then change the device handler in the IDE, the configuration doesn’t always run as expected which might explain why they’re out of sync.

If you open the device’s settings screen, tap done, and wait about 10 seconds, it might start working.

This is GREAT! I really appreciate your time, effort, and expertise on this project. I added it today and all works perfectly! We have it triggered by our ZWave smoke detectors as an additional alarm for the top floor of our home. The ‘different’ alarm assignment (#5) for it adds a very good ALERT. I look forward to configuring the remaining to maximize all.

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Hello, wondering if anyone can help me.

I added the device handler but when I open the device in ST I just see the same Off and Test buttons prior to adding the device handler. Did I miss a step?

I have the Gen5, ZW080-A17, by Aeotec alarm.

Thanks

If you added the device before adding the device handler you need to open the device in the IDE and change the “Type” field to “Aeon Labs Multifunction Siren”. The list is alphabetical, but custom device handlers will be at the very bottom.

Perfect. Thank you for your quick reply.

I’m trying to use this with a CoRE piston that says if any of my door contacts change to Open then beep. Hopefully this gives me a door “chime”. I have a different piston that chimes my iris keypads but it doesnt always work.

If you’re using this as an audio device and using the custom message field to specify the track number you need to update to version 1.9.2. ASAP.

Does anyone use this with SmartRules by chance? I currently have this setup via “Notify with Sound” to briefly beep when I open my back door. However, I’d like to have a way to easily push a button to enable and disable that beep when I’m walking in the door with a sleeping baby.

I know SmartRules has this functionality, so I was going to use this instead of “Notify with Sound”. Quick push button to enable/disable when needed. The only options in SmartRules though are “both”, “siren”, “strobe”, “turn off”. No way to do custom beeps that I see. Has anyone found a way to get the custom beeps to interface with SmartRules?

Is there any way to prevent someone from disabling the siren by just pressing the button on it?

I’m unfamiliar with SmartRules, but if t has an option for Audio Notifications it should be possible.

Not that I’m aware of, but you could put it somewhere that’s not easy to reach so it would at least take someone a lot longer to disable it…

Lately my Aeon Siren ain’t beeping anymore in SMH, for which I created a rule (customBeep1) whenever a door opens. If I open the device itself I can push any of the beep buttons and it works just fine. If I use any other app or rule it works as well. No changes have been made to the system ( devices added or removed). I’m using Kevin’s DTH…Any ideas?

Have you updated to version 1.9.2?

Thanks for the feedback Sir. No I did not update lately… but I’ll check on what version I’m running

SmartThings changed the audio notification TTS url on 3/21 which broke the custom message feature in this device handler. The version I released that night fixed the issue by not looking for a specific url while parsing the message so that won’t end up happening again.

So I installed the siren with the default pairing and it worked just fine with sound. I then added the device handler and the device. Now I see the menu as I should with the green and purple buttons however no sound is coming out of the siren. No idea how to fix and I ran the logs attached below. Any help would be great.

2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:43:44 PM: debug Executing off() command
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:43:43 PM: debug Alarm Duration: null is invalid, using 0 instead.
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:43:43 PM: debug Volume: null is invalid, using 1 instead.
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:43:43 PM: debug Sound: null is invalid, using 1 instead.
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:43:43 PM: debug Sounding Alarm: [sound: null, volume: null]
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:43:43 PM: debug Executing both() command
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:38:26 PM: debug Executing off() command
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:38:24 PM: debug Repeat: null is invalid, using 1 instead.
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:38:24 PM: debug Repeat Delay: null is invalid, using 1000 instead.
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:38:24 PM: debug Beep Length: null is invalid, using 100 instead.
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:38:24 PM: debug Volume: null is invalid, using 1 instead.
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:38:24 PM: debug Sound: null is invalid, using 3 instead.
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:38:21 PM: debug Repeat: null is invalid, using 1 instead.
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:38:21 PM: debug Repeat Delay: null is invalid, using 1000 instead.
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:38:21 PM: debug Beep Length: null is invalid, using 100 instead.
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:38:21 PM: debug Volume: null is invalid, using 1 instead.
2955d43e-f859-453e-b1f4-5c387f214132 9:38:21 PM: debug Sound: null is invalid, using 3 instead.