I searched but all results were many years out of date. I am looking for a way to see the status of Home Monitor without checking my phone or tablet. Ideally in a device the size of a standard decora switch. And it would be Great if I could actually use that to change the status of Home Monitor as well.
So something like a scene controller with 3 buttons (Arm Stay, Arm Away, Disarm) that will light up 3 different colours to show the current state of Home monitor.
The closest I can find is the Zooz Zen32 which has 5 buttons instead of 3 and 5 LED indicators. Can those 5 LEDs be made to change based on the state of Home Monitor, even if Home Monitor is updated from a different device?
Or is there another device that I missed in all my searches?
I use Inovelli switches for this purpose too. I use the running LED notification in RED so that everyone in the house knows the system is armed. Inovelli switches are top of the line and that LED bar is what sold it for me. I also use Ring Keypads at each door, this way anyone can disarm/arm, the system with a pin. The keypad also shows the system status. I also have Yale Assure 2 locks on all the exterior doors, so even if the system is armed, when the person uses their pin to open the door, I have it disarm the system as well.
Thanks guys those Inovelli switches look good however the single, double, triple tap will never work for my family. I need simplicity, one labeled button for each action.
So I have ordered the Zooz Zen32. I’ll report back how it works out…
I got the Zooz Zen32 Scene Controller and it is a perfect solution for what I was looking for.
My setup:
Main button: turn off Home monitor
Button 1: sets Home Monitor to Stay
Button 2: sets Home Monitor to Away after a 30 second delay
Then no matter how my HM is turned set to off/stay/away all 3 of those buttons will show Off/Blue/Red. The LED response is very fast if I change the status from my phone or another routine. About 1 second.
Then the bottom 2 buttons show the status of my front and back door locks (red unlocked, blue locked)
So at a glance anyone can always see if the alarm if armed and the doors are locked.
