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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023 11:01 PM

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Water Sensor to Wireless Siren

There needs to be an option for an alarm/sound from the extra siren when there is a water sensor alarm. My base station is downstairs and my bedrooms is upstairs (hence the siren). I need a way to be notified of a water sensor alarm if there is a leak while I am asleep. I am not planning to pay for monitoring, so from what I understand, I will not receive a phone call if there is a leak. I specifically purchased the siren, so I could hear alarms upstairs. I am considering returning the water sensors and looking for an alternative that better meets my needs. If this is implemented, it should definitely have a different sound than the regular alarm, so you don't wake up thinking there's an intruder. 

Captain

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1 year ago

@keelyc84 As I do have monitoring, I did get a phone call on a leak with my sump pump, but if I remember correctly (this was about 3 years ago) the base also gave a verbal warning that was quite loud and could be heard throughout the house "Water leak detected".  My base is on the 2nd floor and I was in the basement and could hear it.  My base is set to high volumbe setting, is yours?

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Thanks for the reply. I did test the water sensor yesterday, and I wouldn't trust the base station to wake me up due to the location on a lower level. I did confirm that the base station siren volume is set to high.

Community Admin

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1 year ago

@keelyc84 Thank you for this suggestion, I have sent it to our dev team! Currently, when an Entry, Motion, or Glassbreak Sensor triggers an alarm the Extra Siren will sound, but right now it does not when a Water Sensor is triggered. Once we hear any news from our dev team on this, we'll provide an update in this thread.

As Captain11 suggested, I would also check the Base Station's alarm volume and set it to High if it is not already. This can be done in the Keypad by navigating to Menu > enter Master PIN > System Settings > Siren Volume > High. The Base Station does ding when a Water Sensor is triggered, so setting its volume to High should help hear it easier. 

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Captain

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@emily_s​ Emily, correct me if I am wrong, but the base station also does a voice alert.

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@captain11​ You are correct, there is a voice alert as well. The Base Station will beep four times and then say "Water Sensor triggered." 

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Have you heard back from the dev team about implementing this? I would also like the alarm to trigger on my extra wireless siren for a water leak.

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I would like to see this feature added also that it trigger all alarms not just the base station. What is the current status of this request?

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