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Remote siren in outdoor cams
I tested for the first time the siren that is built in to the outdoor camera. Stood outside in my driveway with my keypad, set system to home and then opened my garage door, which has an entry sensor on it with instant trigger in home mode. As expected, alarm went off immediately with the door half open and both my backyard and front yard cameras sounded their respective sirens. Unfortunately, once I shut off the alarm both continued to sound and my front doorbell camera pro went offline. I suspect a signal strength issue the cameras but for SimpliSafe, any ideas?
Postman77
29 Messages
2 years ago
Hmm that's concerning....
I had both of my outdoor cameras set to have their sirens 'on'. I figured it would be a good way to alert the neighborhood in case of an actual break in...but in the event of a false alarm, I wouldn't want them blaring and me unable to turn it off...
Guess I'll be switching them off then.
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DBNet
26 Messages
2 years ago
Sounds to me like SS sends ONE "off" command or whatever and if it does not go through for whatever reason, well, it never gets the OFF command to stop the siren. My guess is that they are just assuming the command went though which would be dumb seeing these are wi-fi devices and poor ones at that. Not only does the command need to be sent, but it needs to be verified it took place. I think this is even more true seeing you then lost your doorbell cam so it sounds like they are sending out a bunch of packets and, well, it is not going very well.
They had made a nice security system...But these cams are one of the worst I have worked with. Great idea, but someone is dropping the communications side and good logic flow.(IMHO)
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