@mbf62966 I am all in with you wanting greater Echo control potential..but want to do it safely. Just even a flag from SS for an alarm condition would be enough to do routines and that would allow for a lot of potential. Example: If alarm state from SS system, turn on light group "House lights". My nine lights inside and outside my hope would light it up like a Christmas Tree during the alarm event.
As far as the outside building, if its not metal siding, it shoud work. My daughter and her family live in a house built in 1926 with vinyl siding and the sensors in the detached garage 40 feet away have no issues with connecting to the base located on their 2nd floor. I would try it.
Unfortunately, I don't have as much faith in the range as you do. My keypad gets constant "keypad is too far away from the base" errors and they're in the same house. I'd need a second keypad in the garage and if I have trouble between base and keypad in the same house, I don't hold out much hope for something outside, 30-40 feet away and through two brick external walls.
@mbf62966 if you have SS2 (I missed the part of your post you were a customer that long) then I would agree with you. The range on SS3 is much, much better.
Yes, the Original system has a range of about 400ft over open air, and the Gen 3 (current gen system) has double that (with a much more efficient signal). Though in a real-world scenario, that can be decreased by
interference, which is caused by either dense physical objects, or other wireless signals getting in the way. Like of you have brick walls, or insulated floors, that could be what's blocking the signal from those sensors that are already having trouble.
For that detached building, it might still be possible for the sensors to reach if you can get a more direct path for the signal to come through - like putting the base Station near (but not in front of!) a window on the same side of the house, or even just moving it so that heavy appliances like your fridge or washing machine aren't in the way.
If you've still got the Original, also don't forget that we've got an Upgrade program that can get you 50% off any new system. Give our Support team a call at 800-548-9508 and they can put together the package for you.
Thanks for the info Johnny. As far as upgrading, are old sensors compatible with the Gen 3 base and keypad, or would we need to upgrade everything? It would be nice if we could just upgrade our base unit and keypad and keep using our current sensors.
For the same reason, that the Gen 3 system uses a totally different wireless communication, you'd need to upgrade all sensors all at once. The trade-off is that you get extended range and more stable connections with the sensors (and they sensors themselves are smaller and sleeker too).
Oh, and once thing I forgot to address. With the Interactive Plan, we do offer the ability to arm and check on the status of the system by voice command, through Alexa and Google Assistant. That function is available on both Gen 2 and Gen 3 systems.
- Johnny M. SimpliSafe Home Security
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As far as the outside building, if its not metal siding, it shoud work. My daughter and her family live in a house built in 1926 with vinyl siding and the sensors in the detached garage 40 feet away have no issues with connecting to the base located on their 2nd floor. I would try it.
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Yes, the Original system has a range of about 400ft over open air, and the Gen 3 (current gen system) has double that (with a much more efficient signal). Though in a real-world scenario, that can be decreased by interference, which is caused by either dense physical objects, or other wireless signals getting in the way. Like of you have brick walls, or insulated floors, that could be what's blocking the signal from those sensors that are already having trouble.
For that detached building, it might still be possible for the sensors to reach if you can get a more direct path for the signal to come through - like putting the base Station near (but not in front of!) a window on the same side of the house, or even just moving it so that heavy appliances like your fridge or washing machine aren't in the way.
If you've still got the Original, also don't forget that we've got an Upgrade program that can get you 50% off any new system. Give our Support team a call at 800-548-9508 and they can put together the package for you.
- Johnny M.
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Thanks again.
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For the same reason, that the Gen 3 system uses a totally different wireless communication, you'd need to upgrade all sensors all at once. The trade-off is that you get extended range and more stable connections with the sensors (and they sensors themselves are smaller and sleeker too).
Oh, and once thing I forgot to address. With the Interactive Plan, we do offer the ability to arm and check on the status of the system by voice command, through Alexa and Google Assistant. That function is available on both Gen 2 and Gen 3 systems.
- Johnny M.
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