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To activate another mode, tap the icon for Stay or Night. To pair Xfinity XHK1 keypad, add a thing on ST only AFTER the keypad is in pairing mode . If the keypad is paired correctly, you should see a solid green signal light (i.e. antenna light on the bottom left) when you press any key. Pressing the speaker icon in center bottom will make keypad beep.
Shut and lock all of the doors in your home. The Door Chime signals when a door with a Sensor is opened or closed. Press and hold the 8 button until you get a confirmation beep (~2 seconds) to toggle the chime on or off. You can verify that the chime is enabled/disabled by opening and closing a Sensor-equipped door. ONLY NOW put the SmartThings hub in pairing more by adding a new thing. This step is very important and made a difference for me.
How do I turn on Xfinity security?
If you're looking to outfit an apartment or townhouse and aren't planning to bundle Home with other Xfinity services, you might be better off with a DIY kit. Otherwise, Xfinity Home is a simple way to combine smart home tech and security. You can also integratea large and growing list of third-party devices into your Xfinity Home system. The list includes smart light bulbs from Lifx, Philips and Sengled, Chamberlain MyQ garage openers, August, Yale and Kwikset locks and even Tile trackers. Product support does change, however, so you may want to check the list before you set up an install. I certainly have those features on my personal router and have had no issues using it with Xfinity's security equipment.
It can't, for example, adjust temperatures based on motion detection. There are no camera recipes, so you can't do something like have lights come on if your front porch camera picks up activity. Speaking of cameras, Xfinity has made it more affordable to add them to your system. There used to be a per-camera per-month charge. Now, it's just $120 each for the cameras, and if you want 24/7 recordings for up to seven days, it's just a flat $10 extra per month for up to six cameras.
Why does it say armed stay exit now?
Pressing the circle arrow icon will turn the keypad off. Does anyone happen to have a user manual for this keypad? I can’t figure out how to put it into pairing mode. The only difference is that any Interior Zones with the Arm Night setting enabled will not be bypassed when the system is set to Arm Night mode.
The dearth of recipes is a shortcoming but hardly a deal breaker. Cost is likely going to be the biggest deterrent for most people. Doing away with contracts helps and so does the flexibility to pay for the equipment upfront or in installments. Plus, $60 for the professional installation is money well spent considering all that.
How to lock your Xfinity home security system?
Test by arming Smart Home Monitor, then clicking PIN number and A and see if Smart Home Monitor disarms. I’ve actually stopping using the keypad because it didn’t really fit into how I want to use smartthings. So I am probably going to list it on ebay again in the near future.
And, tapping “Disarmed” will disable every Ring device. Night Stay will arm your exterior doors and windows and some of your motion sensors. You may want your downstairs motion to be armed and your upstairs motion to be disarmed when you are sleeping at night. The alarm system says “exit now” when armed in stay mode because the exit delay occurs no matter which arming mode you are using. When arming your alarm control panel in stay mode, your system will activate with the exception of the motion detectors.
Please note that you will only see the Arm Night option if you have at least one sensor with the Arm Night option enabled. The Exit Delay tone sounds and accelerates during the final 10 seconds of the delay. You can add Comcast's Zen thermostat to your Home setup. Plan lets you add up to six cameras to your home (for $120 each) with 24/7 video recording for $10 a month.
When set to Stay, your security system simply deactivates motion detectors, leaving the rest of your sensors active and primed for alert. Use the stay function on the keypad when you plan on staying home. When your alarm is in stay mode all the interior zones, such as the motion detectors, will be circumvented. This means the alarm won’t be triggered should you get up in the middle of the night for a glass of water.
Start with an equipment package and flesh it out with other devices. More importantly, Comcast has done away with a service contract requirement for Xfinity Home. You will still need to buy the equipment you can either purchase outright or in 24 monthly payments . A majority of customers opt for the payment plan option, an Xfinity spokeswoman said. If you buy your equipment, you can end service whenever you want. Xfinity's little cameras have excellent image quality indoors and outside.
That's not to say things couldn't be better. While it's easy to set up new rules, there aren't a lot of recipes to choose from. For instance, the only thermostat-related one is for getting a notification if it gets too hot or cold in your home.
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