Which brings me to my plan: there's really no reason to keep this archaic security system around with it's cryptic keypad commands and ugly wall-mounted boxes when I can do pretty much everything it does now, plus add functionality these guys won't have for years, right now today with an Arduino. Everything was hooked up and ready to go except for a single wire with a cap labeled 'AC.' I connected that and now I've got a functioning security system, albeit without any off-site monitoring. This afternoon I 'encouraged' the box to open (since it's locked with a key that they apparently don't give the home owner) and found my suspicions were correct. Last night as I was drifting off to sleep I realized that the box with the brains for the unit probably already has all the wiring for door and window switches connected, it's just not turned on. We bought it new and it came with a GE NetworX NX-8V2 security system installed. Į.g.: look at the status of the alarm system, then open a door, then switch to view the detail view of some other device, then switch back to the alarm system, and see if it’s updated.So we've lived in our house for 5 years. Could you confirm if after opening/closing a door, the device status updates if you view another device then go back to the alarm system or child device (without manually hitting refresh) ?Īs far as I can tell all the updates are getting from my device to SmartThings, and logging indicates that the device status is updated correctly (which should mean that automations work), it’s just that the app doesn’t refresh properly when the device status changes.

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