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Anyone else have issues with their siren not sounding? Siren tested fine with the old ADT panel, I switched everything over to my new Konnected boards and when I trigger the siren it makes one empty dud sound. I have them each connected to the Alarm + and Alarm - screw terminals on the main panel.
Have you checked to make sure it isn't just a speaker? Take a look at this article with some of the troubleshooting steps - https://docs.konnected.io/security-alarm-system/troubleshooting/siren-static
The good news is that a replacement siren is inexpensive and available.
Thanks Andy! You were absolutely right. Nothing by static. I ordered the honeywell as a replacement. Can't beat an $8 fix!
Awesome! I picked it up because I had the same issue. Works great and plenty loud. I also hid my buzzer in the enclosure. Glad it worked for you!
I had the same thing for mine. I went a different route and picked up a siren driver instead. As it turns out, the board failed on me, and now I have no siren - Guess I'm off to get an $8 siren myself! :-)
I'm gonna say - probably. I'd test it off the alarm out on the main board. Just hook up the black/red wires coming from the siren. It looks like the yellow may be unused. If not the one listed above is a great, affordable alternative.
Ok, I'll test it when I receive my konnected board. If it doesn't work I'll buy the one listed above.
Thanks!!
Hello, just say that my siren works perfectly. Thanks.
A newbie question - is the the Wave2 a siren for indoor or outdoor use? I need indoor and I presume that outdoor ones are far too loud.
Chris
Chris - the Wave2 is an indoor siren
Thanks, Nate. Soon I will have it all working. Now to choose a good - non-techy, wife-friendly, good looking - cut-off switch so she can silence it if I'm not here without having to navigate what she would call "yet another" screen.
Just received my Wave2 siren, but I have to admit that I haven't found the resource that tells me where to connect the 12v siren on the main alarm board or the extender. I bet I'm missing something. Can you help? And then I want to configure it to trigger when the smoke alarms are triggered (I think I figured out how to do that in SmartThings hub)
You just need to connect the 2 wires to the Alarm +/- on the main Alarm board (G goes to negative / #1 or #2 goes to positive - can't remember which one). You will need to set the Alarm Out zone for a siren/strobe. And you will set up the alerts using SmartHome Monitor.
https://help.konnected.io/support/solutions/articles/32000022621-wiring-a-siren
Andy, thanks.
Argh, just discovered that while the detectors I checked (in the 1992 vintage house I bought, not built) are 4-wire, not 2-wire, so I'm out of luck!
(It's still a bit of mystery how they are interconnected, but nonetheless, they are there)
It's been a real adventure.