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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Smartthings works great in smartthings app but setting up automations and making it function similar to an old hardwired alarm with beeping and entrance delays requires some programming learning. Instead of dealing with custom device handlers on the s...  Read More

Konnected is really quite an amazing product and i can understand why it got such traction during its kickstarter. The community is very supportive of all the various edge cases that crop up with home alarm installations. This is important to me to ha...  Read More

Just be prepared for dedicating time for setting up an panel such as using an kindle fire 8” for the display. This is if you are wanting a fully customizable alarm that doesn't have any monthly fees. Customizing to add z-wave items (smoke alarms, wate...  Read More

It works as advertised. Works better than expected. It fits that bill nicely.



Cons

The onboard wifi chip is disturbingly terrible because it can’t cant to wifi in the house at 2. The instructions are terrible as well. The retro pcb was working correctly, it is the wi-fi pcb that we could not get to work. I reached out to tech suppor...  Read More

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Highlights

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Quality


Konnected integrates with smartthings and other hubs and makes excellent use of prewired sensors and devices that were in your ...  Read More


Boards appear well made and were easy to wire in


Took a few days working on it sporadically but 30 year old system has now been revived for home automation use


Once i understood this and armed with zone diagram from original owners labeling and wiring to the konnected board was an exerc...  Read More

Price


Totally modernized system for less than 150 i couldn’t be happier


No more 60 monthly fees from adt


I was lucky enough to get it on sale for 1


99 month but the price has since gone up

Shipping


If you run into problems the tech support has responded quickly and got me where i needed to be fast


I contacted konnected directly and they knew about the problem and quickly sent me the pieces that were missing


2 week update one of the boards mysteriously went offline traded a few troubleshooting emails and they sent a replacement board...  Read More


Our entire network in on battery backup and we plugged the konnected board into ups to provide security even during a power outage

Packaging/appearance


It does not come with an enclosure and the metal box the old system was in would block the wifi signal so i bought a small plas...  Read More

Competitiveness


I have it integrated with ifttt alexa meross garage doors and blink cameras


You can add the wired sensors to your smartthings hub or other iot hub


This same problem exists between alexa and smartthings as well


Without ifttt you cant integrate with meross and blink

Overview

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    old, wired, easy and great.
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  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 52.9% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 264 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 15 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Saving me a ton of money from adt


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had mine up and running in under half an hour


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The modern hubs have forgotten hardwired sensors


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Weather you have an existing alarm or you just want to have decent motions and hidden door sensors


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The only thing it doesnt have is outputs you basically get one output per board


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Nate needs to make another board of just outputs


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    A poe option would be preferred too


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I would much rather not have anything wireless that doesnt have to be

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