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Hi, DIYers.
Joe here from Alarm Grid.
And today we're going to talk about how to interface a Lyric
security system as a secondary controller on a Z-Wave network.
Now what that means is that, for example, today,
actually, we have a Samsung Smart
Things right here that we're going to be talking about.
Let's say that you have the Lyric and the Smart Things both
installed in your home.
If you have multiple lights around the house,
as an example, it's going to be a kind of messy
if you have to include some into the Smart Things and some
into the Lyric.
When you set the Lyric as a secondary controller
on the Z-Wave network, they'll both be able to see the lights.
They'll both be able to activate them.
And they're both going to know the light status.
Another benefit that you can use with this setup
is that the Lyric is a robust system.
But its Z-Wave programming doesn't
include if/then conditions.
Whereas Smart Things and many other Z-Wave controllers
can do that.
When you have a Lyric set up as a secondary controller
on the network for any of those if/then programming conditions
or any other more advanced scheduling or rules
that you can set up on other Z-Wave controllers,
they'll actually be able to do that and operate the lights
or other Z-Wave devices.
The Lyric will be able to see what's going on.
And this way, you can have them work exactly the way that you
want in the house.
Another benefit is that the Lyric
isn't compatible with certain Z-Wave devices that
are compatible with other Z-Wave controllers.
When you have the Lyric set up as a secondary controller
on the network, they won't be able to necessarily see
the devices or activate them.
But, at very least, the programming that you do
on the primary controller that controls those non-compatible
devices--
you can mix those into other devices that
are compatible with the Lyric to get the most out
of your Z-Wave system.
If you do program it with the Smart Things,
one caveat is that you can interface or enroll
the Z-Wave devices on either the Smart Things or on the Lyric.
Most situations when Lyric is set up
as a secondary controller, it can't include or exclude
devices.
Normally, only the primary controller on a Z-Wave network
is able to do that.
Now let's take a look at actually how
to interface it with the Smart Things
as a secondary controller.
On the Lyric itself, we're going to click on automation.
Want to click the down arrow.
Then we're going to click on Tools, Advanced Tools,
and enter your installer code.
The button that we're going to use to learn it
in as a secondary controller is the Learn button
right down here.
One thing that you're going to want
to do before you do this action is
remove any Z-Wave devices that are on the Lyric
from the system.
You want it to be totally fresh when you enroll it over.
We've seen that it can cause some issues
if you do have devices on it.
And if you find that the joining process of joining
the Lyric to the Smart Things fails,
that's one thing to double check on.
Now, on the Smart Things if we load it up,
you can see that we do have a bulb programmed into the Smart
Things.
When we join the Lyric as a secondary controller
to this system, it's actually going to pass that bulb
information over to the Lyric.
And the Lyric will also be able to control the bulb.
It will also know the status of the bulb.
This will only work with devices that
are compatible with the Lyric.
Devices that are not compatible with the Lyric,
you'll be able to program them into scenes and rules
on the Smart Things.
And you'll be able to integrate them in scenes and rules
with devices that are compatible with the Lyric.
So it's still going to track the status of anything
that it can see.
On this menu, you see we have Add a thing.
So if we click that--
now it's in the Learn mode.
So with this loaded up, we're going to go with the Lyric.
And we're going to click on Learn.
So you can see it started the process.
In a moment this should show up on the screen
and join to the system.
But it can take up to 15 minutes for the network to settle,
and for them to pass all the information needed over
to each other.
During this time, it's best to just let
them sit and do their thing to make sure
that nothing goes wrong.
After that completes, then you should
be able to control the devices from your system
and do whatever program that you're interested in.
As you can see, it did find the Lyric.
So if you click here, we can rename the device
if we want to.
Click Done-- click Save.
And then OK.
The Lyric also says done.
Now if we head back over to the Lyric system,
it will press the back arrow.
We click on switches.
As you can see, it's actually seen as a failed node
right now.
It's still passing information back and forth
between the two systems.
As I said before, give it 15 minutes for it
to completely settle, and you should be OK.
But as you can see, it does see the light switch
that is programmed into the Smart Things.
As you go forward using Smart Things,
you can program devices, either to the Smart Things
or to the Lyric.
Most case scenarios, you can only
enroll them on the primary controller, though.
That's another thing to keep in mind.
That's how to set up your Lyric security
system as a secondary controller on a Z-Wave network.
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