Hi, DIY-ers, Joe here from Alarm Grid.
And today, we're going to talk about how
to connect an iPhone to a Lyric security system.
Today I have my iPhone 7 right here,
and we have a Lyric right up here on the wall.
And we're going to talk about the two ways
that you can connect it.
One way they can connect it is using the free app
called My Home Controller.
You'll be able to download this on the Apple App Store
or on the Android app store.
It's a free app to download, and it connects the phone
to the system over the Wi-Fi network.
It's limited on what it allows you to do,
but it will allow you to arm and disarm the system,
activate any z-wave devices you have programmed,
and check out older model IP cameras
that you have associated with the system.
It's really easy to set up, and we actually
have a lot of customers that use it with a spare tablet
or phone they have in the house as a spare virtual keypad--
really convenient to use, and very easy to set up.
All you have to do is, on the system first,
we're going to click on Tools, enter the master code--
one, two, three, four.
And then from here, we're going to click on Keypad.
With this menu loaded up on our phone now,
we're going to click on the My Home controller app.
And as you can see, the phone is on the same Wi-Fi network
as the Lyric, and it instantly will join up
to it as long as we have this menu loaded up on the Lyric
itself.
The app itself has a very similar, if not identical, user
interface.
And as you can see, you can do security.
You can arm the system.
You can check the zones, any system information.
I believe this is for bypassing.
You can bypass all.
It's the same menu that's on the Lyric itself.
If we go Home and we click on automation,
you'll see it's the same automation
menu as on the Lyric, and you can't do much more with it.
You won't be able to activate any scenes and rules that you
have programmed to your Total Connect or on the Lyric itself,
but it's an easy way to turn something on or close something
if it's open.
So that's My Home Controller app.
It's simple in nature, but it works great for what it is.
Now the other app that you can use is Total Connect 2.0.
For Total Connect access, you're going
to have to get the system monitored.
But Total Connect is a much more robust app
that can actually communicate to the system
over cellular or Wi-Fi depending on how the system is set up.
So if you have your system on a dual path set up,
it will be able to connect to that obviously.
If the Wi-Fi drops in, it's just on cellular it can connect,
and it can also connect to the system over only Wi-Fi.
Total Connect will allow you to edit users,
set up text and email notifications,
program in addition to activate any z-wave device
on your system.
You can manage multiple locations through the app,
and there's a bunch of other cool stuff you can do with it.
It's a very popular app, and a lot of people
will activate their system just to get access to Total Connect.
As far as the set up for Total Connect goes,
that's going to be handled by our security provider.
When they activate your system, then they'll
be able to set up your app, send you
an email, which is going to have a link in it,
which will lets you create a password,
validate your email address, and log in.
So as the setup goes, it's very easy.
On your phone, once you download Total Connect 2.0--
it's free to download on either store--
and if you actually want to check it out,
you can download the app.
And if you click on the test drive button,
it'll load up a demo of it so you can see what it looks like
and play around with it.
There's also a web interface for Total Connect.
If you go to TotalConnect2.com and click on the Test drive
button, you'll be able to try a full demo of that too.
But as you can see, it as touch ID.
So if I put my finger here, it will log in.
Now this Total Connect app is actually
connected to a different Lyric security system.
But for all intents and purposes,
you're going to see the same stuff
as you would no matter which system it's connected to.
As you can see, you can arm and disarm right here
on the main page.
We have the weather enabled.
We have our automation tab down here.
If we had z-wave devices on the system,
they'd pop up right here.
Under cameras, we do have a whole bunch of cameras that
are programmed to the system.
As you can see, we can scroll down and look
at all the different ones.
And then under More, you have all your different app
settings.
It's a great app so use.
Honeywell, maybe a little under a year
ago they just revamped the entire app, cleaned it up,
made it work much better.
It has a modern look now, and it works great.
So those are the two ways that you can connect your iPhone
to a Lyric security system.
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