Hey, DIY-ers.
I'm Jorge from AlarmGrid.
Today, I'm going to be showing you guys how
to set your communication path or change it in your studio
Lyric Controller.
Now, the Lyric Controller has two paths that you can use.
It comes out of the box already with the Wi-Fi already enabled.
So if you guys have Wi-Fi at the house
and you plan on using Wi-Fi-only,
you can always set your Lyric alarm system up
for monitoring using the Wi-Fi path
as your only communication.
Or, if you guys want, you can also
add a cellular communicator to it.
We actually have the AT&T LTE and Verizon LTE,
and there is also a Rogers communicator
that you can also purchase as well if you're in Canada.
Now, you can choose between doing Wi-Fi,
you can choose between doing cellular-only, or doing
dual path, which is Wi-Fi and cellular.
I'm going to show you guys in a second
here how we can go ahead and change that communication path.
One important thing before you guys change anything
is that you make sure that whatever monitoring company
you're with, whether it's us or anyone else,
that you actually have sign up for the correct service.
With us, every single one of our plans
includes the Wi-Fi monitoring.
But if you guys decide to add cellular to it,
you need to sign up for one of the cellular plans which
usually starts at a gold level plan.
So you're going to see most of the other plans,
they'll say internet monitoring or internet communication.
You want to look for the ones that
include the cellular monitoring or cellular communication
when you're looking for plans, if you're
planning on adding a cellular backup communicator.
Now, just you guys to have an understanding of how
the communication paths work.
When you're actually changing the communication
path in the system, you're not changing
the primary or secondary paths, all
you're doing is enabling the paths that the system is using.
So for instance, as I have Wi-Fi enabled,
my system is only going to use Wi-Fi.
If I have cellular-only enabled, my system's
only going to use cellular, Wi-Fi would be disabled.
If I have dual path which is Wi-Fi and cellular,
it's going to primarily use Wi-Fi
since Wi-Fi is typically faster and it's the one that's always
constantly staying into contact with the alarm that servers.
It actually pings in every 25 seconds,
and if it doesn't receive a response,
that's when it knows that the Wi-Fi is down
and it switches to using the cellular as a backup.
And then it uses cellular as a secondary,
as a backup, in case the Wi-Fi ever fails.
Now, if you are thinking of doing Wi-Fi-only or doing
cellular-only, it's very important
that you understand the redundancy
in cellular monitoring.
If you guys are worried about your internet issues,
we're not strangers to internet issues.
How many of you guys have had to go to your router,
turn it off for 30 seconds, wait 30 seconds, turn it back on,
and then make sure that your devices reconnect
to the internet?
So sometimes things like that do happen.
And if you're away, vacation, if you're out of town,
if you're at work, you're not really on site
and you're not able to do that.
So that's why we usually recommend
having cellular as a backup.
It's more reliable.
It's going to give you that redundancy and monitoring,
whether you're self-monitoring or even
central station monitoring.
Now, in order to access this communication path,
you do need to have the installer code.
So your installer code right out at the box
is defaulted at 4112.
If you try to use 4112 and it does not work,
that means you or your monitoring company
has changed it.
So make sure you guys have your installer code.
If you guys are doing this DIY so you guys can go in, do
your own programming, and if you guys ever
need to change anything on your own,
you can also do that as well.
So first thing we're going to go ahead and do, right now,
I'm on the arming screen.
If you guys are starting from the home screen,
you'll have this screen right here.
I'm going to go ahead and hit on Security.
Security.
I'm going to go to Tools, this is
where you're going to enter in your installer code.
Mine is 4112.
We like to leave ours defaulted.
We don't change ours.
It's very important that when you
enter in the installer code, you've
get taken to this screen.
If you go to a different screen that has users tests events--
I'm sorry-- that has users test, advance settings, and stuff
like that, you guys are probably using
your master code which is not the same as the installer code.
Two different things.
So after we enter in our installer code,
we go to a Program, and you're going
to see on the top-right here, Communicator.
Once we go into Communicator, you'll
see My Communication Path.
Since this panel is activated on both Wi-Fi and cellular,
it actually says Wi-Fi and cellular in communication path.
I can change it to none.
So if you guys are just having the system not monitored
at all, you're just using it a local sound maker
and you're getting that 905 communication trouble
or communication error, you guys can change your communication
path to none.
If I toggle it again, it'll go to Wi-Fi.
That is what I was telling you guys
before, Wi-Fi-only is enabled.
I can change it to cellular.
Cellular-only is enabled, Wi-Fi is disabled.
And then Wi-Fi and cellular is what I had it as before.
Now, whatever you guys change it to, make sure you
guys hit Save on the bottom-right.
It will say, updating room file, programming done.
OK.
And then after you guys are done changing everything,
make sure you just back out.
Now it's very important, if you guys get initially set up
on Wi-Fi-only, you guys cannot simply plug-in a cellular
communicator change to cellular path to cellular and then
it'll work like that.
You guys have to let your monitoring company know.
They have to make sure that the cellular signal is good
and that the SIM card is actually
registered and activated.
If you guys have any questions about the communication path
settings, feel free to email us support@alarmgrid.com.
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I'm Jorge and I'll see you guys next time.