Hey, DIY-ers, Jarrett with AlarmGrid here.
Today, we're going to discussing how you would receive sensor
notifications from the Honeywell Lyric System to Apple HomeKit.
Now, if you were trying to set up
these type essential notifications,
you do need to set these settings from within Apple
HomeKit itself.
Now, if you didn't want to receive notifications
for certain sensors, then they do
have to be set up to a specific response type.
The response types that you are able to set up
is entry-exit 1, entry-exit 2, perimeter,
interior your follower, or interior with delay.
Now, there are specific sensor notifications that you actually
cannot receive within the homekit.
That actually does include low batteries, sensor tampers,
system tampers, loss of supervision,
or trouble conditions for specific sensors.
Now, this is why we do recommend that you use Total Connect 2.0
if you are looking to use homekit because the thing is
with Total Connect 2.0, you can actually
receive these different type of sensors or sensor notifications
compared to homekit which unfortunately you're
not able to.
Now, if you were trying to set up Apple HomeKit
to be able to receive remote notifications,
then you do need to have a specific homekit hub in order
to do so.
That does include AppleTV, you can use an iPad,
or you can use Apple HomePod.
Now, if you have not already paired the Honeywell Lyric
to Apple HomeKit, there is an FAQ or a link to an FAQ
that will be in the description for this video.
So just follow that link, and it will assist you
with setting up homekit with the Lyric.
Now, as I did explain before, there
is a couple of differences between HomeKit
and Total Connect 2.0 with essential notifications
and stuff like that.
So if you did want to read up more on that
between the differences or the differences between the two
applications, there actually is going
to be a link in the description of the video as well.
So you could take a look at that too.
Now, if you were trying to set up
the notifications for the sensors with an Apple HomeKit,
you're going to follow these simple steps.
So the first step is you're going to enroll the sensor.
Now, if you haven't enrolled the sensor in your Honeywell Lyric
before, then there is going to be
a link in the description for this video that you can follow
and it will assist you with setting up sensors
within HomeKit.
Now, the second step is sending invites to the people
that you want to receive those notifications.
So when you do set up these sensors,
if you want other people to receive notifications,
you have to send specific invites to these people
so that they can get those notifications as well just
as you.
Now, there are some steps you can follow in order to do so.
So what you want to do is open up Apple HomeKit.
And as you can see, you have the main menu right here.
So when you're at the main menu, you're
going to look at the top-left for an house icon.
So you're going to tap on that, and it's
going to bring up the one window.
So if you look right in the middle,
you're going to see People.
So under People, you're going to look for invite,
you're just going to tap on that,
and this is where you're going to add the different people.
So you're going to look on the left-- on the right side,
actually, and there should be a circle
with a plus sign inside of it.
You're just going to tap on that and it's
going to bring up the people that you can
invite to send the invites to.
Now, when you're setting up-- when
you're sending invites to specific people,
not everybody has to receive every single type
of notification that you're going to be receiving.
You can set up or you can configure different people
to receive certain notifications.
That's what actually we're going to be doing in this video.
So to follow through with this, as you can see,
we have the users in here.
So for this video, we have set up a user called test test.
So you're just going to tap on that.
I'm going to tap on the user that you want to add
and you're going to press Send an invite.
So now that we have sent the invites,
we're going to be going to step three.
So the third step is basically setting up
the status and the notifications for your specific sensors.
So in this video, we only have the one-door contact enrolled
or programs inside of Lyric.
It is named Default Room Main.
Now, before we jump into this third step,
I'm going to show you how to set up those notifications.
I just want to point something out here real quick.
As you can see in the main menu, it just
tells you default room main.
Now, in the Honeywell Lyric, we do have
a program that's main door.
So Apple HomeKit just basically gives you a specific zone
description. it doesn't actually tell you the device type
or the device name.
So now in Total Connect 2.0, if you were using that,
it would tell you that is the main door.
Now that we have gone over that, let's jump
into this real quick.
So to configure the notifications stuff, what
you're going to do is you're going
to tap and hold the sensor that you want to set up
the notifications for.
So we're just going to tap and hold it,
and it's going to bring into this menu.
So you're going to press Settings at the bottom,
and you're going to see the different options to be
able to configure the settings.
So as you can see, you have the status, you have tampered,
you can see the contact sensor states.
You can choose the specific room that the sensor
is being associated with.
So if you tap on that, you have a bedroom, livingroom,
test room, entrance, kitchen, et cetera.
So right now, we're just going to leave it as default room.
And then if you look actually underneath that,
you'll see the type.
So you can change the sensor type.
So if you type on that, we have a contact sensor, blinds,
garage door opener, window or door.
But right now, we're just going to keep it as contact sensor.
Now to change the notifications for this specific sensor,
you're actually going to scroll down until you
see status and notifications.
So you're just going to tap on that
and it's going to bring up these options.
Now, when you're setting up these notifications,
you want to make sure that include in status
and allow notifications are both on.
Normally for new sensors when you enroll them,
allow notifications is off, but I've already turned it on.
So when you do turn on a lot of notifications,
you have the option for either time or people.
So for a time, if you want to set
for specific times or the date to receive notifications,
either during the day, at night, or again, specific times,
you can definitely set that up.
Now for people, if the people were to accept the invites,
you do have the option to choose the people
that you want to receive the notifications
for these certain sensors.
And then you can either have it off,
you can have these notifications from when you're home
or when you're not home.
So when you have confirmed that you
have gotten all the settings or input all the things you want
to have, you're just going to hit the back arrow,
then you get a press Done.
Once you've done that, you can tap on the screen again.
It can take you back to the main screen of HomeKit.
Now, those are basically all the steps in order
to set up the notifications for the certain sensors
within HomeKit.
Now basically, the last step is testing the notifications.
So what we're going to be doing is,
I've already gone to the main screen of our iPod,
and I'm actually going to be setting off
the alarm on the Honeywell Lyric with a burglary sensor.
So now I'm going to arm the system
and we're going to trip the alarm.
OK, so as you can see, right now,
we have the system an Arm Stay mode.
So I'm going to fault the sensor and we're
going to let the system set off the alarm,
and you will be able to see how the notification shows up
within HomeKit.
Disarm system now.
Disarmed, not ready to arm.
Check the zone.
Disarmed, ready to arm.
So as you can see, Apple HomeKit,
it did pull up a notification that is saying
that the main was triggered.
And then through Total Connect 2.0,
you'll see main door sensor has been,
or the alarm has been set off.
And then as I just disarm the system,
you can see that Apple HomeKit did give us
a message that the system was disarmed
and then Total Connect 2.0 is telling us that the main sensor
alarm has been cleared and disarmed.
Now for the next thing that we're going to be doing
is we're actually going to be setting off
this smoke detector.
And we're going to trip-- we're going to set off the alarm
to show you how the notification shows up within HomeKits
compared to Total Connect 2.0.
So now, what we're going to do is
we're going to set off the alarm by spraying a can of smoke
into our smoke detector.
Disarmed, ready to arm.
Check the zone.
Disarmed, ready to arm.
So as you can see, when I did set off the smoke detector,
the alarm did go off in the Honeywell Lyric.
And as you can see, the notifications
are coming up from Total Connect 2.0 and Apple HomeKit.
So as you can see with an Apple HomeKit,
if there was a smoke alarm, it just tells you
Default Room Lyric was triggered.
It does not tell you that there was a smoke
alarm that actually went off.
With Total Connect 2.0, you can actually
see right here in the notifications
that the smoke detector sensor alarm has been reported
and when I cleared it and I disarmed
the system, as you can see, smoke detector,
smoke detector sensor has been cleared.
So these are the notifications that you
would get between HomeKit and Total Connect 2.0.
This is why we definitely recommend
that if you're using Apple HomeKit, that you
do have Total Connect 2.0.
And that is how you receive sensor notifications
from the Honeywell Lyric System and Apple HomeKit.
If you have any questions about sensor notifications or alarm
systems in general, please contact
us that support@alarmgrid.com or go to our website,
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You have yourself a great day.