Does this talk to other Nest detectors? If one goes off in the basement, will it also trigger a Next detector on say, the 2nd floor?
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As long as they are on the same network, yes. They do communicate with each other. They will also alert you from the App.
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Yes. Once the one in the basement goes off all nest smoke detectors will go off. The only way to silence the alarm is to go to the detector in the basement and turn it off.
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It will work and talk to other Nest Protect detectors, but not Kidde, First Alert, or any other detectors. The feature is called "wireless interconnect" for the nest by the way.
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Based on the way my Home is made I can hear it in the other room. It does not repeat, it beeps 5 times then shuts off. Hope this helps.
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This is exactly what I use it for - a utility room water alarm. By itself, it will sound an alarm. If you get the Ideal Security Base Unit (which I did), it will send a signal to this unit causing the unit to call you or any other designated phone number in case you are not home to let you know the sensor has been activated by water.
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No, I have wired Kidde smoke detectors on my second floor (addition to my house), I also installed wireless Kidde (battery) smoke detectors on my First floor they work perfectly togetter... They all alarmed at once "while broiling in my oven" caught me by supprise, they do their lob...
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You'll need to contact the manufacturer for an answer to this question. The model that I own only has an alarm on the main control module which is attached to my router in the basement.
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I utilize these smoke detectors with my Vivint system (all 2GIG equipment including control panel) which is monitored by Vivint. At least on our system, if the smoke detectors sense smoke, then yes it will trigger an alarm and it is transmitted to the Vivint monitoring system and they will call the fire department. This just happened to us two days ago while cooking some overheated stir-fry. Fire department showed up 5 minutes later.
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Yes, the receiver (base unit) is in the house and has a selector switch to set the unit to a constant beep, to a siren or to OFF when a sensor is tripped! You in effect are not turning the sensors off, you are turning off the "monitoring" of the sensors.
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We have one contact & motion detector on front door and in foyer respectively. Our 2nd contact is in our basement on the outside door -- downstairs ~40m through the floor. Works perfectly. Hope this helps!
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I spoke with Panasonic on triggering motion sensor and verified that with room lights on it detects a cat's shadow on the floor at about six feet from the spot on the floor below the fan. It "sees" me a few feet further away when backlit, so expect it to trigger when lights are on in the room at perhaps 8 feet away, farther away if light is streaming into the bathroom and you block the door. All this is at factory setting.
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The receiver for the motion sensor has 4 sectors which can be set up with up to 4 sensors per sector. Each sector will beep 1-4 times depending on which sector has motion detected in it. It will beep 4 times per sector alarm and then silence for 30 seconds. If the person or thing moves within the 'sight' of the motion sensor again, the alarm will beep the appropriate number of times again. It resets and rearms after 30 seconds of no* motion. So yes, it will shut off and stay off unless there is more motion. More motion after 30 seconds and rearming will set it off again. I will add that the range on the sensor is a lot greater than they advertise. I use them around a large field/garden on my farm to alert me of deer eating my crops. They really work. I had an issue with two of my sensors getting moisture inside the sight eye. The mfg did replace them but they said my sensors need to be covered(i.e. a little roof of some sort over them). I had small metal covers over them.......Again they did warranty them. And Amazon was going to honor their Amazon Guarantee also. So, I have purchased additional sensors for my farm. The longest distance I have a sensor from a base/receiver unit is 110 yards and it works fine. I was impressed by the company Skylink and their customer service lady and also by Amazon!
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No, it only works if the small magnet is separated from the sensor. You place one on the wall and one on the window frame. It activates when the window is raised or lowered, causing the two to be separated. However, they do sell glass break sensors that detect the sound of broken glass and activates the system. They are very reasonably priced and pretty sensitive. I have them with my system. However - they will activate with loud noises other than glass breaking - so you want to set it up so that they will not activate when you have the system on "home". I hope that answers your question. No, it only works if the small magnet is separated from the sensor. You place one on the wall and one on the window frame. It activates when the window is raised or lowered, causing the two to be separated. However, they do sell glass break sensors that detect the sound of broken glass and activates the system. They are very reasonably priced and pretty sensitive. I have them with my system. However - they will activate with loud noises other than glass breaking - so you want to set it up so that they will not activate when you have the system on "home". I hope that answers your... » Read More No, it only works if the small magnet is separated from the sensor. You place one on the wall and one on the window frame. It activates when the window is raised or lowered, causing the two to be separated. However, they do sell glass break sensors that detect the sound of broken glass and activates the system. They are very reasonably priced and pretty sensitive. I have them with my system. However - they will activate with loud noises other than glass breaking - so you want to set it up so that they will not activate when you have the system on "home". I hope that answers your question. « Show Less
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I had a heated and insulated garage in Michigan and had 2 of these sensors for both sets of doors. They did not trigger unless someone walked into the garage.
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I don't use hordes of them, but when I light a few they don't false alarm. I agree that if you put one directly under the alarm it may go off. Overall, I've been very happy with the First Alert family of alarms. I replaced all of the builder's grade alarms in my house the fall with various flavors of these (single sensor, dual sensor, smoke + CO) and have been quite happy.
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I would think so. Probably just an updated version. As as it's hardwired with the other house detectors, no problem
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The alarm is loud inside the home. Not so loud outside. Having ongoing issues with the base sensing one door alarm & it on & off it flashes at the base. Going to try adding another signal enhancer. Already added one.
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It will detect/trip on any movement in its field of range. You can adjusted so it will aim high enough not to to cover the floor. Better yet, you can just set the alarm in "HOME" setting , just like if you're home , then the motion detector becomes inactive, just your contact alarm.
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Nest Protect does not communicate with non-Nest Protect alarms. If you have a large house, I would recommend replacing them as your current alarms die or gradually. I've done it this way and it doesn't seem like such a financial burden rather than doing it all at once.