Author Archives: Steve White
If you have been following the news today it is hard to miss the coverage about the East coast Blizzard. With several feet of snow hundreds stranded on roadways, coastal homes being flooded, it’s a mess out there! We have an important alert from the Iris team to share with our readers. It should come as no surprise, but due… Read More »
We have updated our Iris System Monitor to track the uptime of the new V2 platform. As with the legacy V1 monitors, out monitoring system will check and report the status of the V2 cloud servers every 5 minutes. The system monitor does not currently check or report the latest hub firmware but we plan to add that capability in the future.
If you are looking to stock up on the newly released sensors for Iris V2 now might be a great opportunity to do so. V2 Iris Contact Sensor is on sale for $22.99 (was $24.99). V2 Iris Keypad is on sale for $39.99 (was $42.99). V2 Iris Smart Plug is on sale for $34.99 (was $39.99). V2… Read More »
It looks like Lowe’s has added setup videos for all of the currently known second generation devices on their Iris by Lowe’s Youtube channel. At the time of this post, the videos currently available include: 2nd Generation Hub Pairing and Setup 2nd Generation Smart Plug Pairing and Setup 2nd Generation Smart Fob Pairing and Setup 2nd Generation Keypad Pairing and Installation… Read More »
A new Iris Care Pendant is coming! Just last week we dug through a pile of recently filed FCC documents revealing some insight into what lies ahead for Lowe’s Iris. What we did not report at the time was the discovery of a new Iris Care Pendant which is being developed to replace the current pendant. Iris Care Pendant – Hardware This new care pendant is reported to be a… Read More »
A new Iris Contact Sensor is coming! Last week we dug through a pile of recently filed FCC documents revealing some insight into what lies ahead for Lowe’s Iris. What we did not report at the time was the discovery of a new Iris Contact Sensor is being developed to replace the current contact sensor. Iris Contact Sensor – Hardware This new contact sensor… Read More »