- Iris Users

Steve White wrote a new post, SmartThings at Lowes! Is Lowe’s Serious about Iris? 7 years, 3 months ago

It has been nearly 18 months since we made the switch from Iris to SmartThings. With no regrets and a bright future ahead, we have never looked back. Things have changed over those 18 months, to be sure. […]
Steve White wrote a new post, Engadget picks SmartThings as the top Smart Hub 8 years, 2 months ago

Engadget today published results of their research of the top 20 Smart Home systems and named SmartThings as it’s recommended pick. The news shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who uses Iris, but the r […]
Steve White wrote a new post, Goodbye, Iris! Part 2 8 years, 6 months ago

In the first part of this series we chronicled the instability, the frustration, and inability to achieve any sort of stability with the second generation of Lowe’s Iris. Problems seemed to be everywhere. So […]
Steve White wrote a new post, Goodbye, Iris! Part 1 8 years, 7 months ago

After growing increasingly frustrated with the evolution of Iris V2, the IrisUsers family has decided to part ways with Lowe’s. Don’t get me wrong, I love Iris, and so does the family, or at least we used to. V1 […]
Steve White wrote a new post, That’s All Folks! Iris V1 Shutdown on June 30th. 8 years, 7 months ago

If you haven’t already heard the news, Lowe’s today sent an e-mail to all users with an active Iris V1 hub. The news wasn’t good. The Iris V1 shutdown is scheduled to take place on June 30th. Like the Revolv […]
Steve White wrote a new post, Cellular Service Discontinued by Lowes 8 years, 8 months ago

Cellular data service for Iris has been discontinued according to a recently e-mailed announcement from IrisByLowes. The notice warned that on June 30th all cellular backup service plans would be turned […]
Steve White wrote a new post, Iris System Monitor Updated 8 years, 9 months ago

We have made the Iris System Monitor even better! The Iris Users Iris System Monitor (ISM) now checks for the latest platform versions and monitors even more Iris V2 services. Our Iris status tool is built up […]
Steve White wrote a new post, Save Instant Pack Film – You can help! 8 years, 9 months ago

Long before there was Home Automation, before computers connected the world, and digital cameras lived in everyone’s pocket, there was the Polaroid Instant pack film camera, an innovation released to the world […]
Steve White commented on the post, Iris Outage – What you need to know! 8 years, 9 months ago

I would go and check your settings to make sure the phone number assigned to your account was not lost. Even if it is there, I would enter it again and save it. Give that a try and let me know how you make out!
Steve White wrote a new post, Outage is Over – What you need to know! 8 years, 9 months ago

For most, Tuesday’s Iris outage is over with some experiencing a few minor, lingering issues. IrisByLowes has released an impact statement with some very helpful troubleshooting information for anyone who is s […]
Steve White wrote a new post, Iris Outage – What you need to know! 8 years, 9 months ago

If you are having a problem logging into your V2 Iris system you are not alone. We have been alerted by the Iris management team that there is in fact an outage that is currently affecting the system.

The […]
Steve White wrote a new post, Iris V2 Platform Update – 1.7 Coming Soon! 8 years, 10 months ago

If you noticed a short outage today you are not alone, and with it comes good news! The folks at Lowes were busy pushing our a major platform in preparation of the release of version 1.7. The apps have not be […]
Steve White wrote a new post, Works with Iris: PeQ Water Sensor 8 years, 10 months ago

We have a small bit of good news for users of Iris 2.0. It’s no secret that the original Iris had a quirk where some devices, despite having no official support, would pair with basic functionality. Some of […]
Steve White wrote a new post, Iris Support – January storm affecting call times 8 years, 11 months ago

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 t […]
Steve White wrote a new post, Iris System Monitor Updated for V2 9 years, 1 month ago

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 minut […]
Steve White wrote a new post, New Iris Devices on Sale 9 years, 2 months ago

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 […]
Steve White wrote a new post, Second Generation Iris Videos Online 9 years, 2 months ago

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 in […]
Steve White wrote a new post, New Iris Care Pendant Coming to Iris 9 years, 4 months ago

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 wa […]
Steve White wrote a new post, New Iris Contact Sensor is Coming Soon 9 years, 4 months ago

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 w […]
Steve White wrote a new post, First Look – New Iris Motion Sensor 9 years, 5 months ago

During our ongoing search of recently filed FCC documents it was revealed that a new Iris Motion Sensor is in line to replace the current motion sensor.

This new motion sensor is advertised to be smaller t […]
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