HAA HAA Yes that confused me also. I got the same 3 pack and connected them to the base station. Then I went to interconnect them and they showed “offline” in the app afterwards. I thought they were having a problem connecting with the base station. I tried everything I could think of to get them connected to the base station again but they wouldn’t. I had to delete them and add them to the base station again. Not knowing this was the issue, once they were online, I interconnected them AGAIN and they went offline again. I finally contacted phone support, who was very helpful, and explained that they don’t need to be interconnected if there linked to the base station. Only other minor issue I have with the app is that the sensors display in the app in the order they are added in so the newest ones show up on the bottom and this can’t be changed. I occasionally have to delete some sensors if I add more to the system that I don’t want displayed at the very bottom and then re-add the existing sensors.
Thanks for the tutorial and review. Great job! I just set these up via base station but when I test using the app it doesn’t trigger the other alarms. Does the test not test the interconnectivity?
Nice video review, thank you. My question is if the Wifi in the home goes out/disconnects, will the detector units and base station still talk to each other? i tried contacting X-sense but i could not get a straight answer.
Chances are it is a liablity thing with xsense. I did a test where I turned off my wifi and smoked my detector. Even without wifi access the base station still wend off as well as the other interconnected detectors. Granted I did not get a notification on my phone so if I was not home I would not know. But everything else does seem to work.
Question if you know, X-Sense claims an optimal range of 1700ft I'm assuming in a clear and open area. We all know that's not really possible so what is the "real world" range? Also, does the base station only take up 1 wifi spot on your network vs. the non-"base station" wifi versions using 1 wifi spot for each device? That would be a real advantage to having a base station if you were limited on the amount of devices that are connected to your router
Range is trickey as it can depend on building materials of the home. I have a 1400sft home and they work just fine. With a hub your wifi network only sees one device and the rest of the X-Sense devices connect it it.
@@Wanderer001_Reviews Thank You. We live in a larger house so I'm sure centralizing this and being in a more open area would be the key to success here. Still, we'd only need to go maybe 100 - 150 lineal feet in all directions at most to hit each smoke alarm. It would just be through several walls (drywall and wood). We currently use a mesh wifi system which works well in deifferent areas, but if we were to add 7-8 smoke alarms and maybe 5-6 water sensors, etc. it would take up a lot of device room on our wifi system so using a centralized solution would seem better
@@bigtrace67 Very true you would either need a good wifi setup or something like this. I have around 48 smart devices on my network, but have a very good wifi system and 1gb speeds from my provider. The X-Sense hub is great because once you get it setup it only needs power so placing it can be simpler.
Some helpful time stamps:
Intro: 0:00
In the box: 0:44
Base station: 1:23
Smoke detector: 2:03
Setup Base station: 3:44
Setup Smoke detector: 6:40
App Base station: 8:50
App Smoke detector: 9:56
Testing: 12:09
Cons: 14:44
Conclusion: 15:53
HAA HAA Yes that confused me also. I got the same 3 pack and connected them to the base station. Then I went to interconnect them and they showed “offline” in the app afterwards. I thought they were having a problem connecting with the base station. I tried everything I could think of to get them connected to the base station again but they wouldn’t. I had to delete them and add them to the base station again. Not knowing this was the issue, once they were online, I interconnected them AGAIN and they went offline again. I finally contacted phone support, who was very helpful, and explained that they don’t need to be interconnected if there linked to the base station.
Only other minor issue I have with the app is that the sensors display in the app in the order they are added in so the newest ones show up on the bottom and this can’t be changed. I occasionally have to delete some sensors if I add more to the system that I don’t want displayed at the very bottom and then re-add the existing sensors.
Doesn't adding them in the app interconnect them?
Thanks for the tutorial and review. Great job! I just set these up via base station but when I test using the app it doesn’t trigger the other alarms. Does the test not test the interconnectivity?
It is meant to test the singular device only not the interconnectedness of it
Nice video review, thank you. My question is if the Wifi in the home goes out/disconnects, will the detector units and base station still talk to each other? i tried contacting X-sense but i could not get a straight answer.
Chances are it is a liablity thing with xsense. I did a test where I turned off my wifi and smoked my detector. Even without wifi access the base station still wend off as well as the other interconnected detectors. Granted I did not get a notification on my phone so if I was not home I would not know. But everything else does seem to work.
When the app sends a notification is it possible to make it sound even if say the phone is in silence mode?
That depends on your phone and the settings you have.
Question if you know, X-Sense claims an optimal range of 1700ft I'm assuming in a clear and open area. We all know that's not really possible so what is the "real world" range? Also, does the base station only take up 1 wifi spot on your network vs. the non-"base station" wifi versions using 1 wifi spot for each device? That would be a real advantage to having a base station if you were limited on the amount of devices that are connected to your router
Range is trickey as it can depend on building materials of the home. I have a 1400sft home and they work just fine. With a hub your wifi network only sees one device and the rest of the X-Sense devices connect it it.
@@Wanderer001_Reviews Thank You. We live in a larger house so I'm sure centralizing this and being in a more open area would be the key to success here. Still, we'd only need to go maybe 100 - 150 lineal feet in all directions at most to hit each smoke alarm. It would just be through several walls (drywall and wood). We currently use a mesh wifi system which works well in deifferent areas, but if we were to add 7-8 smoke alarms and maybe 5-6 water sensors, etc. it would take up a lot of device room on our wifi system so using a centralized solution would seem better
@@bigtrace67 Very true you would either need a good wifi setup or something like this. I have around 48 smart devices on my network, but have a very good wifi system and 1gb speeds from my provider. The X-Sense hub is great because once you get it setup it only needs power so placing it can be simpler.
@@Wanderer001_Reviews Thank you, that's very helpful :)
Does it come in spanish voice? Nest Smoke Detectors have that option. Looking to replace the ones at my parents home and get away from Google.
At this time I do not think so. I think the audio is hard coded into the detector.