I'm looking at adding a wireless keypad to my smart environment. I'm a HE and ST user in the UK.
I have been researching and have concluded on these three:
Centralite 3400
Xfinity TCH/UEI
Iris
So far I'm drawn to the Xfinity TCH/UEI due to the convenience of AA batteries and the completely white fascia, however I'm conscious that the Centralite 3400 has a proximity sensor to automatically light the keypad and appears to be what Xfinity also advertise now. I'm put off the Iris a little due to the different arming buttons.
Does anyone know the differences between these keypads and which one is the best? Do these three work with the built-in HE driver?
I have 2 of them, Iris 3405-L and Centralite 3400, honestly, do not get the Iris, it's ugly and it doesn't work well with HE, maybe now works fine but it's ugly.
Iris is Centralite rebranded keypad, both keypad basically do the same, but different shapes, different way to disable, Iris must press code + off, Centralite just the code, Iris has a panic button, Cent doesn't.
I saw the Xfinity one, it was very cheap but cheap looks.
the astute will notice that both are indeed made by centralite (rotate one of them 180 degrees and compare)...
this one I'm not familiar with and no idea if it will work with the keypad driver that we have.
The two that vjv posted pictures of (2xCR123A batteries) were used while developing the driver for HE.
For some reason, when I tried to disarm HSM it will not disarm, in ST I entered the code then OFF button, I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, I still have it there, I can pair it and test again if you tell me how to use it.
I said ugly based on wife's approval, she hated it, now she loves the Centralite.
I agree! In fact, I didn't realize the keypad would automatically arm when both my husband & I left and HSM set to Armed Away . We usually beat the Iris 4 button presence sensors into the house, so I have to enter the code to disarm. I had to warn my husband to not open any doors once he does his Alexa Goodnight routine, or else he was going to have to disarm the keypad. He is not yet a convert...oh well!
Does anyone in the U.S. know where to buy a Centralite 3400 3 series? I haven't been able to locate one for sale. I have seen some Centralite 3400's on Ebay, but they seem to be an older version because they have a different layout.
I am chatting with Sean from their customer service department now trying to find a way of getting one in Canada. I just threw in a request for a list of US suppliers as well. Sounds like we may have to get them through one of their OEM partners (Xfinity, Rogers, etc.). Problem will be they will likely not sell us one unless we are a customer.
As per Sean at Centralite they do not currently sell the keypad to end users so we would have to go through an OEM supplier and it would be up to them if they wanted to sell to someone who doesn't subscribe to their expensive cloud dependent systems (like Rogers or Xfinity); although it sounds like they may consider adding it to their list of available products on their online site. He had never hear of Hubitat and seemed interested in the wide range of supported devices, including centralites. He asked for contact info for Hubitat; so who knows, we may see it on the Hubitat site. (Heads up @patrick, Centralite might be contacting you at the info email address).
In the mean time he did offer HE users 15% off on their online store (https://store.centralite.com) using the promo code HUBITAT (for a limited time). Also, their site only sells to US customers so us HE users North of the 49th or across the pond are out of luck.
I want to confirm Iris keypad works now, I just added it and saved a code and it works, not sure why it didn't worked before, so many updates, issues, migrations at the same time, lol
I just installed an IRIS 3405-L on HE. It seemed easy to pair. When I change from arm-away, arm-home and disarm from the HSM the Iris registers the different settings and confirms it on the Iris. The Iris changes inside its device status Commands and Current States for arm-away and arm-home, but will not change to disarm in the device status. Nothing changes in HSM or in the physical world. Any thoughts?
Also, the key pad device page has Commands like Delete Code, Set Code etc. Is there a tutorial for this?
. We usually beat the Iris 4 button presence sensors into the house, so I have to enter the code to disarm. I had to warn my husband to not open any doors once he does his Alexa Goodnight routine, or else he was going to have to disarm the keypad. He is not yet a convert...oh well!
