Pressing the microphone button lets you send your voice to the Piper’s speaker, for two-way communication, in case you want to yell at your kids to stop hitting each other or tell the dog to get off the couch. There’s even a four-up view that lets you set four different views from the same camera. The camera lens is fixed, but within the app you can pan and zoom around inside that fixed field of view. With practically a 180-degree angle, the camera even showed me objects on the same mantleplace as my Piper. The app’s Live Video tab lets you peek in on what your Piper’s ultra-wide-angle camera is seeing-and it can see a lot. A few times I popped open the app and saw an alert like a loud noise or motion detected-but I hadn’t gotten the push notification I’d requested. It should also be noted that you set your own status (home, away, vacation, or off) in the app it doesn’t automatically change based on your phone’s location or anything like that.Īs easy as it is to set up rules in the Rules tab, I was disappointed by some of the results. But like the name says, you’re only notified-these rules can’t trigger video recordings, or Piper’s ear-meltingly loud built-in siren.
You can have separate rules for when you’re home, away, or on vacation, as well as Notify Only rules that happen all the time, regardless of where you are.
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Once you get Piper plugged in, the companion app for iOS and Android helps you add it to your Wi-Fi network, and then you’ll use the same app to set up rules for its behavior in the Rules tab.
Piper can alert you to loud sounds, temperature changes, and motion, as well as if an optional sensor-equipped door opens or closes. Piper’s site claims it’s compatible with “hundreds of Z-Wave automation accessories: wall switches, door/window sensors, freeze sensors, and the line will expand to include even more.” But the online store only offers four Z-Wave products, and the site lacks a comprehensive list of what’s supported right now. But Piper is also a Z-Wave hub, so if you do want extra sensors, you can add those-I tested it with a basic door/window sensor as well as a plug-in module to turn a lamp on and off.
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