- Lynx kit includes 1 wireless key chain controller. It supports 4 such controllers.
- Lynx supports up to 32 individual contact points.
- Modern and clean look: suitable for any home office or kitchen counter
- Integrated siren inside of the main desktop controller, Backlit display and touchpad
Product Description
The Lynx Wireless Security System can be used as a stand alone alarm system or connected to the police and fire departments through a trusted local security firm…. More >>
Honeywell Lynx Wireless Home Security System
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#1 by R. Wang on April 15, 2010 - 10:41 am
If you plan to install this kits yourself, you must know that the kits provided is not complete. You have to purchase electrical wires to connect to your transformer to your LynxR-2 control panel and telephone wires (26 gauge minimum) for phone connection. I used 18 gauge security wires to connect the transformer. For mounting the sensors (entry and motion), they assume that you would know how to mount them already. Before you mount the door entry sensors, test them out to see how far apart it can be away from the contacting magnet. I found that 3/4 inch apart is the maximum before you get a false reading. The magnet location does not have to be right at the edge of the door. If you try to position magnet right at the edge of the door, you might crack the edge of door. I did, and I had to patch the door :( . Overall, the installation part is not as hard comparing to the programming part. The kits comes with 3 installation and user manuals, but they are very difficult to follow. I design and repair commercial airplanes for a living, and I deal with all kind of installation and trouble shooting manuals, but these manuals are far more difficult to understand. I tried the steps over and over again to get it to work. I still have not get all the bugs out yet. I called Honeywell’s technical support, and they refused to assist. When I purchased this LynxR-2 system online, and I was under the impression that technical services would be available from Honeywell, but they told me that they would only support the licensed installers. Hope this info help you. Best luck. :D.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Anthony L. Bowers on April 15, 2010 - 12:04 pm
A security company in my hometown recommended this product. They wanted $600 for the product, plus installation. I got this unit for close to a third of that, so I saved over $300. Knowing what I know now I would have done it again. I didn’t get the keyfob in the original shipment, but after a phone call they shipped it out that day free of charge. The third party company I bought it from was great. They even helped me when I had questions setting up the unit.
Installation took about 6 hours. About 2 hrs to go over the instructions and configure everything, 2 hrs to install the door units and motion detector, 2 hrs for the main unit. The configure time was a bit long due to figuring out the instructions. It comes with 4 instuction books, 2 of which are pretty thick. The unit can become very complicated, because it can be connected (wirelessly) to all kinds of devices. But, once you realize that you can skip most of the instructions it isn’t too difficult to configure and install.
We installed ours so that the main unit electricity wires went behind the walls, so that too a fair amount of time. Other than that everything is wireless. I didn’t hook my unit to my phone line, but that can be done. Installing the doors units and motion detector was pretty straightforward. You can either install with screws or double sided tape, both of which are included.
We’ve been using the unit for about 4 weeks now and it works great. I would recommend it for someone who wants to do the install yourself without running a lot of wires.
Rating: 5 / 5