This page provides step by step instructions to setting the default sound and volume of Doorbell 6 of the 8 possible default sound/volume levels in SmartThings using the standard edge driver by SmartThings and form part of the larger Doorbell 6 user guide.
How to configure sound/volume of Doorbell 6 in SmartThings
Follow these steps to configuring your Doorbell 6 output sound when used with SmartThings Home Monitor, these steps assume that your Doorbell 6 is already paired to your SmartThings home network:
Steps
- Open SmartThings app
- Find your Doorbell 6 Widget in the list of devices.
- Tap on the Doorbell 6 widget to open up the Doorbell 6 page.
- Tap on More Options (3 dot icon - located top right corner)
- Tap on Settings in the popup screen
- You should now be on the sound/volume control screen (known as preference/setting page), this will give you 3 settings to configure, and an option to send your set configuration.
- Component name-this determines what 8 available sounds that you could configure.
- Browse - Main - also the main/parent sound control of Doorbell 6
- Tamper - Sound2 - known as sound 2 in the list of controllable devices, this controls the sound/volume played when the vibration sensor or tamper sensor is triggered (when you move the Doorbell 6 too often).
- Button one - Sound3 - determines the sound/volume of button one when pressed, or when Sound 3 is controlled from SmartThings.
- Button two - Sound4 - determines the sound/volume of button two when pressed, or when Sound 4 is controlled from SmartThings.
- Button three - Sound5 - determines the sound/volume of button three when pressed, or when Sound 5 is controlled from SmartThings.
- Environment - Sound6 - determines the sound/volume when Doorbell 6 receives a environment type z-wave alarm command. (ie. smoke sensors, CO2 sensors, etc)
- Security - Sound7 - determines the sound/volume when Doorbell 6 receives a security type z-wave alarm (ie. motion sensors, door sensors, etc)
- Emergency - Sound8 - determines the sound/volume when Doorbell 6 receives a emergency type z-wave alarm.
- Volume set in % - this determines the volume level of your sound
- Sound # - this determines which of the 30 sounds are played, you can refer #1-30 to the sound previews found on this page here: https://aeotec.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/6000223793-Doorbell-6-sound-previews-
- Component name-this determines what 8 available sounds that you could configure.
- First input the Component name.
- Second input Volume set in %, decide what you want here, but for an alarm, I would recommend inputting 85.
- Third input Tone, refer to the sound preview page and decide which sound # you want.
- When you are done, click on the toggle switchon step 4 which will push your configuration you've done between steps 7-9.
- If already toggled OFF, just toggle the button ON
- If already toggled ON, toggle the button OFF -> ON
- If already toggled OFF, just toggle the button ON
- You can now test the sound component that you configured the default of. These are the reference of the Sound components to the main UI of the Doorbell 6:
- Browse - Main - also the main/parent sound control of Doorbell 6
- Tamper - Sound2
- Button one - Sound3
- Button two - Sound4
- Button three - Sound5
- Environment - Sound6
- Security - Sound7
- Emergency - Sound8