I would like to add a thermostat to my system.
I have a 2GIG system and Gold Interactive service.
With Gold Interactive, your account is already set up to support thermostats. What sort of thermostat are you trying to add? Assuming that is a CT100, here are instructions on adding it in:
- Put the batteries into the thermostat
- On the control panel, select “services” from the home screen
- Now, select the “z-wave” button
- Still on the control panel, select the toolbox icon in the lower right hand corner of the screen
- You should be prompted for your installer code. Enter it now.
- Select “Add Device”
- On the thermostat screen, push “menu” twice
- Now push the “mate” button on your thermostat screen
It could take a minute or two for the device to be selected and to register.
If your furnace provides 24VAC for the thermostat (most of them do) then I recommend physically installing the thermostat and connecting it to 24VAC before you add it to the z-wave network. If the thermostat is being powered by 24VAC at the moment when it’s added to the z-wave network then it will behave as a “repeating” z-wave node in the network and will help strengthen z-wave connectivity to other devices. If the thermostat is only being powered by batteries at the moment when you add it to to z-wave network then it will behave as a simple node in your network and will not repeat z-wave messages for other devices, even if you connect it to 24VAC later.
In general, AC/wall powered z-wave devices will be repeating nodes whereas battery powered devices will be simple nodes. For a stronger z-wave network you want more repeating nodes.