FF345 not detecting my First Alert smoke detectors/alarms

[jwcsurety (Jason)]

I can’t comment on the exact models you have, but as long as they are UL217 compliant I believe they should trigger it. The FF345 needs to be within 6 inches of one of them, oriented properly per the manual.

Here is a user who confirms that a similar setup with the Nest Protect smoke detectors (with voice announcements) does work with the FF345:

Nest Protect / qolsys

I have this setup. The 345mhz IQ panel 4 and the 345mhz firefighter. Bought the firefighter from the Surety store (the round 345mhz version, non-encrypted). I can confirm that it registers alarms for both the Smoke and CO tones on the Nest Protect and works 100% as expected, even with the verbal announcements between tones. Tested a couple times with canned smoke to be sure. Very happy with this setup. Nest is still the only smoke detector I know that gives you a heads up before an alarm. Has …