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Special Report
Konnected Assertions
Analyzed

This technical directive by
Konnected shows no end of
line resistor (EOLR) supervision and no power supervision
relay for a four-wire smoke
detector.

website have authorized Konnected products to
be utilized with the listed control units made
by each of these manufacturers. Certainly, this
would be an important disclosure for any consumer to know about before considering the
purchase of Konnected products.

Hazardous Technical Advice
Admissions by the company that its products
are not certified to any national standards for
smoke and fire-safety monitoring amplifies that
- even though Konnected is aware of national
standards - it still chose to completely disregard them in the products which they have designed and marketed.
Konnected's technical advice to consumers
for wiring a four-wire smoke detector to its
alarm panel is demonstrated here as an example. Adhering to Konnected's technical advice is
nothing short of creating danger, unreliability
and violates NFPA 72.
No end-of-line resistor (EOLR) supervision and no power supervision relay is indicated in the photograph, which is totally
consistent with Konnected's universal disregard and lack of understanding of adopted
fire codes across the United States by AHJs.
Furthermore, the loop side of the circuit in
the smoke detector photograph above is connected to the normally closed and common
instead of the normally open and common,
which the pro side of the alarm industry
knows is reserved for 24-hour zones.
On its website, here is what Konnected directs consumers to do with end-of-line resistors:
If you're removing sensors from an old
existing alarm panel, they may be wired
with end-of-line resistors. Remove
the resistors and discard or save for a
different project.

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Disregard end-of-line resistors or save them
for a different project? Clearly, Konnected does
not have the foggiest idea of what they are
talking about.
Konnected states the use of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors with its products is for informational purposes only. However, the company provides technical advice on
how to wire a smoke detector onto its alarm
panel via the photograph above, which seriously violates every known code and standard that
applies to UL-268 Smoke Detectors, and UL1023/UL-985 Household Combination Listed
Burglar and Fire Alarm Control Units.
Furthermore, the company's technical advice
encompasses multiple smoke detectors but remains universally silent on mission-critical and
code required supervision: " If you have multiple interconnected smoke detectors, ensure that
they all alarm when one alarms. "
The professional and technical community
of the alarm industry knows that Konnected's
criteria do not even come close to meeting the
minimum requirements of fire alarm life-safety code compliance. Tragically, consumers are
completely unaware and have been put at high
risk by Konnected's technical advice.
According to Clark, because Konnected
products " do not handle the logic of arming,
disarming, alerting, monitoring, fault detection, etc., " the company is not providing a
complete security system. Yet, the company's
representations to the public never state this
as such. In my opinion, Konnected provides
nothing less than a dangerous and false sense of
security to consumers as it relates to threats by
the criminal element and life-safety risks in the
event of a fire or CO emergency.
Importantly, Clark concedes the company's products do not handle " fault detection. "
Once again, this is yet another inherent danger
of Konnected products which cannot exist on
alarm products. There are no warnings as to the
products being non-compliant, nor are there
any warnings to consumers about strict adherence requirements to NFPA 72.
Konnected represents to the public its
products " turn any alarm system into a smart
alarm. " Let me be perfectly clear: There is nothing " smart " about any of the company's products. Moreover, there are a multitude of listed
alarm products sold by professional equipment
manufacturers, which provide features and
functions that either meet and/or exceed what
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