Nest Protect Smoke Detector App with two homes created. - Can an alarm go off in one home sound all.

[bob190]

Hello

I just connected up 16 2nd gen Smoke/CO detectors by building two homes in my Nest App.  One home has 10, the other has 6.   I read somewhere that if one detectors sounds off in one home, the other alarms won't go off in the 2nd home.   Is this true?  I have a house with an in-law setup and that is why I have set it up with two homes, but I want all alarms to sound if one goes off. 

Do I have to reset the 6 alarms and add them to the home with 10 so all alarms will sound if one goes off?  (They are all hard wired electrically).  If possible I would like to keep them split up because I understand you can only have 18 alarms in one home, and I may want to add a few more later.

Thanks

Bob

[David_K]

An alarm will only sound on Nest Protects in the same home structure. If you want all the devices to sound an alarm, you would need to place them all in the same home structure. Note there is a hard limit of 18 Nest Protects per Home structure.

[zoeuvre]

Hi bob190, 

Thanks for reaching out to us. I hope you've already gotten the answer you're looking for. Please let us know if you still have questions or concerns, as we'll be willing to assist you more.
 

I appreciate your help, @David_K. 

Best,

Zoe

[zoeuvre]

Hi folks,

@bob190, I wanted to check and see if you are still in need of any help. Please let me know, as I would be happy to assist, and answer any questions you may have.
 

Thanks,

Zoe

[zoeuvre]

Hello there, 

Just one quick final check in here since activity has slowed down. We'll be locking the thread in the next 24 hours, but if you still need help, I would be happy to keep it open. If there's more we can do, just let me know. 
 

Regards,

Zoe