I would like to build a home alarm system based on the KC868-A16 board. I plan to document everything as precisely as possible to make it easier for others to follow this path.

Starting point:
My house is wired with copper cables leading to every window, door, and most room ceilings.
I use Home Assistant with the MQTT2Zigbee plugin and mainly Zigbee devices.

The goal:
A wired alarm system with a power backup, integrated into Home Assistant, and with relatively low acquisition costs.

The initial questions are:
1. Can I simply connect a magnetic sensor to the digital inputs?
(If yes, what voltage do they operate on?)
2. Can I connect a 24V siren to the dry contact output?
Could I power it separately using the board’s 12V power supply?

I would greatly appreciate your help.
Thank you very much.



PS.: I am currently designing a 3D case for the board (which I’ll gladly share with the community once it’s ready).
Also ive got many Cases for Mounting of the magnet sensors and the movementdetectors.

Greetings Everybody,

Iam new to KC and I purchased one from Aliexpress.
I connected to my PC through USB-C Type and the serial port was appeared in the Arduino IDE at com3
   
I have add all the required URL as following in the arduino
1. File
2. Preference
3. I added the link related to ESP.
4.tools-- boards--- boards manager--- esp32 installed.
5. I selected many boards such as nodemcu-32s
 
when I tried to do compile, there is error message appeared
" error compiling for board nodemuc-32s"    


I tried to change the board type from the arduino, but still same error.    

also I tried to change the programmer but still same    


everything is fine to my board
12v
c-type usb.
serial is appeared in the arduino.

I need support.

Hello I have 10x DS18B20 temp sensors hooked up to KC868-AIO

They are mostly around 50-70ft away from the KC868-AIO

They are all home run cable back to KC868-AIO (star patern)

The cable used is 18/3 OFC copper.

I can only get them to work if hooked directly up short run without extending them.

How can I get this setup to work? Resistors? If so what kind?

Thanks

I am trying to connect  DS18b20 temperature sensor to KC868-AIO and get sensor ID from ESPHome logs

My configuration:

one_wire:
  - pin: GPIO01
    platform: gpio


This is what I am getting:

[10:58:55][C][gpio.one_wire:020]: GPIO 1-wire bus:
[10:58:55][C][gpio.one_wire:021]:  Pin: GPIO1
[10:58:55][W][gpio.one_wire:078]:  Found no devices!



   

Hello everyone. Has anyone generally dealt with connecting A16 to Domoticz without any intermediate solutions (e.g. MQQT)? I'm starting to play with mysensors in Arduino on KC868-A16, I hope that I will be able to use all the functions in this device (currently I have my own SMT32 PCBs, ESP8826, Atmega with W5100 modules and others) to replace everything with one driver If anyone would like to share their experience - I'm starting this thread.

Installed an KC868-16 for use in Home Assistant using ESPHome and YAML file supplied by KinCony.  Using static IP.  Board works fine until any kind of power disconnect, e.g. unplugging to avoid shorts while wiring.  After power is restored that board no longer works.  The switches for the outputs (12v attached) do not function and the inputs show as "Unavailable."  If I reload the YAML file the board returns to working condition.  I suspect this may be a YAML file issue.  Any suggestions on how to correct without reloading the software are most appreciated.

I purchased a board on aliexpress with the identical PCB layout as the kincony A6 board. 

What's the story behind this board? Is it made by kincony?

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I plugged it in and it started smoking, lol.

Hi

The instructions says 12 V DC input power. OK - but if used in a boat or car the battery voltage can be somewhere between 11 anf 15 volts...

Is that ok for the 868-A6 unit?


Regards
TT

Good day,

I have a KC868-A8 with firmware version 2.2.6 and when I log into the web interface and click on some of the menu items I get taken back to the login screen. This happens randomly with the menu items.

I am waiting for the kc868-A16 to be delivered. My goal is to make a complete program in Arduino to support my own smart elements - the superior system is Domoticz/HomeAssistant. Are there any examples in Arduino that show how to implement access to all PCF and other in/out ports (pins, addresses) as well as the LAN module (pins, addresses) in the Arduino environment? If so, where can I find them. I know that you can do reverse engineering and laboriously check and test everything - but if someone has already figured it out - maybe they could share a few source files.