Dahua DHI-ARC3000H-FW2 Wireless Alarm Hub

Overview

The Dahua DHI-ARC3000H-FW2 is the control hub of Dahua’s 433 MHz wireless burglar alarm. It receives signals from wireless detectors, keypads and keyfobs, decides when to raise an alarm and reports to you through the app, phone calls and SMS. It is the central unit for a wireless alarm in a home, shop, clinic or small office, and because the peripherals are battery powered and wireless it suits an existing building where running alarm cable is impractical.

Is it right for you?

• It suits a home, shop, clinic or small office building a wireless alarm from Dahua W2 series peripherals.
• It takes up to 150 wireless peripherals and can add wired zones through expansion modules, so it also suits a place with a few wired detectors.
• It suits a place that uses Dahua cameras: alarm video linkage works with up to 4 IP cameras in the app.
• Indoor use only, -10 to 50 °C.

Key features

• Up to 150 wireless peripherals: 64 keyfobs, 8 keypads, 6 sirens, 4 repeaters, 8 PIR cameras, 56 triple-tech detectors and up to 4 multi-I/O transmitters.
• Wired inputs and outputs expandable to 64 channels each through expansion modules.
• Ethernet, 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and cellular (GSM, WCDMA and LTE) with dual SIM slots, one active at a time.
• Calls and SMS to up to 12 phone numbers, with an offline cache of 50 entries so alarms are not lost during a network drop.
• Video linkage with up to 4 IP cameras in the app.
• Arming by app, keypad, keyfob, card, SMS, SIA or schedule; each user can be linked with 8 cards.
• Two-way, frequency-hopping radio with AES128 (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption, up to 1,200 m in open space.
• Built-in lithium battery for about 12 hours of standby, tamper detection, a 5,000 entry log and cloud updates.

What else you need

Dahua 433 MHz W2 series wireless peripherals (door detectors, PIR detectors, keypads, sirens), a 12 V DC, 1.5 A adapter, an Ethernet or Wi-Fi connection, the Dahua app, and a SIM card if you want call and SMS alerts.

Installation

An alarm installer can survey and set it up, and a confident owner can do a small home. The hub goes on a wall or desk near power and the network, then each peripheral is paired and placed, checking signal strength as you go, and users and phone numbers are set in the app.

Software and licences

Setup, arming and remote notifications use the Dahua app, which can be shared with other app users. Monitoring centres can connect over SIA. Firmware updates arrive through the cloud.

Before you buy

• Check the listed cellular bands (GSM 900/1800 MHz, WCDMA B1/B5/B8, LTE-FDD B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B20, LTE-TDD B38/B40/B41) against your mobile operator before relying on mobile backup.
• The hub has a built-in buzzer; add a wireless siren for a loud local alarm.
• Indoor use only.