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I've got the ELK-M1XSLZW and Leviton VRCOP-1LW+3 working well in my house, with very little issues of reliabilty. It's mixed with an insteon/ISY network of switches and keypads, so I can't comment on UPB. I use the RCS TZ45 Thermostats for the three air handlers (on three different floors), and...

For those looking to finally pull the trigger on an ISY994i there's a couple of places running sales:  Amazon and Orchestrated Outlet.

I've received some other responses outside of the thread, so I'll share them here.  It appears the best solution I've found so far is to combine a product by tactical software with a serial server, such as the IP2SL by iTach. Although az1324's link to Wikipedia yielded a list of other software...

I'm looking for a solution to remotely program devices with serial ports.  While I know there is general availability of products like the iTach products that allow local access of the port, does anyone know of an elegant solution that I redirect a program running on a PC to the iTach across the...

Residential Control Systems TZ45 Click here to view the thermostat

ANO,   If you haven't pulled the trigger yet, give http://emme-inc.com/ a look.  Our angel group invested in these guys, while they don't have home automation hooks yet, they will at some point. Their system is WIFI currently. Their room-by-room solution is slick.   Mike

I posted a question in the automation forum, but realized I should have posted it here.   http://cocoontech.com/forums/topic/23987-elk-zwave-secondary-controller/   Any thoughts?

Has anyone used the ELK + Leviton VRC0P+3 as a secondary controller?  Now that I'm using my ISY as the primary for Zwave, I'm wondering if I can continue to use my ELK Zwave but place it in secondary mode.  This would allow me to use my ELK keypads to directly address thermostats.  

Was away for a week, just got back and was able to start testing the ISY994i with Zwave.  It's really a slick solution. Added thermostats and was up and running within minutes. While I haven't tested competing solutions (vera, etc.) I have worked with the leviton vrc0p+3 with the usb stick +...

It's officially announced.  Universal-Devices ISY994i series is z-wave enabled!   http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/1/prweb10355651.htm   I'm anxiously awaiting my alpha release to get my hands on this solution.   Mike   P.S.> I'm a universal devices developer and dealer, thus under NDA. I'll...

I'm wrestling with the WAF factor on remotes and frankly think I'll be moving back to a 'button' remote quickly. I've tried Roomie and iRule based solutions for iOS and while very robust I still get the 'look' when I hand her the iPad to control netflix.. "because nothing else does it"...

CocoonTech Member (and Universal Devices developer) Mike-ma shared the announcement of Universal Devices now offering a Z-Wave controller, similar to their popular INSTEON ISY-99 controller.   The price is rather high, especially once you add support for various popular components (e.g., ELK)...

I was reviewing the M1XSLZW instruction manual and couldn't find reference to using zwave sensors. Does anyone know if the M1 supports adding other sensors using the XSL+VRC0P+3?   There's a whole host of sensors now available (specifically from Aeon Labs) and I'm wondering if they can be used...

I've had the XSLZW+VRC0P for about 4 months without issue. I installed a 2GIG CT100 on my network and it wasn't responding correctly (mirroring commands), after a call to my friendly distributor I found out that the VRC0P had a firmware update in Nov(?) to fix a couple of issues, and the CT100...