Recent content by MrGibbage

I have a brand new On-Off SwitchLinc and it is wired it (Kitchen Can lights). It is a responder to another switch in the kitchen and that works perfectly. I can control the Kitchen Can with either switch. So far so good. I created a "good night" scene using the ISY Admin Console and added the...

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I don't have an actual Elk receiver at all. I don't know what it is since I got it ten+ years ago. I've attached a picture of it here.  

I installed my Elk M1G over ten years ago and it's still working flawlessly. I installed some CADDX GE wireless PIR sensors and that too has been working well. Yesterday my coworker's house flooded when a flexible hose going to the toilet broke, and I want to make sure that doesn't happen to me...

Oh wow. So what do I do? Do I need a new broadband adapter or did I probably install it wrong?

I'm getting 0.0v between red and green. I'm guessing that is a problem? I do indeed have the red and green wires from the broadband adapter connected in those.The green light is illuminated on the broadband adapter so I would think it is getting the power it needs.

I should add that it doesn't seem that there is anything I can correlate to the clicking. I once thought maybe it was clicking every time there was an "event" in the elk, such as a zone change or PIR sensing motion, but even when I am the only one in the house, sitting a spot where no motion...

My Elk M1G has been installed and working great for 10+ years. I recently added the NextAlarm monitoring and followed the installation instructions. Everything seems to be working fine, but there is a relay clicking inside the elk a few times a minute. Sometimes two or three clicks in a couple...

Thanks for the tip! After looking at SW based systems, I see that there has been a lot of progress with Raspberry Pi systems. I think I will try that first.

I want to buy a multi camera DVR system that will allow for such things as "when the door bell rings, send me a snapshot/20 second video of the front porch". Of course I will take care of the detecting the doorbell ringing, but how would I tell the DVR system to send me a snapshot or even...

If you use PowerHome for control, you can use an app that I wrote, the PowerHome Connector for Android. It doesn't do voice input, but that does sound interesting. I could probably add that if I understood the use cases. http://skipstechtalk.net/powerhome-connector-for-android/...

I've got four outside (one on each side of the house), one in the garage, and in the house I've got two downstairs and one upstairs. They are all voltage driven (12V), and I use an external switched power supply to drive them. Needless to say it is very loud when the alarms go off. :)   By the...

@Frunple, I am not sure what you mean. Can you post a link or a picture?

Unfortunately, there is only one romex going into each light. I guess they run back to one or more of the light switches in the kitchen. I am doing this project in conjunction with installing new backsplashes, so tearing up some drywall won't be so bad.

My house came with fluorescent under-cabinet lighting. Each light was self contained with its own switch, and was hard-wired into the electrical system. I want to replace the lights with low voltage LEDs. My question is, when I remove the existing fluorescent lights, what should I do with the...