Recent content by paulw11

Hi, If it is a standard Wiegand device, then connecting the LED or beeper wire to ground should activate them. Paul

Hi, As I already had a POE switch, I powered my M1XEP with a TP-Link TL-POE10R The included power cable plugged straight into the socket on the M1XEP. Regards, Paul

Hi, Actually in this case the original rule will work because what killervette is after is a rule that executes during the day. The rule that you have posted is the opposite, a rule that executes during the night. In that case you would need two rules; the first to cater for the time period...

Hi, You could also use a weigand keypad connected to the weigand input on existing keypad (A weigand device can connect via 100ft or more of cat 5 with no problems). You could also use an M1-KAM if it wasn't convenient to get to an existing keypad. The advantage of this approach is that you...

Hi, I don't think that you can change a custom value with rules. You can change them via the RS-232 control protocol, so if you have some external HA software running maybe you could use some date driven rules to modify the values in the M1. Paul

Hi, I would try and avoid FTP altogether (particularly the FTP client in IE). Have a look at rsync - This is a file synchronisation program that runs over ssh (basically encrypted telnet). It come from Unix but can be installed on Windows using Cygwin. You can specify how many bits per...

Hi, I think you should be able to do this, but some assembly is required. This serial Z-Wave interface from Leviton seems to be the best option. It has a documented protocol and you should be able to connect it to a USB serial port dongle like those made by Keyspan. You would then need to...

Hi, It depends on the settings for the user that corresponds to the prox card. If you give arm/disarm permissions then swiping the card will arm/disarm the system. If you give only the "access" permission then you can use the rule suggested above. Paul

Hi, The standard outside speaker on the M1 can't deliver voice messages. There is a rule action you can use "chirp the siren X times" - You might be able to use this. If you wanted voice outside then you could either have some auxiliary speakers that you connect to the Out-1 output via a...

Hi, As other have pointed out, a DND key is not really any form of security - I think what you are really looking for is a restricted key - This involves replacing your keys and lock barrels with a system that is patent protected. In theory this provides better security because the blanks are...

A quick update. Having read the site further, it seems that they may not have sidelined Xap yet - unless there is discussion in their forum that is newer than the contribute page... Paul

This looks very interesting. Hopefully this goes somewhere. I used to use Misterhouse but while it has a lot of capability, its use of PERL meant that it didn't support multi-threading which limited its abilities in an asynchronous world. I am not too interested in the open hardware side of...

Hi, The info is there on the Oatley site, just a little hard to find. If you click the second "PDF" button on the page it shows the connections. Basically you need to connect 3 wires between the two modules. Two for power and one for data. Paul

Hi, This system might suit your needs. The extra module that you have to add to get the extra range is a bit of a kludge & you may need to mount it permanently in your car rather than keeping it on your keyring. Paul

Hi, If you have an Intel Mac then you can use Parallels or VMWare Fusion to run Windows on the Mac, but you can't run ElkRM under Mac OSX directly. If you have the Ethernet interface for the Elk then you can use the web interface with the Mac. I do this all the time. Paul