Recent content by politics123

 didn't understand how you tried using the auth code on the keypad. You should only be typing in your authcode when trying to access menu 9. The progression is: Elk Button Press 9   { Screen displays "authorization required (0)" } Type in your auth code. If you get the right one, the screen...

You mean you can get paid to do home automation? Does that help with WAF?  ^_^ How senior are the positions? Need any development VPs?

For relatively small cost, especially since you can purchase individual UPSs and make individual component-level decisions: Connect sensitive electronics to UPS Automate the 110v outlets that the UPS is plugged into. When there's a power-outage, shut-off the outlets so that the "dirty generator...

Yes, ELK to RPI. I'm assuming that I'd offload most ZWAVE automation to the RPI... but that there may need to be some cross-over integration between the ELK and RPI.

Any thoughts on an elk M1 to Raspberry Pi interface? Seems to me the options are: XSP, XEP, and using the Raspberry PI's GPIO ports to control Elk ZONES.   Found this guy who used the XEP: and some python code: System Setup   |  code If I wanted to unplug my XEP, I could have the RPI talk...

When we say clean power, to me that means voltage and frequency.   I took a different approach, and just power my critical loads from battery in the case of an outage. Think Tesla's PowerWall, or in my case, an SMA Sunny Island that powers a critical loads panel either from the grid or a battery...

First, thank you for your thoughtful comments. This was exactly what I was hoping for... a frank conversion about an ELK-based solution.   I should have mentioned that I don't have too many ZWAVE devices. About 10 lights, a couple of switches (to automate the Solar PV and backup heater in the...

Hi all --   Have an ELK M1 GOLD that uses a XSP that communicates to a RZCOP serial controller, a bunch of Vizia RF legacy devices (including my master controller, a RZCPG) Old school, I know. But it works... I'm able to automate basic rules with lighting, even if I don't have polling or...

did you ever figure this out?  I've assumed it to be a short in the 1-wire part of the network. I had one channel that leads outside to a known-bad/failing sensor, and from time to time, the 4-channel hub would "freeze" and all 4 LEDs would flash. I would power cycle and the device would be...

Sorry for the confusion... I didn't update the firmware... using a new XEP which came out-of-the-box with latest firmware. And never had any issues with the IP address, just the "login" part (using the XEP diagnostic utility, you could see the XEP negotiating with the M1 and then failing to...

Thanks for your replies.   I prefer static leases too, since there's one place (my router config) that contains all the IP addresses... nice quick-reference for my multitudes of servers, raspberry pi's, and wireless devices. Since I have a bunch of port-forwards and ACLs anyway, it's nice that...

Hi --    Still trying to update/upgrade my way out of running ElkRP on my older computer. I bought an M1XEP  and plan to use ElkRP2 over the network (not serial), however I'm having a tough time getting that to work.   When I try to connect over the network, I get the dreaded "Disconnected...

Thank you all for your thoughtful responses. Just one follow-up. What is the state of support these days? Elk never truly supported DIYers, but Spanky would log in and help out from time to time. Do we support ourselves these days? What about HAI-- does it better support the DIY community?

So earlier this week, my M1G keyboards all went dark, even though the unit is powered. Yeay, probably something wrong with the 485 bus.   I was about to boot up my old Pentium3/Win95 machien and start troubleshooting, and then it hit me... like all technology, is it time to move on?   When I...

So the good news is, I have a very stable system. The bad news is, I still use ElkRP on an ancient Dell P3-500 (!!) in order to program it. I'd like to update to the latest possible version, and transition off the old Dell.   Questions: What is the latest firmware one can get to supporting CADDx...