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Long time no post, the pandemic has me nuts as I'm a healthcare consultant. Hope all is well with all y'all.   I want to put up a 2nd M1DBH. I've totally misunderstood 19 million things in the last <n> units of time.   Question 1: Whadda youse guys think this line means?  "Two or or more M1DBH...

Just replaced my M1DBHR with an M1DBH (which i'm regretting, but that's a different post).   I used to have the M1DBHR (in the basement) and an M1XIN in a 3rd location homerun back to the M1G, both sets of wires put into the +/A/B/- databus, no M1G termination, and all good.   But the M1DBH...

Debugging a problem with 2 of my M1XINs after a recent power surge. Can't find a map/legend of what the # of flashes on the LED means. Assuming I don't find it the second I press "post new topic", can you help a guy out :-)

Just recorded a VLOG on the component overview, power on, and app walkthrough for my system.   https://youtu.be/QLbf4ZOQ2bg  

http://nymag.com/selectall/smarthome/extreme-makeover-smart-home-edition.html Alas I was in the last few days of my 18 month travel project so only had a little time to brag but got some stuff out there ...

Going to replace my driveway gate & fence. The gate itself is ~8ft wide, the fence sits ~10 feet off the side of the house.   Right now we have ye olden wooden POS. Likely replacing also with a wooden gate. I'd love to put in something that I can link to the Elk instead of just a remote. That...

Had SolarCity install solar yesterday (plus a powerwall). WooHoo!   Alas I also had a conference call, AND we had another contractor for something totally different show up at the same time. I forgot to power down the Elk. Obviously they had to totally yank all power. Upon reconnection, i'm...

In case anyone here is interested, a few of us are doing a CQC Webinar at 5pm PST today. PM me if you want contact info, its a "personal meeting room" link so I don't want it posted on google. It'll be put up on YouTube later, I'll post the link if anyone cares.   It'll obviously be CQC...

Don't want to troll on the ISY forums, but how is it possible that the ISY 5.0 version is still in *Alpha* after 2 years?  I've been waiting on this as I abandoned the other z-Wave controllers, and many zwave modules are not supported by 4.x (namely multi-button scene controllers). For >a year...

Hey guys, brain farting here as it's been years since I had this error and my google-fu is failing me.   I'm getting an Elk Transmitter/Low Battery. No zone #, so I don't think it's my any of my wireless zones. IIRC the last time this happened I was getting a zone # so I could tell which zone...

(100% of Cocooners registered before this post don't need to watch this, but I need a landing page to put in the YouTube description for my latest video on understanding wire types. I'll use CT as then other, smarter folks can help answer questions that newbies may have).   A visual walkthrough...

I need to update M1XEP bootware & firmware, but every time I select bootware update it gives me a "firmware not compatible with existing hardware or bootware version".   I'm on wicked old stuff, hw v1.0, bootware v1.1.4, firmware 1.2.14.   I downloaded bootware 2.0.4, the "bootware update"...

FYI, recorded a short vlog of the new Plex DVR beta on my channel and did a turbo-short comparison of the guide with SageTV.    I love Plex's ability to transcode content to any device (roku, tablets, phones), multi-user support (watched/unwatched status per family member), and ability to watch...

I was doing tons of network rewiring, adding in a 2nd switch.  Didn't do anything with the M1XEP run except to trim off excess wire & put back into the patch panel.   ElkRP2 wouldn't connect. Tried tons of things, finally did the "short-JP2 to reset it back". Still can't "find" from within ElkRP...

A video on how to use NFC to accomplish a few cool HA things. I walked through:   1) How and what I do in Car Mode (AutoStart spotify playlist, various apps.) Worked WAAAY better than using BT connected for me,  2) Arrive home tasks (lights & nest)   3) Leave home but dog here. (check doggy...

Anyone here try to connect the Elk to A) a firmware product like the ISY, *AND* B) a s/w package like CQC or HomeSeer at the same time?   It might be interesting to have a firmware product like the ISY do some of my Elk rules that would be a PITA if Windows fails. (I have a few toggle switches...

Hey all, recorded a 3 part YouTube series today about how to install a security system and bring it under control of a home automation system.   Part 1,For anyone who wants to understand about security systems: How to install the physical bits:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rCmKRtTpTY   Part...

Recorded a video on how I've connected all the various HA bits together to make my system go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9tYT0EO-Nk   If you're sick of hearing the melodious sound of my voice, its me explaining this: http://i.imgur.com/oFo6WQah.png

Put up the next vlog on the benefits of integrating a real HA engine with an Echo. Publishing here in case any of y'all need ideas on how to integrate the echo with your (homeseer|premise|vera|whatever).   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umRYxHbcQrA     Pasting the slide content so the melodious...

A buddy of mine who doesn't currently do HA but is heavy into robotics, makers club, wants to dip his toe in.   His first goal is wireless doorbells ringing multiple speakers, but will then be moving onto a few other areas: A) Water leak detectors and solenoid valve B) Aquaponics monitoring and...