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I've been running an M1 for a long while and have been happy with it.  I have the XEP and XSZLW/VRC0P integration with a couple of 2Gig stats.   I'm looking for an inexpensive add-on that will allow me to do a bit more with rules, including sending emails with dynamic content.  My preference...

I've done Elk thermostat integrations in the past using RCS and HAI devices.  Hoewever, in looking at RCS, they no longer seem to have hardwired stats and I see no other hardwired stat options for Elk besides the Apirlaire and HAI.   The use case I'm looking to solve is two neighboring...

Happy New Year folks. A friend asked me about the SimpliSafe system. They're enamored of the wireless sensors, built-in cellular up-link, and email & SMS based alerting. This looks like a low end consumer system and the negative posts almost all speak to the lack of reliability of the...

Howdy folks. Back from a visit and I'm trying to put things right after the house was without power during the mid-atlantic storms a week ago. M1 is showing 1/1/2000 12:00:00AM. I tried setting via NTP. Then power cycled the M1. Then tried setting via RP "Set Date/Time from PC". None of...

I hope this isn't a stupid question. I have another thread where I'm still working on getting an Omnistat 2000 to work. I originally had an XSP as XSP address #1, hooked to an RCS thermostat (thermostat 1). I moved that XSP to XSP address #2 to accommodate adding a new XSP (now XSP address 1)...

I have an existing M1 install, running 5.1.20. It had the following serial devices: 0: XEP 1: XZW (1.0.16) 2: XSP (1.0.46) hooked to RCS thermostat (in bldg 2) 3: XSP (10.0.2) hooked to Uplink I wanted to replace a non-integrated stat with an OmniStat 2000 in bldg 1. In the XSP docs, it seems...

Time to replace a non-communicating Aprilaire 8570 'stat with one that hooks to an M1. In other jobs I've used an HAI RC-80 and a RCS TR40, both hooked to M1-XSPs. I started with the current XSP manual and the supported choices seem to still be the RCS TR16/40, the higher end Aprilaire 8870...

One typical use of the P212S would be with an extended M1 data bus. Since the P212S is supervised, does anyone know how M1 would handle the situation when the battery backing up the P212S dies? When the M1 is armed, I've seen where it goes into alarm when it sees remote expander devices...

I'm about to click "buy" on an order to add cellular reporting to an M1 system that is already using NextAlarm. I would appreciate a "sanity check" from those who know these parts. I have two choices for the communicator: Uplink 2500SER, listed as "25 pin serial anynet for Elk panel" there's...

Hello folks. Long time since I've visited last... Our house phones stopped working a week ago and I thought it was related to the cable company's other outages. Turns out the M1 has seized the line and won't let go. I've power cycled it a couple times to no avail. A few seconds after power...

I am about to plunk down $265 for a copy of the Panasonic HNP15 software to support a bunch of Panasonic IP cams. One thing that it does is convert the recorded video/audio to mpeg or wav files. I was looking at the "free" option of Zoneminder, but it still doesn't appear to support audio...

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I have some old Elo touch screens, VGA input and serial touch screen output. I'm looking for a relatively low cost, very low noise, easy on the eyes PC to run them and am thinking about the ASUS EEE Box 202 at around $300. It has a DVI output but appears to include a VGA adapter. I'd have to...

Title says most of it. I'm looking for an installer licensed in DC for a friend's building. Thanks.

Seems like there are a few nice tidbits for us in the new releases of the XSP firmware. Looks like there are more variants of the firmware out now, continuing on the path of supporting just a specific device with more room in the memory for more functionality. In particular, the variant for...

This item in another thread caught my eye: Every once in a while I'll watch "It takes a thief" on the Discovery channel. In multiple episodes, the "thief" will continue on his way after tripping the alarm, knowing that he had X minutes before the outdial, check-in call from the central...

Looks like www.elkproducts.com has a new home page with a spiffy flash overview for consumers. Click on the Pro link to go to the "good old" html home page we know and love. However, elkproducts.com goes nowhere. I usually make this an alias to the same site as www. Was it this way and is...

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While the topic is fresh, our outbuilding has a metal conduit that runs around 3 sides just under the eve of the roof. On each of those 3 sides is a standard motion detector/dual flood light unit. As far as I can tell, the whole thing is a single circuit that is energized by/hooked into one of...

I maintain copies of Elk RP on multiple machines, both for backup and convenience, e.g. main machine, machine in other building, laptop for travel. Each is version 1.6.26. While thinking about email messages, I looked and 2 of the 3 machines only show emails 1-12 defined in the Email tab of...