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    Elk m1 wiring

    +1 on the EX RJ45. I also got a cable tester to check each cat5 after i attached the plugs.
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    Elk M1G and HVAC Zone Controllers

    i use aprilaire, elk and cqc to control my hvac system.
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    New Home Construction...Proposed ELK System Diagram

    +1 on the ethernet adapter. your system looks a lot like mine...elk, cqc, aprilaire. i just us elk battery for ups. do you have doorbell detector or telephone call detector. these are two events that you may want to use as triggers for other actions.
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    No Blu-Ray Audio

    dan, the spdif limitation was pointed out on slysoft forum where i was checking for drm issue. if i can get everything worked out i'll probably put a visio drawing together like i do on most of my setups. that way i can remember what i did.
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    No Blu-Ray Audio

    petec, i'm open to all help. u have pm with my email address. did some more research and it appears that using s/pdif out of my ati mobo is not sufficient to carry TrueHD audio and hence i hear silence. now i'm trying to figure out how to get TrueHD downgraded to something i can hear (DD?) or...
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    No Blu-Ray Audio

    so, based on dan's comment, i was able to get TMT to display the audio signal for each language & director's cut. for all the languages that i cannot hear, the audio is Dolby TrueHD. for all the ones that i can hear, the singal is Dolby Digital xxxkbs. looks like my issue is being able to...
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    No Blu-Ray Audio

    Something has gone wrong with my HTPC setup and now blu-ray video plays fine but not the audio. This setup used to work but i tweaked something (maybe an upgrade?) and now i'm having problems. Here are some specifics: Ops sys: XP Blu-ray player: Arcsoft TMT (latest Version: 2.2.6.129) AnydvdHD...
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    M1 Programming Question

    thanks for feedback. i'll first try swapping the order of the rules. if this works then i'll try to figure out how to set the alarm directly from cqc. i think i would use an InvokeCmd function but i'll investigate tomorrow.
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    M1 Programming Question

    i am looking to improve the control of my home alarm and could use some help on programming a rule. as background, i built a rule in elk-rp that said at midnight arm night instant and at 6a disarm. this worked fine until one night when i was out of town and my wife asked how to keep the alarm...
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    Turn off Alarm from Outside House

    Looks like you are refering to the CheaperRFID Receiver driver, correct?
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    Turn off Alarm from Outside House

    this is an interesting solution and raises a few questions. does this require a cqc driver or connect thru the M1? based on your description it sounds like programming could be setup such that when the car returns home the alarm can be disarmed and the door could open automatically. am i...
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    Turn off Alarm from Outside House

    i currently have my M1 automatically arm my house at midnight in case we forget to turn on alarm. i ran into an unforseen issue this weekend when arriving home after midnight and lacking a way to disarm the house before opening the garage door. while i haven't researched in depth, i am pretty...
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    Thermostat options

    FWIW, i use 4 8870's, cqc and elk. once i got everything working it has been rock solid.
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    Anyone using a CAV or CAM for Elk Voice Announcements?

    if all you want to do is have elk announcements come thru the cav, the viking is unncessary. i tried doing using the autosensing feature for triggering a page on the cav and was not satisfied. announcements would get clipped at the beginning and end. hence, i use a combination of the 12v...
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    Anyone using a CAV or CAM for Elk Voice Announcements?

    check this http://www.cocoontech.com/forums/index.php...aging&st=45 thread out. my doorbell, paging and elk announcements are broadcast to whole house via cav6.6
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    Coming off Quiet mode without the Chime

    i have the same issue and am curious to see what the solution is.
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    2 Russound CAV6.6s = 2 RS-232 ports?

    interesting...i am running two cav6.6's connected via rnet, thus only 1 rs232 port. i have them integrated into my HA system via cqc. one of my disappointments with the cqc/cav integration has been the slow response time btwn a touchscreen command and cav action. might my response time be...
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    Russound UNO-S1 Question

    i had this happen once and the installer said that a light bulb had burnt out.
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    UPB Noise problems!!

    interesting, my experience is exactly opposite. i was having a huge problem with my network and AO recommended putting in the pulsworx ppc-1's. i put them in and things got worse. as my system is based on ~100 sai upb devices, i called sai tech support. they were great. long story short--i...
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    What do YOU want to see changed/added to CocoonTech.com

    i would like it so that if you click on "View New Posts" after you have viewed a new post it removes the most recently viewed post from the "View New Posts" list. also, it would be nice if posts were only removed from the "New Posts" list if it has been viewed. CQC forum works this way for...
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