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It has been about 6 years since I set constructed my house.  My brother is having a house built for him and we were thinking about the TV prewire.   For wall mounted TVS, We were thinking : 1)ethernet cables to media closet.    Thought here was one for TV and one for any small set top box that...

I am replacing my front door and thinking about tying in some locks in to alarm/home automation combo.  I use ELK and getting back in to using CQC. Goals -  *When I leave for work I do not want to take a set of house keys when I go to work every day.  *Arm should be able to tell if the door is...

Any recommendation of an andriod app to control UPB lighting?   On my phone I use m1 touch via the elk but  that app doesnt work in landscape mode and voip phones are in landscape. My preference would be to have widgets for a few key lights or scenes...  Does anyone have such a thing  i would...

I recently updated the firmware on my elk m1xp hoping I could get the outgoing emails working again and now I get lots of disconnects from the central station.   I 'upgraded' to 2.0.42.  Are there any known problems with this version?  If needed, is it possible to go backwards with firmware...

I am working on a decent size project now that is going to have a good 50 CAT5 home runs with 20 cameras, automated lighting controls and security.  Can anyone recommend software for overlaying building  plans with a low voltage plans..  And something that would help make a nice wiring diagram...

My brother is building a 5000+ square foot dog daycare and we are looking at lighting controls.   We are looking at around 20 rooms plus a central hallway.    I was thinking about using elk plus upb switches as that is what I have at my personal residence.  I dont do too much with the system in...

I have an elk alarm and looking to replace my front door and looking at electric deadbolts(or other options).  Are there any power deadbolts on the market other then ones that are zigbee or zwave?    I can run whatever wires are needed to the door.     My use case -> I dont not want to have to...

I have a  NUVO Essentia NV-E6DMS.  This is one of the 'original' nuvo's that have the dumb keypads without screens so I never installed the keypads.   I would like to control the nuvo zones via ipad or android device and stream internet radio and mp3s.  I think I can do this if I add a music...

I have a ELK M1 with IP monitoring to alarm relay but I am looking to help a friend who was just the victim of a "smash and dash" type break-in. they trashed her house really good. Needless to say they lost a lot of things and though they want an alarm money is tight... they have cablvision...

I have an Elk 150Rt and trying to figure our how to enable millimiser mode which keeps power drain under 1amp. Manual mentions it but doesn't say how to enable.

I have my ELK M1 monitored via alarm relay via ethernet and I get lots of disconnects. they show up in logs as ETHERNET TROUBLE events.. there was a thread about it last year but I dont see anyone that either got it working better or mentioned another solution...

I have a few items out on back-order from a big ELK trade distributor from back in early April. They are now telling me Elk is not shipping until first week in May. They made it sound like they have not gotten anything from elk in 30 days. Are any others that deal with trade distributors...

I was looking at this thread which discussed alarm relay now supporting direct connections for the M1XEP (if you have the latest firmware http://www.cocoontech.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18403 My question is, does alarm relay support sensor monitoring and sending emails on non-alarm...

I am sure I am missing a simple setting but I have nbeen all through the programming tools. I wasn't some kind of beep to tell me to disarm alarm when I open front door. Do I need to make a rule?

I am setting up the bedroom for a baby due later this year. So far I have wired for the following 1. Cat5/HDMI/Component for computer and TV area 2. Cat5 in ceiling for baby cam/monitor 3. Intercomm 4. Whole house audio speakers 5. UPB light switch I run ELK and CQC so have a chance to do...

I saw some US11-20-W switches but when looking on the simple automated site most of the switches seem to have a 40 in the model number. Anyone know what the 20 or 40 in the model number means?

I am thinking of doing a rule if attic temperture is more then 15 degrees higher then outside temperture run attic fan.. Questions 1.does elk support any temperture sensor cheaper then $60 elk one? I was wondering if elk sensor was just a resister or is it a resister plus a elk specific...

I am looking at the Global Cache Itach unit. There are a little cheaper then the GC100 but i need to make sure the itach will do what i need before I buy. Specs are here - http://www.globalcache.com/products/itach/ip2irspecs/ I dont understand what the difference between an emitter and a...

Any idea what might cause a 10 second lag on a concord keypad presses I installed a GE concord alarm at my brothers house 6 months ago.. It was working fine.. my brother wanted to install a drop ceiling in part of the basement and the cellular modem bus device (alarm.com module) was in the...

I am trying to set up some lighting controls for my brother. He has a home based dog daycare with 6 parking spaces up the hill. We plan to put two lights up there. Looking to have controls that 1. User a photo sensors so lights only come on at dark 2. He is open only until 8p. Af 8pm the...