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This is Spanky (David Steele) formerly chief engineer at Elk Products now retired from there.  I am now the chief engineer at Cartell in Shippensburg, PA.  We make driveway sensors and annunciators which detect someone coming up your driveway along with gate free exit sensors to detect vehicles...

ELK Products, Inc. has released M1 firmware upgrade version 5.3.0 and the M1XRFTW firmware upgrade version 1.2.50.   The versions have been tested by UL and will start shipping in new production M1's and M1XRFTW Two Way RF Transceivers.  This upgrade includes enhancements for the ELK-6050 Two...

The next software update to the M1, Version 5.3.0, and ELKRP, Version 2.0.20, is in beta test.  UL has finished testing the latest M1 software along with the M1XRFTW Two Way Transceiver and the ELK-6050 Two Way Smoke Detector.  The ELK-6050 Smoke Detector adds a key product to the ELK Two Way...

We received this link to a Bissell Vacuum TV commercial that has the M1 Keypad mounted on the wall at the very beginning of the commercial.  Don't blink or you will miss it.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NTKzvFUUXo

Hey everyone, Elk now has a LinkedIn.com page, so follow us for the latest and greatest:  http://www.linkedin.com/company/2944534   Chief Engineer ELK Products, Inc.

Elk Products, Inc. has released the "M1 To Go" remote control software for the M1 Security and Automation Controller. This software can run on a PC or be installed on a thumb drive to run from the thumb drive inserted into a PC. It has new graphics and new features. One big advantage is you...

My son in Mead, Colorado, is building a new home which has just been dried in. I spent the last three days there installing the security and central VAC systems. There have been reports of people coming in at night and stealing wiring and other valuable items that have been installed in other...

The ISC (International Security Conference) Show in Las Vegas, NV is being held April 6,7,8 at the Sands Convention Center. If you are attending the show, drop by the ELK booth to see the new toys and say hello. I will be at the show all 3 days. Edit: I just realized there is another thread...

I just returned from the EHX Show in Orlando. This year the show was about 1/2 the size of previous years, but the attendance was good. The biggest problem this year was that the ISC Show was going on at the same time in Las Vegas. Many security manufacturers only provided small booths or no...

I found this article browsing the web dated Sept. 22, 2009. It is a nice write up on how an Elk M1 was installed in a new home from ground up. http://www.osnews.com/story/22206/Bulding_...Security_System

There are new M1XEP Ethernet Module training videos available at m1dealer.elkproducts.com website. New training subjects are in production and will be added as they are available.

The m1dealer.elkproducts.com website has an updated M1 software release version 4.5.18 for the GE NX RF receiver and 5.1.18 for the ELK RF receiver. There are not may changes in this version other than some operational improvements. You can view the change list when downloading the software...

I decided to upgrade to IE8 and found myself locked out of Cocoontech. I could not logon, but when I did sometimes the online users showed me logged on but I kept getting the logon screen. At Dan's request I cleared all the cookies even with the Cocoontech cookie clearing link, but to no...

I just returned from the Hong Kong Electronics show spring edition. There were really two shows, one at the airport and one at the convention center. Several thousand exhibitors. The attendance was noticibly down from previous shows. If it was involved with electronics, it was probably at...

I just returned from the ISC Show in Las Vegas, April 1-3. It was a big show as always, but it seemed the attendance was down from years past. Overall ELK stayed busy the entire show with a lot of quality attendees. As with most security shows, if you take out video camera equipment and...

ELK Products, Inc. is about to release a new driver for the M1XSP that can control the Insteon 2412S RS-232 to powerline bridge. This will allow the ELK M1 to control Insteon Lighting with the newer 2412S powerline interface. The older Insteon PLM Interface has been discontinued. Both the...

The following new software updates are available for the M1XSP Serial Port Expander and the M1XEP Ethernet Module on the m1dealer.elkproducts.com website. Elk-M1XSP Serial Expander Firmware (various versions) released 10/29/08 Seven updates are available for the M1XSP: 1) The standard version -...

One of our employees recently installed the Centralite Jet Stream Zigbee Mesh RF Lighting System in his home. He has tried about all the other lighting systems with mixed reviews. He says the Jet Stream works flawlessly and is easy to install. It is a lighting system worth considering. The...

If you have been a professional installer for any length of time, you have probably experienced that one job that never goes right. Over the last several months, we have had such a house that we refer to as the "House From Hell" which must have been built over an old grave yard. Unexplained...

ElkRP 1.6.26 is now available on the M1 Dealer website with release notes. m1dealer.elkproducts.com Software enhancements and issues resolved since release 1.6.24: 1. For telephone numbers with the format=7 it is now possible to set the dial attempts from 0-2. 2. Found and fixed an...