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A client just purchased a mix of security products from Fry's electronics complete with cable assemblies for A/V, power low voltage etc. I am trying to figure out a way to verify that the cables meet the code requirements for fire spread to be used inside the walls of their residence. Only...

President Bush has signed into law a bill that bans incandescent lamps in the near future, Only flurescent lamps and CFL's will be installed in new construction in a couple of years. In California title 24 already has the same provisions. Flourescents are inherently noisy, generating a huge...

When the M1 dials out to deliver a voice message during a zone violation and the # sign is pressed as an acknowledgement on the phone, does that disable the armed state? If it does, then I assume you would have to hang up, dial the control, wait for the beeps and re-arm the system with your...

I am having trouble getting a customers M1 to call their cell phones upon a burglar or fire alarm. I have entered the phone nubers from the keypad, set it for voice, set one phone as primary and one as backup and used the identical rules from the last system. What am I missing. I set one up...

Does any one have a simple way to test the RJ31X function on the ELK before the phone service has been established without having to set offf the alarm and take ohm readings with the sirens fgoing off?

I was talked into running an RG6 and a balanced audio cable (2 conductor with a ground) to a location for an undercabinet TV. The LCD TV only has RCA connectors on its inputs. First I need to find a mocular (snap in) connector that takes RG6 on the back and an RCA plug on the front. I have...

Has anyone had any problems with UPB signals from one house activating devices in another? I have 3 houses on a cul-de-sac with UPB installed. 2 of them have ID numbers only 1 digit apart while the 3rd is very different. The two that are only one ddgit apart can turn lights on and off from...

I just finished installing some GE 5150-W glass break /pressure seensors on my M1. They are a nifty little self contained piezo unit that is only 1 1/4 inches square and mounts in the corner of a window with a double stick pad. In normal operation, it presents a 14 ohm resistence on the...

I have 2 questions about the Elk First, what is the intended use of a zone defined as type 34 (analog)? If this is for A to D or D to A devies, has anyone used them and with what rules? Second, I want to use my combo motion/glass break detectors both as interior burglar zones when armed in...

Has anybody used a UMI to activate their garage door opener. I have run a 2-wire cable from the structured wiring panel to the garage door pushbutton location and I would like to create a momentary contact closure to simulate a button press with the UMI. I have a spare button on my 4 rocker...

I am hooking up some "System Sensor" model 2WTA-B combination photoelectric/thermal smoike detectors with built in sounders. These are 2-wire units and are connected in series on zone 16 on an Elk M1 with an EOL at the last unit. When testing, will one unit activate all the sounders (or is...

I am trying to control a pair of ceiling fans using SA UFR modules. The problem that I have encountered is that the UFR cannot start the fans if they are manually set at any one of the 3 speed settings via the pull chain. If I set the fan to OFFf with the chain, the UFR clicks in and gives me...

Hi guys, The first intall is going reasonably well. The UPB is in with the only glitch being me accidentally disconecting a switch on a live ciruit and friying the internals during testing. (PBTTT!) The elk m1 is up and running on my test bench and I am playing with the automation...

Just wanted to introduce my self. AC/DC ELECTRIC Oak Harbor, Washington I made a "Hello World" post with most of my background and installition information a little bit ago, so I won't repeat it here. Thanx

Hello folks, Let me introduce myself. My company is AC/DC Electric in Washington state. I have been an electrician for the last 25 years or so. I started out as an elect. tech in the Air Force, and worked as a tech for the old "Burroughs" computer corporation before I switched to electrical. I...