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So I installed my Elk M1 Gold in 2007 in my new home. It has worked well since for security and automation including thermostats/water cut-off/sprinkler system/garage door (mainly simple stuff). I was active on forum back then, but have just let it run on it's own since then and made no big...

This is my wife's favorite part of our home automation system. Our 7 year old's bedroom is upstairs and she is supposed to be responsible for setting her alarm clock and getting herself up in the morning on school days. These rules use the bedroom motion detector and the one outside the hall...

I had an alarm yesterday on my ELK. Water alarm and motions -- all of which are on my input expander. I called in (don't have internet access for elk yet) and got "alarm memory" but couldn't figure out how to get it to tell me what had caused the alarm. After acknowleging the alarm, Prompt 4...

I am putting in a base station/answering machine for my wireless phones in the garage entry on the wall. I ran cat 5 to the wall, but didn't think about the power supply. I don't want to run a cord from a wall wart up the wall to the phone mounted on the wall. I could plug in the wall wart...

I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but don't have a clue. Wired up 6 relays (elk 912) for 6 zones for irrigation system. Rules work fine to fire relays sequentially but on the 2nd run, 2 zones did not work. I checked the wiring on the relays. They were receiving voltage out from the elk but...

I'm not at the new house to check this, but does anyone know if I can connect a DSL filter in the connection from the ELK 950 telephone surge supressor to the phone input on the M1G? Suprisingly all works well without the DSL filter except the listen in speakers (mics work fine) David

I'm sure I'm missing the answer somewhere, but here goes: in an elk rule, if one then states " turn on out9 for 3 minutes" and the next then says "turn on out10 for 3 minutes" will the elk wait until the three minutes are up for out9 before turning on out10 or will they fire in rapid succession...

We are scheduled to move in our new home in 7 days. I have my elk m1g installed and most everything hooked up. I have it running to notify me by phone of events (first perimeter opening in am or any at night (keeping up with when subcontractors start work or break-in) and dialing in to reset...

My irrigation installer planned a 6 zone irrigation system. I ran a cat 5 cable from M1G to the garage for the controller (using elk relays and 24 v source in garage) I went to look at the wiring after he finished and found he ran 9 zones instead of 6. Short of combining zones (which may or...

My Elk install is going well, should be in new house in a couple of weeks. I'm confused about the listen-in interface. I have 3 listen-in zones and will use one as a front door speaker/mic set up for answering the door when away. Since the Speakers hook up to OUT1, it seemed to me that they...

Still trying to find the easiest way to distribute power from my additional power supply for Elk M1G Can I use my secondary source (power supply/battery charger (ELK P624) and battery and 16.5 volt transformer) to feed power for my additional Input and Output expander, just running 12v + and neg...

I am about 1 month from completing new home and have finished all of my whole house audio and video and now almost done with my M1G and peripherals. I have 2 issues: 1. My contractor got someone to 'clean-up' and he threw away the box that had my connector for my M1XSP for my thermostat. Can...

Finally getting ready to install ELK M1G. I have decided to add the elk water shut-off valve, but am unsure if I need additional power. I have added up the amp requirements of my current set-up (6 motions, 10 water sensors, 1 output and 1 input expander, 1 m1xsp for thermostats, 3 mics...

Help (again) I have almost completed wiring for new 4500 sq ft home, one week till insulation goes in. Have run 5000 ft 22/4, 5000 ft cat6, and I don't know how much QS RG6, speaker wire etc. Have pre-wired for eventual possibility of central controlled wiring with cat 6, but not ready to...

Ready to wire and my electrician says he can do dual-shielded RG6 with a solid copper core, or Quad-shield RG6 with a copper clad (not solid copper) core. He says he has to pull wire Monday am and no time to order. After reading the How-To here I had requested solid copper core QS. Which is...

I know I should be able to figure this out, but in planning my elk purchase, I'm not sure. Does the speaker from the speaker/mic '2-way listen in' play the announcements from the elk, or act as a siren on alarm. Since it looks like they wire into OUT1, it would seem to me they would. If so, I...

Just getting ready to wire my new construction home in a few weeks. Installing Elk M1G for automation / security. I would like to have a bedside keypad that I can use at night and be able to see from the bedside in case of any alarms/messages. What do you use in this setting?