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A couple of weeks ago, I had a bad experience with the Uplink/Elk/NextAlarm triangle, and while Uplink and Elk were pretty useful, NextAlarm was useless. The full story is below. But there is a piece of data interesting to all Uplink user that I thought I would need to record here: If you...

I just notice a slew of updates of the M1XSP firmware. While the first three (std, Insteon, Uplink) are mentioned in the release notes, the Z-Wave version is not. Has anyone tried it? What are the improvements vs. the beta we've been running for a while? Thanks in advance. Laurent

Yesterday I was trying a small 10W halogen low voltage light with an integrated electronic transformer. The switch was a Vizia RF RZI06, which is an incandescent-only switch. Much to my surprise, the RZI06 worked perfectly and dimming worked perfectly too. Is that normal? Is that dangerous for...

I am confused about how one might supervise an Uplink connected to an Elk using an XSP.: - The loss of the XSP is supervised by the Elk (no problem there) - From what I understand from the XSP doc, the loss of link between the Uplink and the NOC is supervisable using the string thingy...

In the Elk model, one can program several phone numbers to "always report to that phone number". Does that really mean that if I choose that option for both landline and Uplink, it's going to report it twice? I tried that but NextAlarm logged just one message, which is suspicious (can they know...

I have been battling with low-voltage lighting for a week now. The on-topic part is that I am controlling them using Intermatic's HA04 outdoor switches (which work but don't play as nicely as the rest of Vizia-RF-only dimmers, switches and controllers I use). Now for the OT stuff: I have...

I haven't seen a feature thread recently, so here's one. - Keypad beep: I hate the beeps it makes when a key is pressed, but I need the chime beep. Can I have different volumes for these? - Keypad backlight: The KP2 are gorgeous in blue, but in a bedroom, they can be way to bright at night...

I decided to poke a hole through my firewall to access th Elk through RP and was planning on using the RP "password" to secure the access somewhat. Beside the fact that a 6-digit code is really not secure for a publicly-exposed port, I didn't figure out at all how to change the RP password. I...

I have enrolled 7 NX-454 without any issue just entering their DL# into ElrRP. Then there's that one which didn't work. I entered the DL# and get nothing. I hear the reed switch go click, I see the rounds on the LEDs of the XRF, but the Elk doesn't recognize it. So I thought the DL# is...

Am I doing anything dumb? I tried to use the USB-to-serial cable that Elk sells to talk to the M1G (and works just fine with that), and tried to use it to talk to the RZC0P to use Johnnynine's software. Well, it didn't work. So I tried manually talking to the RZC0P with PUTTY, with no success...

In order to be in peace with the people cooking in the house and the neighbors, I'd like to allow them a 30sec window to ack and silence a fire alarm before the 110dB siren (out2) starts screaming. There is a "good neighbor" Out2 delay that's programmable, but it alsp applies to Burglar, which...

I am looking into the various options to get my sprinklers controlled by the M1G. I am not sure what people use for that. I can see doing it directly using Elk relays and a 24V brick. But what's the requirement on the 24V brick (is it AC or DC anyway?)? I know that sprinkler controllers ar...

I am looking for motion sensors that I can use outdoor (some would probably not be protected from the rain) for the purpose of triggering lights and getting announcements on the security panel. This would be for the frontyard, sideyards and pool areas. I have an Elk with M1XRF and Zwave for the...

I am putting together an Elk system with Vizia RF component. I'll be using the RZC0P as the interface between the two. In my mind, the RXC0P would have been perfect in the Elk Can as the other device on the J-box dual 110 outlet at the bottom (the other one being the Elk transformer)... until I...

I am slowly getting into the whole security thing, and I think I've understood many things, but I am still confused about the items in the topic. This is all in the context of an M1G. I think I understand that: - A speaker is just a regular speaker with a fixed impedance and a max power. - A...

Hi all, I am looking at my first LCD panel to control my Elk system. I am still hesitating between a TS07 and a Panel PC. I am leaning towards the latter (IEI 12" Geode 500MHz running XP) at the moment. Regardless, I am trying to figure out the level of support for the Elk features in the 3...

I am thinking of replacing my main keypad by a TS07, and I have a few Qs related to that: a) Is the TS07 just as easy to use to arm/disarm the security system as a keypad? Is it possible to get "lost" in a submenu and not being able to easily get to the security menu (or: is it possible to...

Hi all, I have an old radiant heat system that uses a line-voltage thermostat. What are my options to control it from a HA system (ideally, it would plug somehow into an Elk system or z-wave). I assume that since there is not much to it, I can just use a switch/relay module, but that would lose...

Hi all, I am trying to decide between Insteon and zwave. I was leaning towards insteon by pure inertia (been using X10 forever and I am a good smarthome customer), but I am intrigued by zwave. On of the things I don't get is ful virtual 3-way switches: - One dimmer controls its own light -...