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    Elk M1 with Alula Bat-Connect

    Are you using their app, alula connect? Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk
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    Add Motors to Hunter Douglass Duette Shades

    I have a fairly large home automation install, and I'm regretting not motorizing all of my shades (we did 10 with Lutron motors, but we skipped about the same amount).    We have 8 Hunter Douglas Duette Honeycomb shades.  They are cordless (you grab them and move them up/down).  Some are Bottom...
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    Neato Botvac vs DSC BV-500 PIR

      Not sure if it's the robot or the laser - I'll have to do a little digging.  The rule makes sense now, bypass the sensor up front, and don't rely on the sensor to become not secure before doing something.
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    Neato Botvac vs DSC BV-500 PIR

    I guess I hadn't thought of using rules.  Any thoughts on how I'd do this?  I'm trying to think of the trigger event - I can't use the system state (like if system becomes armed) because it may or may not be on the same day that they're scheduled to run, so the trigger would have to be if that...
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    Neato Botvac vs DSC BV-500 PIR

    My system (going on 5 years?) has been installed and working great.  I've been slowly adding in things to my Elk M1G and tweaking things, but only because I like to do it.   About 4-5 months ago, we got a Neato Botvac Connected (think: "Laser-guided Roomba that vacuums in straight lines instead...
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    New home construction - newbie, need advice!

    "don't come on full blast at 2 AM"   We have RadioRA2, and I had the same problem as you have with the motion sensors turning on late at night, which are mostly in the bathrooms and closets for us.  There is a timeclock mode option in the RadioRA2 software that allows you to set the motion...
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    Elk M1 App for Windows 10 PC and Phone

    I'm tied to the Windows ecosystem, and have quite a bit invested into stitching it together across different pieces of my home automation.  The issue that I've been running into is that there's no way to Arm / Disarm the Elk M1 from my phone.  Sure, having M1ToGo on my PC is nice, but sometimes...
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    UPS for Structured Media SMC

      To be honest, I forgot these extensions even existed.  This seems like the most logical approach, and expands the possibilities of what can be done even outside of squeezing in a UPS (it may allow me to restructure some and make some more room).  It seems that by doing this I can get into the...
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    UPS for Structured Media SMC

    So we've had a few recent power outages, and it has me re-thinking my strategy for such situations.  I have a handful of Leviton 42" SMC enclosures.  The ones that have all of the automation equipment, alarm panels, and communication devices are already supplied with power via 12V battery...
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    BV-500 Motion False Alarms in Summer Months

    So I've sealed the sensors, and I've set them from fast to slow, and haven't had a false, but that doesn't mean much since this has only been happening about once every 12 months or so. :-)   As for the panel, it's pretty much in a bunker.  I have an Elk temperature probe in the room where it...
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    BV-500 Motion False Alarms in Summer Months

    Thanks everyone.  So the first thing that I did yesterday afternoon was pull the jumpers, changing the detectors from fast to slow (I was reading the manual again, and thought that it was worth a shot - thanks for confirming Del).  I didn't see any spiders when I pulled the covers, but I'll go...
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    BV-500 Motion False Alarms in Summer Months

    It seems that over the summer (hot) months, I get false alarms on hard-wired motion detectors (DSC BV-500).  When looking at when they happen, it's always when I've dialed the air conditioning back to about 80 degrees and it's warmer than the AC setpoint outside, so the house actually heats up...
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    Windows 10 + Connecting to Elk M1XEP through RP2

    So on my Windows 10 machine, I can't get Elk RP2 to connect to my M1XEP on my LAN with nothing other than a switch between my PC and the M1XEP.    I see TLS errors each time that I try to connect.  My M1XEP has the older firmware that still has the Java-based website, and while it'll start...
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    Issue with CAT5 / CAT6 cable - sporadic miswire

    Anyone have a good simple reference on how to use a scope to narrow this down?  I had a co-worker ask a buddy that works in the cabling industry, and he said it was likely a cable kink.  He also said there's tools available that would help to narrow it down to the exact location in the wire. ...
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    Issue with CAT5 / CAT6 cable - sporadic miswire

    I'm running into an issue with one run at wires that's about 40' in length. It's a bundle of 2 UTP CAT6 cables, 3 UTP CAT5 cables, and 2 runs of RG6. I was using two of the CAT6 cables for an HDMI balun and it started to get flaky (losing handshake between devices, and then coming back after a...
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    Anyone using the SETECH ST-EG100-E Ethernet Gateway?

    Anyone ever follow-through on trying this?    I'm interested in the HTTPS support, which looks like it gives a website where you can remotely arm/disarm.  This would be nice since I haven't found an app that works with my phone (Windows Phone).  Using a website would allow this to work across...
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    Staples Connect + RadioRA 2?

    So I know that the Staples Connect system was built for the Lutron Caseta system.  From what I can tell, Caseta is basically RadioRA 2 with limitations.  That being said, is there a way to connec the Staples Connect system to RadioRA 2?   At the end of the day, I'm trying to find a nice way to...
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    Ways to make Elk M1 outdoor temperature aware

    Hi Everyone-   I'm looking for a way to make my Elk M1 aware of the outside temperature.  Is there a good way to do this without adding another M1ZTS?  I'm trying to automate some scenes in the house, and want to have the Elk make a decision on whether or not the fireplace is a part of the scene...
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    Power Supply with multiple 5v outputs?

    So I'm sorting through this, and I get the need for fusing, but I'd still like to have it as clean as possible.  My rack is already enough of a mess with all of the wires coming into the back, the power supplies are the easiest way to start cleaning things up.   I like the cleanliness of using...
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    Power Supply with multiple 5v outputs?

    I was thinking about this wrong - after seeing your post, the light bulb turned on.  I just need to find the highest output 5v power supply that I can find - the best I've been able to do in a short web search was 5v @ 10a, located here: www.adafruit.com/products/658   Looking at some of the...
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