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THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!   I just can't seem to find a compelling reason to replace Elve, other than the fact that it's no longer supported.  It still works with everything I throw at it and is extremely flexible.  I cringe at the idea of rebuilding my system on a different platform given the time...

Awesome!!  I'll give this a shot also!

Hi - It seems like nobody else has encountered this problem before.  Would anybody have the prior Elk M1 firmware change logs and could check to see if there were any fixes related to temperature units for thermostats made?

I had stopped using my Z-Wave Thermostats from the Elk (CT-100s connected via M1XSLZW and VRC0P-1LW) a while ago due to the information being reported in the Elk in Fahrenheit where it should be (and I think USED TO BE (although I haven't done anything with them for a while) in Celsius).  I...

My second HAI C3 died the other day.  (First one was replaced under warranty).  They both just stopped working (lights on, but wouldn't do anything.  I had tried unplugging the AC, the internal battery etc.   Found a replacement I'm quite happy with on Kijiji (Canada) for $20.   It's a ZTE WF720...

One other follow-up - I agree with the earlier poster's comment about using a PC on the front end to enhance what is sent by the Elk.  I use Elve (A great tool which is now free) to send email alerts (and to do my voice alerts in the house as the Elk text to speech is so bad).  With Elve, there...

The Elk DOES do this, but not in a completely reliable fashion.   I will go and look at how some of my zones are configured but I have my voice dial programmed to say something like:   Burglar Alarm Zone   And when certain zones are tripped, it will say the zone name after (as programmed in for...

RAL - that is EXACTLY what I needed.  Thank you!  I have created some pretty in-depth rules on my Elk M1 and I never noticed that toggle until you mentioned it.  You are a life saver!

I currently have a Lorex 8 Channel ECO DVR but to properly cover my property, I will need around 10 cameras and so I am looking for a 16 channel DVR.  Requirements would be:   1) Support 16 analog cameras 2) Ideally would have alarm inputs to trigger actions (emailing pictures for example) 3)...

We have our home announcements ("Front Door Open") running through Elve which drives off of our Elk M1.  Occasionally (when the kids are sleeping, for example) we don't want the announcements to be heard so we have a task ("Snooze Voice") that turns a virtual output on for 5 minutes.  If that...

One comment on the below:  I have some speakers behind some KP2s but I also have some speakers behind the regular 6 function key keypad (KP1?)  It isn't a ready to go mounting solution given that you don't have the pre drilled holes for the SP12s like you do on the KP2, but I just screwed the...

I just use an output to disable the garage door notifications I have programmed. If I go work in the garage I just flip the output in ekeypad or the elk m1 windows software and if that output is off it doesn't send the whole home tts notifications or the cell phone call that normally happens at...

The only point on which I would disagree with the below is that the C3 is a great option for those that self-monitor.  If you do not intend to use a monitoring company then (I believe) a cellular communicator is essentially useless.  I have a C3 connected to my Elk and so when an alarm goes off...

Hey! No sharing brilliant ideas after I already spent $50 on my elk 930!! I am going to give that a shot. I still have my doorbell chimes up as they provide the draw for the elk930 although I took out the strike plates.

Thank you for the help.  I was unable to get the doorbell detector to work with my wireless transmitter so I settled for having it connected to the transformer in the basement.  So far everything is working great BUT I obviously cannot distinguish between the front door and back door doorbells. ...

I am not aware of any videos.  I do love my Elk M1 because of how I have been able to integrate it into a number of different aspects of my life but to get it where I wanted it required a fair bit of tinkering.   The stock built in voice I found to be very hard to understand (as did my wife) as...

Quick question on something that has me stumped. I bought an ELK-930 doorbell detector and had planned to wire it up directly to the transformer (Method 1 in the instructions). When looking for the doorbell transformer, I found one hanging off of an outlet by my fuse panel that looks like a...

I am using a 2x ct30 that were from a vivint panel. I am able to set the temperatures without any issue (remember you always need to send the temp in Fahrenheit when using the elk). My thermostats do not display the correct temperature in ekeypad or elsewhere but I just live with it as I don't...

It might be a farenheit vs. celsius issue.  When putting values directly into the Elk (e.g. through rules) you need to put faranheit values into the Elk.)  Although eKeypad supports celsius display I found it isn't always reliable and sometimes it randomly switches to Farenheit.  My guess is...

Have you restarted your Elk?  (Power down and then Power up?)  I have had a similar problem with my PC using Elve.  Elk sends commands to Elve on a timely basis (using Elve for text to speech when a door is opened for example) however Elve is also sending commands back to the Elk (when a door is...