Recent content by Aquatic

Been here, done this, a couple of different ways. The house was pre-wired with home run RG6 back to a central location--that helps! Crib Cam: Q-See Night vision (Links at bottom), connected to a RF modulator on Channel 65. RF output to the RG6 back to the closet, and connected to the...

Congress has never understood and WILL never understand the concept of the free market--they're too married to their lobbyist "friends" (Contributors), etc. The bottom line is simple. IF you make it simple for people to change, cost effective for people to change, they WILL change. No...

I'm in a bit of the same boat... waiting for a good Zwave solution and in the mean time, X10 for a few lights and switches. I have lights working okay, but I can't seem to get it to dim as expected. it's Full on or black as night off. PSC05, wire from Elk to PSC05 is 4 wire as required...

Don't know enough about the chipset, but 256M Ram is weak, IMO. Linux, yep, but even XP likes 512 or more in order to run acceptably. THAT said, $285 for something that will run touchscreens, has comms (Ethernet) and serial, and is easily tucked into small, unobtrusive places certainly has a...

Just to keep this thread alive... Add me to the cheering section as well. Bought a KP1 from Ebay and it came without a wiring harness... a quick email or 2 and presto! A new harness shows up in my mailbox a few days later! (we won't talk about KP tho.. no bootloader, etc.. AUGH! )...

Check here, I think it's what you need. Decora or Toggle style. Smarthome X10 wireless switches Looks like the selection is a bit limited tho..

I didn't find any of the replies here "offensive" at all. Several pointed at the fact that their publication IS perceived as relatively high end--equipment and end result oriented, not true DIYer like most of us who inhabit this and similar boards. While we're not adverse to buying an Elk...

Holy LIGHTBULBS BATMAN! So if I'm understanding this right..... the wiring can I'm replacing (a brinks system in the master walkin closet ) can be replaced with a M1XIN instead, provided that I run a Cat 5 cable back up to where I REALLY want to put the new Wiring can (In the wiring closet...

Went the email route to Elk Tech Support and Brad got back to me--Situation solved! ELK in their superb Customer Service manner, is sending me a M1KP harness! :( Sure the M1 is a little pricey perhaps when stacked up against other systems--but I'll pay the difference for this kind of...

Dunno if there is a "gray market" in this stuff as there is for other things....but this one came pretty much as the original did from my M1G system--just no cable. LCD protector, trim strip protector, same kind of bubble wrap bag, etc. I'm thinking someone parted a system out or as some...

FIgured as much...so I can contact ELK directly for one? Or is it potentially available through a dealer--even though it's not a SKU'd item (and therefore likely not something they'd stock) I appreciate the info!

on a related note....I bought an original KP off Ebay--got it in today and it didn't have the wiring harness like the one that came with my M1G system. It Looks like the 35A harness will work (5 wire) but the diagrams and everything talk about 6 wires, where the blue/brown are otherwise...

I just checked it.. $49 + $6 fedex. it's 8:39 EDT. JUST in case.. clear your IE Cache or delete some ClubIT cookies--they may fiddle with pricing that way--several places do! try it from a different computer or download Firefox/Opera/etc and see if that gets you the cheap price.

If I understood all the EOL stuff in here correctly--that is crux of the issue--and one I noted in an email to my brother (electronics guy from "way back"..built his own HAM radio, etc)....wondering if the EOLs were really needed. I think I'll go NC straight up for now and get things...

After several months of knocking off "honey do" items, I managed to procure an M1GSYS4 setup, Ethernet and serial expansion--it's on the bench for now, where I'm learning about the little monster and how much it can do for me. The house we had built was pre-wired with a Brinks BHS3000...