Recent content by davidliles

Mark, definitely plan to use large gauge wire. Curious, why use both X10 and the relays for each run? Wouldn't the relays be enough to control the on/off of the individual runs?

I don't envision my LV lighting to be as extensive as yours, probably fewer than 30. The drive will be basically 'L' shaped when finished and I intend to run conduit under it in order to run any additional wiring in the future. I estimate the furthest LED will be approximately 70 - 80 feet from...

Greatly appreciated @pete_c, a picture is worth 1000 words... Once I saw your images, I had a palm-to-forehead moment... I was mentally locked in the concept of a "traditional" relay board. I have a few unused UPB light switches and the switch/outlet combination is clean and simple.

I would like to install low voltage LED lights along the edges of my driveway and utilize various rules to control them based on criteria. I have an ELK M1 and Homeseer available for controlling the lights... and I'm thinking I could either incorporate a relay with the Elk panel, or utilize a...

Thank you for the reply, but please forgive my ignorance... can you explain how the different Kbaud values might impact the sensor?

I have a VL53L1X Time of Flight sensor that I would like to use to monitor cistern water levels and then control a pump relay to fill the cistern as needed. What I'm trying to find out is how long of a wire run can I have from the controller to the sensor and still have accurate readings. If...

I recently added a POE HAT to my pi for the power source and its nice having one less cable/power cord in the rack. As for the POE adapter, I was thinking of putting that portion of the connection/device inside a junction box near the sensor along the cable run and just have the POE cable feed...

I've put together a rack with a 48 port patch panel and two switches. One of the switches is a 16 port POE that I intend to use for security cameras, so I thought I could use one of the available ports for this sensor. Cables will run through conduit/smurf tubing to help keep things neat and...

I just picked up an Aeotech Multi-Sensor 7 to test and am trying to determine the best way to power it via the USB. I would ultimately like to mount it in a ceiling with the optional recessed ceiling mount, and I would like to power it via the USB source. If using batteries, the sensor doesn't...

I am currently exploring Alexa home automation integration... unfortunately the clarity of information I've found so far has been lacking. It is my understanding that Alexa does not allow/support TTS to be sent to Alexa to be spoken. As previously mentioned, the current solution to trigger Alexa...

I have an Elk M1 and UPB lighting and for the past three years I've been pleased with how stable and reliable the system has been. Over the weekend I added HomeSeer to my configuration because I would like to add more robust functionality.   My plan is to have Elk handle all the security aspects...

This is a concept I've been exploring lately too. I originally started by creating a basic speech recognition app for my daughters that would respond to simple linear type requests. Then scope-creep introduced itself and more complex interaction was added... still have some tweaking to do. But...

vc1234 - Thanks for this information! In the included instructions that came with my VRCOP+ there was no mention of needing to perform a device association as indicated in the document you referenced above.

I apologize if said the UPB lights were not functioning... they are and always have been functioning as expected. I am not very knowledgeable about z-wave but I do know it functions as a mesh network and signals are passed from one device to another.... and I believe I read somewhere that...

I'm a DIY'er as well and like tinkering with technology, though it can be frustrating at times... haha ELK and the UPB configuration are communicating and I have verified this because I have a rule that will turn off lights when I arm the alarm. I set the alarm to away and lights are turned...