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New problem with Elkdroid: I have a M1 Gold with Thermostat control which has been working great with Elkdroid for about two years. I recently installed an Elk EZ8 in our summer home and finally got it working with Elkdroid. However, after it acess's my second account which has no thermo control...

I just purchased Elkdroid yesterday and would like to thank Kent for his prompt response to an issue I was having with attachment to my M1. I already own the Ekeypad application for Iphone and these are some of my first observations on the application functionality: 1. Really need to get your...

:horse: I have the Elk M1G wireless receiver paired up with two GE Keyfobs. The system hardware and software is programmed to open the garage door with the Keyfobs but I need some means of providing positive feedback for actual status of the alarm system when in car. It occurred to me that it...

That was the problem! Thanks I now have it working in W7 but going blind trying to see it. I have come to the conclusion that getting old is H$#@. I have one of those new wide screen monitors and the normal display resolution is so D*## small that I can't see it, so I used the "adjustments"...

Interesting, One of the 1st things I ran up against was editing rules where the edit window did not have a "Done" or "Cancel" button. I even let Windows run all of the available Compatability modes and it always came up with same problem. I am using 64bit OS though, which may be the issue.

I just upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7 and thought I had ELK RP working fine in the new OS until I tried to edit one of my rules. The edit box that opened up did not have a "Done" or "Cancel" button in the lower right corner and I had to close RP with Task Manager since it (RP) locks all...

I think I found the problem, namely (HYPERTERMINAL). It finally occured to me to simply hook it up the the serial expander on my ElK M1G and it works. I went back and looked at it on Hyperternial again and noticed that Hyperterminal sends ASCII characters immediately when you enter them on...

OK, I have an AprilAire 8870 and 8811 Protocol Adapter set up on my bench and simply cannot get the thermostat to respond to command from Hyperterminal. 1. Thermostat is powered with 24 VAC transformer and the only other connections to it are the (4) RS-485 Data bus wires going to the protocol...

:ph34r: How about a two step approach of pressure sensitive pad and "Bark" recognition software. Fido wants in........Fido Stands on pad in front of door and barks. Most dogs do this naturally :rolleyes:

I fabricated my backflow riser out of galvanized pipe from the meter all the way to the main line side of my system where it transitions to PVC underground. Not because I was concerned about someone stealing it but because of what sun does to PVC here in South Texas. I popped one off by just...

Thanks Spanky, that gives me three more phantom outputs to use for timers and/or flags as I will never use them for anything else......

I am considering the same approach but I have two garage door openers and both are Genie's that use the Intellicode system. The two wires going to the wall remotes provide some type of propietary serial interface that allow both door and light control from the wall. Has anyone ever paralleled a...

It is a type of surge suppression device that will also provide some isolation for noise coming from your incoming electric utility line, or other noise sources in your home. It will more than likely block X-10 and other Power Line Carrier signals also. Since it is only rated at 1000VA(Watts)...

This is getting into the realm of high-end(high dollar) sprinkler controllers. More than likely, yes but I am afraid it would use a significant portion of the M1's memory capacity and I would like to keep as much free as possible for my other neat projects. If you were to do all of the dynamic...