Recent content by m1u

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll probably end up replacing my router at some point with one that can do secure dyndns right. For now, I added a new automation task + rule to help me if my webcam stops updating its IP before I get around to that. The task is basically: "send test email" . So...

I'm interested in setting up dynamic dns with an elk panel doing the work, using changeip.com. I'd like to do this with my changeip user name and password encrypted, not in the clear... but it isn't clear to me that the Elk can do this. But before I give up on it, and put some other (not...

I recently set up my Elk for monitoring by Alarm Relay using IP with the M1XEP. Ever since then, when I talk to my panel with RP, even if I just connect, download the log, and disconnect, they get notified and tell me they received a "Transmitter Unencrypted" signal. The only entries in my log...

For a vacation home that can be unattended for long periods of time, I want to add a freeze alarm to notice if the heat has failed, and a water alarm as well. In both cases, I'd like to have a problem reported to the central station, and also trigger some rules to say, send an extra email. My...

So this device is just open circuit normally, and something melts and shorts when there is a high temperature? OK, I understand how to wire that up with EOLR to any available zone. It sounds like even though this heat detector can be wired up with just 2 wires, that "2" is just a...

OK, but if I have to replace it, I actually have plenty of wires going to it... presumably a new 4 wire sensor is better than a new 2 wire sensor? And what about the smoke vs heat issue, what is best for this application over a high efficiency propane furnace?

I am swapping an Elk M1G in for an old panel, and the old system includes a 2 wire heat sensor, mounted right over the furnace. It is a Fire Systems Model 604, and the two wires went on from that to go to the power input of a series of 4 wires smokes elsewhere in the house. Googling, 604 is...

Is the NEG terminal near +VAUX the same as the NEG terminal near Z1 on the Elk board? I would think so, and I'm interested in exploiting that to make more efficient use of the limited number of wires I have available pre-pulled in my house, as follows: In wiring up a motion detector or a glass...

I'm bench testing an Elk M1 panel, getting ready to swap it in place of my old panel, and I've run into a few puzzles where the panel, RP, and the manual don't quite agree. One puzzle involves the M1TWI, and the others involve temperature sensing. Any help or advice would be greatly...