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I'm trying to make it so that during certain hours in the day (e.g. late nights), the lights in some areas will only come on to "X" percent (unless double-tapped)... I've tried using the "LightLevel" or "Preset Dim Level" properties just to test, but the lights come on full.. I can do this...

Hmm... I should get some of those myself - just in case... What ever happened to the dimmer that failed?

Did you ever measure the draw of the steamer to see if it might have had a high startup draw (or might be above 800W on average)? I know that when you place multiple dimmers in the same box, you need to derate them (3-gang box w/2 load dimmers means 700W each, according to the derating guide in...

I know that the specs and guides state that the Simply Automated US2-40 is rated for 900W, but is that just to ensure that if installed in a normal box, that the heat dissipation is adequate? Has anyone here tried using the US2-40 switches to control a 1000W load (open/large box with cooling)...

Elk M1 Gold... Over the past month or so, we've had the low battery warning come up a few times. After a reset, it would usually go away. But we've had a few false alarms recently, and they've usually been triggered by a motion sensor / glass break when there was obviously nothing to have...

If the breaker panel room is something that you will consider as a negative (can't install a phase coupler), then you can do what I did. My breaker has no room, but there was space around there... I went ahead and purchased an external work box to mount the wire-in phase coupler and a pipe to...

I'll go ahead and start up a separate topic on the Preset issue... It's highly possible that the driver we're using doesn't even support that (maybe it's in the interface, but was never coded to be taken advantage of). Or it could be how UPB works - the dimmers are internally defaulted to be...

I tried the volume level, but it literally is the volume (Fixed/set), not the dB reading of the music.. For example, if the music is heavy metal, I want the lights to turn on/off anytime the audio peaks above 0dB. If I'm watching a movie, for example, I'd want to tie that into some other items...

123: Thanks for the pointer - I ended up figuring out what was missing when I was looking at the picture in the Wiki (the full diagram, not the portions in the forum post) and noticed the "SetDayMode" logic block. I tried using Premise quite some time ago, but because of the UPB driver issue...

Sorry to bring up an old topic - but the "CurrentDayMode" variable - what do you have in it? I don't have that variable, and was going to create it manually, but, if it's already working for you, why reinvent the wheel?

Thanks for the VB code... I guess I'll have to give Premise a whirl... Does it run under Vista x64? I read through the driver manual that you had posted - the keypad texts are triggered via a fake Relay.. How would this work out since something would need to trigger the relay? Thanks again!

So in the user code section within ElkRP, I must make sure that ARM, DISARM, and DURESS are checked, right? P.S. Thanks for the quick response!

I am trying to setup a rule that will display text and announce a message when the system is disarmed on the last thursday of each month. However, I'm trying to make it as efficient as possible, but thanks to February, and a few months with less than 31 days, it doesn't look as easy. I was...

When setting up the Duress Code User, do we need to give them "Arm" and/or "Disarm" authorization, or is that part of the Duress code function (it will arm/disarm as needed, but trigger the silent alarm)? Basically, I want to ensure that: 1 - System is ARMED, user is forced to enter code and...

I have a couple of M1KPs sitting around here which I was going to install, but remembered that the application firmware had been erased. I think that's in the debug/setup menu of the keypad when it's booting up. What's the process to get these back to full operation? Hook them up one by one to...