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Any guidance on exactly which pull-up resistor would need to be removed on the M1XIN? I am trying to make Z16 on the board read a -20 mA analog input from a level transmitter.   Also, is there no way to scale the signal in the Elk so that I can display the scaled valve on a Elk keypad? The...

We had the exactly same problem as Opticalc describes: "Can ping the Elk's IP address with my PC but cannot use ElkRP - it gets past the "connecting" stage, but then during the "verifying" stage it says "system returned invalid information"".     For us it seemed to narrow down to a bad serial...

This is our first attempt at an alarm system (we primarily do industrial control and cyber security systems) and we have run into an interesting issue out of the gate. The customer has an existing DSC system with about 30 zones. We are replacing the DSC with an Elk, along with automating the...

Thanks DELInstallations - your post is great - just what I had in mind. You mention electrified hardware - can you say more about this? Any examples?

Thanks - I'm curious - what do you use as your primary alarm controller to talk to the Kwikset locks? Or are they a free standing system? What is your weather like? Florida or Alaska? I can not find any environment specs on the Kwikset website or in their docs. Considering these locks have...

In an earlier thread called Integrated Video, Alarm and Lock Management - A Pipe Dream? I intended to discuss the integration of automation technologies. However, it quickly also ended up discussing what is available/suitable for the actual locks themselves. So I decided to create this new...

Too bad... and it gets worse as the manual later states "for office-type applications" and this leads me to assume that external doors are not a suitable use case. Most of the door strikes from seco-larm also seem to be for interior use only. I am no door installer, but I think that rules out...

Nothing wrong with the HAI example - it looks really good. I don't have a integrators agreement with HAI, but I may have to get one. And I may also have to eat a little crow - I just learned that Elk M1KAM has a Wiegand interface port, so that will pick up prox readers and keypads. It isn't on...

Believe me - I have spent enough time on Google on this topic... I also have a background in industrial systems, so I have an idea what is done there. That is why I wrote this post in the first place. Take electronic locks for example - it is rarely enough to just know if a lock is open or...

Thanks for the direction to the OmniTouch video. I will look at that. Regarding locks, We are certainly not married to Zwave - any suggestions for good hardwired locks, especially ones with keypads? I realize that I could use the HAI keypad and electric strikes, but an open to other...

Thanks for this - I hadn't looked at Elve before, but it looks promising. Their list of approved hardware doesn't mention video cameras though. What are you using for that and how are you controlling them? Now I am no security camera expert, so maybe this is a simple interface.

I looked at HAI's Omni Pro products, and while the site mentions video, the manual doesn't (OmniPro II Owner's Manual, Rev. 3.2). And HAI's integration of Zwave locks seems like an after thought - possible, but messy as described in this post HAI, 2 x Yale zwave locks and VRCOP RF+3 integration...

I am looking for any suggestions for an integrated Video, Alarm, Lighting and Lock Management solution. I thought this would be easy to find, but so far I have struck out. What I would like is a system with the ability to view/manage security cameras from the same panel keypad panel used for...

Several years ago, my wife convinced me that we should hire a professional installer to install our A/V system throughout our home. I had already installed all the cabling (6 CAT-5e and 6 RG-6 to each room from a central A/V closet), but I hadn't managed to get around to many of the active...

I think I may have found some of the answers to my own questions. The Leviton Vizia RF+ site for installers at http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/SectionDisplay.jsp?section=38039&minisite=10251 is surprisingly helpful for getting your feet wet in HA and understanding things like controlling low...