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@RAL: I, again, appreciate the help. I do have smoke alarms that are all centrally wired and in every room of the house so that they'll alert us to leave if a fire starts that one of them detects. my smoke detectors are simply a latter addition to my house (to alert the fire dept) if there is...

@bbrendon is there a sensor made for those magnets (other than the one you have to drill through the wall and install a box next to the door like the guy did on HomeSeer?

is anyone aware of a sensor that will notify if a door isn't locked. it would likely have to be a wireless small unit that would be installed inside of the door jam to sense the bolt. I would want to connect it to my insteon system or my Elk alarm to arrange notifications.

Six system sensor detectors in total. I have three heat detectors. One 5062 in my garage that is new. Two 5061p that are about to be replaced. I have three 2wt-b. These are all new.

Amazon reviews on this product are concerning to me.

@RAL wow! I really appreciate the detailed explanation. you have explained it eloquently. I will have all of my smoke detectors (2-wire) daisy chained and connected to zone 16. so, how do heat detectors fit into this. when one goes off and it's set to zone definition of 10, this will...

Well, in my scenario, one smoke detector goes off and this alerts the m1 which, in turn, causes the internal speakers to siren and say “fire fire” etc.

I think you mean zone definition don’t you? I have three heat detectors and I’ll plan to put them in zones 28, 29, & 30 and set their zone definitions to number ten. While we’re discussing this, I’d like to know why it is so important to have the smoke detectors on zone 16. Couldn’t they all...

@dwalt : okay, i thank you for that information. i have a few questions: I currently have three heat detectors installed that are wired in with my smoke detectors. I'll change that wiring. 1) do these heat detectors have similar (to smoke detector) criteria that they need to meet to allow...

As far as I can tell, all of the smoke detectors that are on the offficial approved list for the M1 are 135 degree. There are no higher temperature ones that can be used? Could I expect that, if I can find one that is a Similar model number as one of the approved ones that it’d be compatible...

that link is broken. how can i find it?

My smoke detectors are System Sensor model 5601p. they are not on the compatibility list. how could i confirm compatibility using the detailed specs? Would it not also be an option to just make smoke under all of them, one at a time, and see if they all work and all alert the M1? couldn't...

@RAL Again, i really appreciate the time you have spent to help me. i think i have my zones all configured correctly, per your instructions and the installation manual. I will work on the alarmrelay.com next. my smoke detectors are all 2 wire and i'm not sure if they're listed to work with...

@RAL I really appreciate you taking the time to type that all out. i had already installed and connected my system, so I just disconnected the zone expander and enrolled the wireless unit and then connected and enrolle the zone expander. next, i added ehte M1XEP. it did take a little...

I just finished installing my new Elk M1 Gold system. it has the two-way wireless unit, the ethernet adapter and a zone expander. I have a couple of questions: I understand at first startup, i can use a keypad to enroll the zones, etc. but i also believe i can do this with the Elk RP2...