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Is there a way to silence some announcements on the Speaker outputs in rules? I know if you have the two way amplified audio attatched you can mute speaker announcements during certain conditions. Would this work the same way if you wanted to mute announcements on Output 1? We want it to not...

I did some more research and in my scenario I would have to wire two contacts for each door that I wanted to be on both partitions. One contact for partition 1 and one for partition 2.  In your scenario how would the system know which direction your coming from in order to decide which...

Hi there, we have a client we are installing HAI for and they have a pool that they want protected for their kids. We would like to setup the 1st partition to be all the normal security zones of the home and the 2nd partition being part of the pool alarm, this includes a contact on the gate, a...

Going to be installing HAI Omni IIe and 5.7e touchscreens. I am wondering what IP cameras to go with. I have seen Vivotek and HAI have great integration but I am wondering about HAI with other brands. How is it with ACTi? those are good cameras and slightly cheaper than Vivotek. How about...

That makes me a lot more confident that I could handle an Omni, because I know I could completely setup an ELK no problem. I guess what I really like about the ELK is the small single gang keypads you can put at many locations, and the multiple speakers you can connect to the onboard voice...

My only problem with the ISY setup is that you are now using two automation controllers (the M1 and ISY). I would rather make the M1 the main controller of everything. It may seem a little picky but I feel like the money you spend on the ISY setup could have been spent on more dimmers and...

Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. I will go that route I think (where I have snapshots of motion events, either by a motion detection on the camera or an alarm on the automation system, assuming that I can make the system see the cameras, and then just have 24hr hi res recording). How...

Thats pretty much exactly what I wanted to hear. I would only use the SD card for motion storage too. If I am only going to be motion recording all the time do I even need to use a NAS server when I could keep all the events on the camera? I figure I could have archives emailed before there is...

Has anyone used these cameras with an ELK M1? Their website says that they only work with the Vivotek PZ6112 but I find that hard to believe that they are only compatible with one camera from Vivotek's line up. Also, what is the easiest (most inexpensive) way to record vivotek cameras. I don't...

are you sure the touschreen is canceled? I know they stopped making the TS07 but the TS071 is the new one and it seems to still be advertised in a lot of places. I guess the thing to do would be to call elk and ask for an updated list.. I'm sure it doesn't only work for the 5 cameras they have...

I am currently in a similar situation to the original post. I am setting up an ELK M1 and will use IP cameras with lighting (UPB or INSTEON) I NEED the IP Cameras to be viewed on the TS07 touchscreen I would spend at most $350 for an fixed outdoor night view camera (preferably dome and...