Can Elk Keypad Fn Button monitor 2 zones?

[soccerob]

I have 3 garage doors (1 basement, 2 main), and I've run sensors to each of them. I have the elk M1KP which has 2 function buttons (f5 and f6) that are not hidden by the door on the keypad. I was hoping to have one button set up to blink if the basement garage is open and the other button blink if either of the 2 main garage doors are up. but it doesn't seem like it's possible to set up this type of scenario unless I were to combine the 2 sensors into a single zone.
is there anything that i may have overlooked that would allow me to monitor 2 zones with the keypad button?

 

[tmbrown97]

Yeah it's totally doable - but you have to use a few rules to accomplish it.

First off, set it to follow an output... then use rules to turn that output on/off as doors open/close.

If any door opens, you can set the output to open... so just off the top of my head:

Rule 1:
Whenever door 1 becomes not-secure, turn output 100 on.

Rule 2:
Whenever door 2 becomes not-secure, turn output 100 on.

Rule 3:
Whenever door 1 becomes secure AND door 2 is secure, turn output 100 off.

Rule 4:
Whenever door 2 becomes secure AND door 1 is secure, turn output 100 off.

You can continue this by setting the button to activate task Close Garage Doors, which would in turn call two more functions - Close Door 1 and Close Door 2 - each of which would check to see if the door is closed - if not, it'll close it.

 

[hagak]

Rule 3&4 seem redundant. Is this required because of how elk processes the rules?

Nvm read it again. And the first part of the if is the trigger.

 

[soccerob]

Awesome! Thanks Work2Play. That works perfectly. I was just hoping for a way to monitor the main floor garages with that light, but now I realize I can also control both garage doors from that single function button based on those rules of only closing it if it's open. I've only had my M1 for a few weeks but I'm loving it more each day.