I am looking for suggestions on a thermostat to work with my Elk M1. I've been searching the forum but either haven't found the answers I'm looking for or they haven't been asked yet. Here's my scenario:
I'm building a new house and have been buying (home automation) parts in advance. So far I have purchased an Elk M1 Gold, Elk M1DBH, Elk M1XIN, Elk M1RB, Elk M1XEP, ISY 994i IR/Pro. My new home has all of the windows/exterior doors hard wired back to my Elk panel. I also purchased 2 Nest thermostats but I'm thinking of returning them if they won't do what I'm looking for. Here is what I'm looking for in the thermostat:
1. Have 2-way communication with my Elk. By this I mean I would like the thermostat to trigger rules in the Elk in addition to the Elk being able to control the thermostat. For example I would like a rule that would check all window sensors when the A/C or heat is turned on and speak a warning (or perhaps something else) if a window is open. Or I would like a rule that will alert me somehow if someone manually sets the temperature below (or above) a threshold I define.
2. If possible I would like the thermostat to also work with my ISY. This is secondary to the thermostat working with the Elk.
I prewired cat-5e between the thermostat locations and the Elk panel. I'm also planning on using Insteon for all my lighting. I would rather not use zWave or ZigBee for the thermostat communication. Does anyone have any suggestions? Can what I want be accomplished with the Nests? Thanks in advance.
-Brian
I'm building a new house and have been buying (home automation) parts in advance. So far I have purchased an Elk M1 Gold, Elk M1DBH, Elk M1XIN, Elk M1RB, Elk M1XEP, ISY 994i IR/Pro. My new home has all of the windows/exterior doors hard wired back to my Elk panel. I also purchased 2 Nest thermostats but I'm thinking of returning them if they won't do what I'm looking for. Here is what I'm looking for in the thermostat:
1. Have 2-way communication with my Elk. By this I mean I would like the thermostat to trigger rules in the Elk in addition to the Elk being able to control the thermostat. For example I would like a rule that would check all window sensors when the A/C or heat is turned on and speak a warning (or perhaps something else) if a window is open. Or I would like a rule that will alert me somehow if someone manually sets the temperature below (or above) a threshold I define.
2. If possible I would like the thermostat to also work with my ISY. This is secondary to the thermostat working with the Elk.
I prewired cat-5e between the thermostat locations and the Elk panel. I'm also planning on using Insteon for all my lighting. I would rather not use zWave or ZigBee for the thermostat communication. Does anyone have any suggestions? Can what I want be accomplished with the Nests? Thanks in advance.
-Brian