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My Codet 12-24 CO detectors have reached end-of-service-life.  They are supervised low voltage gizmos that are wired into my Elk alarm (http://www.us.sbt.siemens.com/faraday/pdfs/9692.pdf).  I only see one online source for them and wonder if they have been superseded by a new model or there is...

Great responses!  Thanks!

I am doing a gut reno on an urban townhouse and am pondering lighting solutions.  Hardwired is feasible since the walls are coming off and I understand the reflexive responses: "hardwired is more reliable" and "wireless is for retrofit."  Still, I have seen no reports here about flakiness with...

I have 5 8870 Tstats wired into an 8818 distribution panel and thence to a an 8811 protocol adapter and finally to Homeseer.  Power to the stats comes from the panel.  This system has been working fine for 4 years (thanks to this community back when I was setting it up) but now the stats all go...

I have FIOS and the actiontec router. I can't send emails vie the M1EXP. It's very frustrating. I have not seen any workarounds posted here. This thread describes the problem but workarounds were false alarms.

any update on this thread? Has anyone installed any other client on the TS07? I just got HSTouch and would like to give that a shot but I have no idea how to get at the TS07 via my network? The MSI file for the client won't install when I try to grab it using the Windows CE browser. Thanks.

-- Now we're talkin'! -- It's all about quality of life, really. Putting it together is fun, sure, but you have to actually enjoy it at some point. I now have critical mass in the house ecosystem so that stuff is getting good. Remember the "Seinfeld" episode where George is eating a...

-- Fun With Thermostats -- and, yes, it is fun...now -- As faithful readers know, I wasn't able to get my Aprilaire stats talking to the Elk. After some good tech support chat with Aprilaire, we determined that the protocol adapter was toast so I got a new one. I hooked it up and got it to...

--- Doorbell doing what I tell it to do, not what I want -- Finally, a winner for HA controller. -- the lights go on and off -- It's starting to come together now. The doorbell is now saying "Beep, beep, Front Door Bell"and "Beep, Back Door Bell" in that awful Elk voice. The beeps are...

Shoot! I got tired of waiting so I got Homeseer and Z-troller last week. Anything in here address the inability to send Email via the FIOS ActionTec router? Thanks.

This is a really fascinating thread and it got me thinking way "above my pay grade," as they say. I'd like send the washer status wirelessly. My elk has a Caddx wireless receiver and I have z-troller on Homeseer so I could go two ways. jwilson56 suggested hooking in an NX-650 wireless door...

likewise. I'd like to see the settings of someone who has this working. here are mine, which don't: Thanks.

When I installed ELK RM it also installed and placed a shortcut to "Elk RM Setup" in the Elk RM folder. The feature set is a little spartan and I didn't see any docs but it's pretty easy to figure out.

Excuse this duplicate post as this is also part of a message in my HA progress thread. I have six Aprilaire 8870 stats. All work fine on a standalone basis. So now I have to get them talking to the Elk (and whatever future HA controller I use). I have the distribution panel and protocol adapter...

Thermostat mystery. Audio Joy. Doorbell awkwardness. I have six Aprilaire 8870 stats. All work fine on a standalone basis. So now I have to get them talking to the Elk (and whatever future HA controller I use). I have the distribution panel and protocol adapter wired in. The protocol adapter...