Recent content by blackbelt

Thanks gatchel for the info. If I have homerunned all the wiring, how would i daisy chain within the panel with the EOL on #15? Thats where i draw a blank even after looking at the links you attached. I agree with all smokes going off at same time, my problem is its a 3 story house and would...

I have recently moved into a newly constructed house that I homerunned everything. I ran approx. 37,000 linear feet of Cat5, RG6QS, Security Wire, Etc. I terminated all my Cat5 into four 48 port patch panels. Now I am in the process of completing my ELK M1G. I am using a Channel Master 42...

Hey does anyone know if touchtronix is still open. They used to post their prices but website seems a little neglected lately.

Hey is touchtronix still in business. Seems like they dropped off the earth.

I recently purchased a 96 Load Elegance package for $21,000. Since then I have heard of others getting them for $2-4,000 cheaper. They are still sheetrocking so I havent had a chance to try it out yet. I bought the system, my electrician wired it and I plan on programming it. Later I will...

I wonder why the vm1 doesnt have audio in the wall plate like the audio authority does. If your speakers are in the ceiling, and all speaker wire goes to the ceiling, how will you have audio through the TV? I thought the Y P & R are color only, correct me if im wrong.

I was needing several touchscreens and was curious about blanking out the screen instead of sleep mode, if you touch one screen will they all come on at the same time because of blanking at the computer?

Has anybody tried the new IPtouch touchpads from Touchtronix? I would be interested in a review of them.

Can glass break sensors be daisy chained? I was looking at the Sentrol Shatterpro II series sensors.

I have three doors going into my storage building, can I daisey chain the door sensors? It doesnt matter which door is opened or broke into as long as it trips the sensor.

Great information.....I think I will go with the four wire smokes and zone each one independently. Is there a preference on brand and models from other cocooners?

I have 9 doors that I want to put door sensors on. I will be using the Elk panel along with CQC to monitor the doors. What is the difference between open loop, closed loop and EOL sensors. Which will I need in order to tell if the door has been open, closed, etc.? What type is everyone using?

I'm a little fuzzy on the "Clean Me" feature.....what is it? Also, I will have approximately 14 - 16 Detectors that will be homerunned. On homerunning a zone, do you wire to one smoke, then another, then homerun to the equipment closet? Besides cost of wire, why wouldnt I want to homerun each...

I'm in the wiring stages of a new house and was wondering if anybody had opinions on whether to install two wire or four wire smoke detectors? All the detectors will be homerunned into the equipment room. Also i'll be integrating with the elk m1g and cqc.

I just bought a 96 load Elegance package for $21,000. This includes everything but the install which my electriction is doing now. It accepts rs232 which i plan on using CQC with it. I plan on programming it myself.