Recent content by Boomer

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Thanks harleydude for the reply (I am also posting this in the Girger 5 forum but I will keep it going here since you wrote the plug-in). The IP settings are the same in the component manager and the ELK and I am using port 2101. I also terminated the TS07 connections to see if that was an...

This week I downloaded the free trial version of Girder 5 along with the ELK plug-in to try before I buy it. It appears to be a very capable system at a reasonable price. I have not however been able to completely connect to my M1. I have the latest versions of all ELK firmwares installed...

I have the reed switch version. I have it connected directly to the ELK panel to a Non-Alarm zone set to fast response. Every pulse of the meter faults the zone. In the rules I have a counter that is incremented by 1 with every pulse. I have a second counter (gallons) that is incremented by...

You might want to consider putting a separate meter in instead of fooling with the water company's meter. They may consider it tampering, especially if your usage to them gets corrupted. I have a Hays M series water flow meter installed next to the water company's meter. It has a dry contact...

I cut the tabs back almost to the edge of the unit. There is no chance of damaging the unit as long as you don't cut into the main part of the PPC-1.

I have a PPC-1 mounted next to my panel. I just cut off the mounting flanges and it fits well in a 4x4 deep electrical box.

Here is another option. The ELK can also has a couple holes where the door can be screwed closed in addition to or in place of the key lock. A lever-type micro switch could be mounted inside. The switch would close only when a screw is fully inserted providing a secure closed loop alarm...

For the M1, goto System RC's in ELKRP. Enable the Automatic Test RC. You can then set the frequency of the test in days and the time of day it occurs. The test is then automatic without using any rules. If you are using an ABN you can set the polling from every 5 to 60 minutes or disable it...

I have my M1 send a test every day to NextAlarm which then sends a confirmation text message to my cell phone. Another nice NextAlarm feature is that if my ABN goes off line, I get a text message when off line (which is very rare) and another when it restores. I have my ABN set to handshake...

I'm not sure exactly what you mean. If you add a new zone to your M1 system, you have to enable the RC for that zone in order for the M1 to send a violation code to NextAlarm. Also, you need to add this new zone manually to the zone list you set up with NextAlarm. Currently, NextAlarm does...

I use NextAlarm along with quick arming of the system all the time my NextAlarm account shows all status changes and user info. Under user RC's there is a built in User Code 203 - which is a "No Code" user report code for reporting the system was armed without a specific user (ie quick arming...

Dlamb Thanks for the info. All the configurations were correct. I tried a higher address number and it worked. Thanks Boomer

I am trying to replace unreliable X-10 lamp modules with UPB devices which should be much more reliable. Currently I have a large base of ALC in wall devices (72) operating from my M1 using an OnQ ALC interface (364864-01) with the branch expander. This OnQ device functions as an M1XSP and is...

I too have been waiting for direct IP monitoring but signed up using an ABN a couple months ago and I have been very happy with the communication time & response. I have had a couple accidental false alarms and the response from Nextalarm via the ABN was very fast. I think both cases I got a...