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Some newer cars have the ability to automatically unlock the car as soon as you (with key fob in pocket) get close to it and pull the door handle.  This is basically what I'm looking for but is there anything commercially available like this?  Is it using the low energy Bluetooth standard (BLE)...

In 255 seconds I will have already forgotten about the 255 second limit  :D   The 2.2k resistor is exactly what I need thanks!!!

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here but I want to test my system after I update the programming without driving the neighbors crazy. I haven't done it in a while but I seem to remember disconnecting the siren (output 2 I think it was?) doesn't work. I want to add more programming but...

That's a good bit of difference between the times but even small changes to the environment can do that.  Very interesting to see the numbers.

At first I was of a different opinion but using the home wifi (extending it where you need) is not a bad way of doing this.  You can tell when the phone connects to the network and leaves the network which is nice.  Granted it's dependent on the phone keeping wifi on but there always are caveats.

I just bought a couple gadgets to try out including a couple 2.4GHz transceiver modules and a standard RF remote control/receiver.     With the transceiver I am going to try having a transmitter unit in the car (transmitting periodically) and the receiver at the gate.  If the module supports...

Very cool Pete!  I also have my home overwired (1.5 miles of Cat 6) but almost all of the Cat 6 dedicated for sensors are not in use.  Most light switches have Cat 6 going to it and and there are many runs to places I will probably never have sensors and/or wall controls.  With that said I do...

So you use it to open the garage door as you're driving up to the house?  When you originally had a battery in it how did you keep the door from constantly opening after you closed it?   While I wait for the seller's store to open I'm going to try to see if there's a way to do this with...

That is some SERIOUS range.  A lot longer than I expected.  You have the version that does not send RSSI right?  

This seems like it would work PERFECTLY for what I want to do with the gate.  With the ability to monitor the RSSI values I can tune it to open at a set threshold which is nice.   The ebay store for Ananiah will reopen on March 9th so I'll have to wait to order a Tx and Rx unit to try out.   I...

I'm looking for a way to have a gate open whenever I (or anyone who has access) drive or walk up to it.  It can currently be opened via keypad or an RF opener.  I am not concerned with having a high level of security (ie: I won't be opening doors with it).  I would of course like to keep it as...

Thanks for the responses! I like the idea of different sounds plus the flexibility of adding new sounds so I'm going to order the sound module (plus computer interface). I was going to order it anyway to have more flexibility so it works out! Thanks again!

In a previous house the alarm system chime was a simple and friendly 'beep beep beep' sound (for opened doors etc.). With the Elk, it kind of reminds me of something I would hear walking into a gas station...it's not horrible but it's more abrasive than the previous sound I was used to. So is...

I went through the configuration using the ElkRP2 application and configured them as non-alarm as recommended. I wasn't able to see if the actual sensors failed b/c I didn't really know enough to troubleshoot it. Regardless, I didn't really think it was a problem b/c it's a new system and this...

It doesn't appear that the heat detector went off but I could be wrong. I don't know how hard those things are to set off but that's more likely than something happening with the wiring b/c I haven't messed with that at all. Also I don't have any rules programmed so hopefully that makes things...