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Del Thanks, As long as thats expected behavior then I am happy, and I can understand the logic behind it. Thanks again to all who replied.

thill thanks, This explains a lot as the initial problem and the way I was testing it was by holding the exit zone open which I now know is calling the exit error.  So Is it just the nature of the exit error that it doesn't honor the delay for the output 2 global or is there something else I am...

Ok Solved half of my problem. I had that exit door set as Exit 2 which is a 30 second delay..I forgot as the keypad always shows the 1 min countdown from Exit 1. So that explains it Alarming before I expected.   Now the other problem is that although I have Output 2 set in the globals to have a...

Twice now I have had the following happen.   Arm with Exit key on keypad, open exit zone door and holding it open while waiting for people to exit. Over 30 seconds left on countdown, no one is in view of/tripping a motion and suddenly alarm triggers including outside siren immediately (it is set...

I called ELK a few weeks ago as I had a similar issue. They said windows pushed some updates that broke connectivity. They directed me to this special updater utility for the M1XEP.  I ran that to update the M1XEP and updated to the latest RP as well and everything worked!! So I don't know if...

Mine is mounted as RAL describes. It is very loud and the flashing strobe is still plenty visible especially at night. I already had an external Fire Bell for my fire sprinkler system so I mounted it next to that and it blends in aesthetically.

Thanks IVB I enjoyed your vlog videos!    So far the ISY Echo is doing what I need but I really like the custom dialog ability you have (also I like that you can call "Jarvis" as a custom name.)  I think right now the only frustrating thing for me is figuring out commands that flow naturally...

  I am just getting setup with this myself. So far I have Echo, ISY (with portal), and Elk all working together controlling Insteon lights, thermostats, ZWave locks, global cache devices, and ip control of A/V/HTPC equipment.  I am trying to have everything to be as automated as possible and if...

  Just for anyone else coming across this, mine did the same exact thing last night after a power failure. What I am not sure about is if it was immediate or if the battery backup running died and then it happened. Now to get in back on the correct settings!

I set up a pfsense box running open VPN. If I want to use ekeypad outside of my lan I just turn on the VPN and access it that way.  Probably would cost you less over time than paying for the cloud service and would give you a great router/firewall.

I have been using Alarm Relay with internet monitoring over my M1XEP and a Uplink 4530EX as cellular backup.  As mentioned it is $5.00 more a month for the Uplink vs the IP BAT but I felt more comfortable going with the Uplink product.  Alarm Relay has been great for me, easy to setup and...

Thanks Del that did the trick!

Hi fellas.   I have the following rule setup to warn via voice if I have left the garage door open.      WHENEVER GARAGE OVERHEAD (Zn 7) BECOMES NOT SECURE               THEN TURN Output 206 ON FOR 1 MIN     WHENEVER  Output 206 STATE IS TURNED OFF        ...

Yes I should have added that I got an LPD like RAL recommends and I used 2 ELK PD9HC's to distribute the power!

I second the Altronix. I did a lot of question asking on here and ended up with an AL400ULX. I got mine off eBay new in box for $50.00.   Here is a link to an example. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Altronix-AL400ulx-Power-Supply-Battery-Charger-/111292560964?hash=item19e98db644   There are two...