Recent content by ChuckSchick

Hmmm.. good stuff.   Anybody know of a vendor that ships M1G's quickly?   Edit:  Smarthome had them in stock.  

Before I pull the trigger and order a new Elk M1G system board, I thought I'd see if anyone had any other suggestions...   The sequence of events was...   Lightning nearby... magical blue smoke.... $12k insurance claim.     From the time power restored, the ELK reported "Over current" and a long...

Hi Dean. I loved the potential of CQC and still think it's a great product.  The annual recurring cost probably pushed me over the edge.  I use SageTV and Sonos for my media and thus was only using CQC for the "interface" for the cameras and the ELK driver.  The $100 a year for just those two...

These are some great ideas.  Thanks guys.  I'm definitely still at the cave-man stage for using these cameras.  I gave up using CQC a few years ago and am now just using various in-wall monitors to display the camera feeds via a web page.  I tend to use chrome in "kiosk" mode for this -- thus...

Greetings all.  A lightning event last weekend has given me the "opportunity" to replace most of my ELK setup and my surveillance cameras.  Unfortunately, I've been on a several-year-long period of everything working perfectly and thus haven't been following the forums.  My current knowledge...

Greetings, I'm wondering if there is a mechanism by which I can add text / button to a web page reflecting the armed/disarmed status of my ELK-M1G? Security isn't an issue as this would all be running behind SSH. Just a nudge in the right direction (if it exists) would be helpful. TIA, Chuck

I'm starting to think you may have hit the nail on the head. My Elk M1G drives my relays, has it's own programming functions, and has 5 hardwired keypads throughout my house. I'm not sure I need to add an additional layer of programming. All I really need to do is get some limited data out of...

Greetings. I'm hoping to be pointed in the right direction. I've been a CQC user for 3 or 4 years and over time I'm using less and less of it's functions. At this point all I use is the ELK M1 Interface to report alarm status and the web widget to display a few cameras. Sonos and Sage have...

Hey all, I'm wondering if anyone has taken a swing at building an in-wall touchscreen with one of the "touchscreen kits" from Earth Computer Technologies. http://store.earthlcd.com/LCD-Products/Touch-Screen-Products This is getting into an area that I know little about, but it looks possible...

Link isn't working for me.

It may be completely unnecessary to say this, but... please, oh please, keep all of the files on your hard drive. After saving an LP for 20+ years it would be horrific to write all of the files to a CD-R with a (much debate here) 5 year shelf life. ... probably didn't need to be mentioned...

I'll see if anyone else has a suggestion, but it looks like the only way may be to run a loop thru my output relay board and call that a "24 hr" input zone. Then use the rule to open the relay. Seems a bit "kludgy" however.

Greets, So I've got a set of rules using a counter and output timer so that if KeyFob button 4 is activated 3 or more times within a 15 second window a rule will activate... Is there a way to trigger a panic alarm with a rule? (I'm not seeing any way) Any help would be appreciated.

Do you just need a spring -- or is there an "assembly" involved? If it's just a spring, then the ever popular McMaster-Carr could come to the rescue http://www.mcmaster.com/ I'm looking at a GE wireless PIR sitting on my desk. If it's the same as the 481, a short spring fits over a black nub...

I 2nd the velcro. Or for more overkill use 3m Dual Lock I ran 4 vertical strips equally spaced in my big leviton can -- makes it real easy to re-position the M1G, modem, expanders, etc. With the DualLock there's no worry about anything falling. You'll be prying it up with a flat tool when...