Recent content by dhome

Thanks again for your help everyone!   As is often the case in life, things change and your plans have to be flexible. We had our well pipe break in our basement (luckily a slow break so no damage to stuff, just some water to clean up), but now part of my budget had to go to repairing the pipe...

Thanks again for your help guys. I will do a final bit of research over thanksgiving and settle on my selections!    @Work2Play - thanks for the offer, I'll keep you updated

Thanks again for the help guys. I've been doing more research based on your comments and recommendations, and I think I have some of the basics put together.    Base system: Elk M1 ~ $600 Elk M1XEP Ethernet ~ $234 ekeypad ~ $100   Total = $934   Cameras Grandstream GXV3672 ~ $156x2 = $312 Indoor...

@pete_c and @Work2Play,   Thanks for the help again guys! That clears up several things. I am lucky that the previous owner of the house must have had a bit of the security bug in him too, because he installed motion sensor floodlights on each corner of the house. So I have plenty of AC-wired...

@Work2Play - Thanks for your help, and the camera suggestions! I'd like to add more automation in the future, but I might try to go as wireless as possible. If I decide to focus on wireless devices in the future, is using an Elk as home base still worth it, in your opinion?

Hi guys, I just bought a house recently (built in 1978) and am looking to install some home security/automation. I stumbled upon this forum from google and have been pouring over the threads ever since. It has been a great source of information.   As I get started, I thought I’d ask for your...