Recent content by djenkins6

I did this in 2006 and posted to the Elk forums so can I claim copyright :D here's the posting and sorry about loss of formatting but I'm sure you'll figure it out. "Posted by djenkins6 on 06/20/2006 07:56 I used one RCS TR16 thermostat and temperature sensors in each room connect to the ELK...

any update on this. I want to do the same... David

I have another tip, I was doing all that before installing the valve. After 3 hours of playing with the leaking pipe joints I now have it installed :) For anyone else doing this with compression fittings... try and avoid stainless fittings, I had stainless 1 inch to 3/4 reducer and it was...

I figured it out! I thought about positive and negative sides, and so I measured the voltage between the status wire and the negative from the valve/external powersupply. With the valve closed 12v and open 0v so it proved the valve was doing the right thing. What was needed was a connection...

I have the FKey working ok to open and close the valve, when I press F4 to open or close it shows 'F4 = Flood Valve' on the keypad display and the valves opens and closes correctly, so the toggle output rule is working OK. When the valve is open or closed I get the same in display zone...

Hi, I can't get the flashing status to work using this technique. "Select an input zone. Example: Zone 15 for the status feedback from the water valve. Program it as a non-alarm zone, type 16, EOL End of line resistor, and place an EOL Resistor across the zone input. Connect the valve GREEN...

Hi, This is related to the new ELK-SWV water valve. Floodstop have an option to add extra sensors http://www.aartech.ca/product_info.php/pro...OODSTOPSEN.html I like the idea of these as they are large plates rather than just two small contacts which could corrode and not make contact when...

Hi, Glad people are still talking about this. I insulated the house and sealed all gaps, and I forgot to turn down manual humidistat during the winter and got mold on some walls as humidity was too high. In the past we didn't have this problem, the house was so leaky the humidifier couldn't...

Any news on the 1-wire contoller, I want to monitor humidity... David

some useful links to get you started http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/ Robelle are private company but links to all sorts of related stuff http://www.robelle.com/support/hp3000.html MPE Manuals at HP http://docs.hp.com/en/mpeixall.html once you have exhausted all the stuff at MPE level you...

I don't need their hardware for elkrp either...

They should give the software free to promote use of the hardware