Recent content by frozenteeth

Thanks for the suggestions. I like the water level and might use an adruino or similar to monitor.

Well I wanted to watch the Black Hawks last night but 8 minutes into the game my ELK Siren went off "Water in the basement!". So thank god I had a water alarm next to my Sump Pump. Did get some water on the carpet and cleaning that up was a pain. Missed most of the Hawks game :( But glad they...

I like the IR over coax idea. and the quick port system is nice as well. Thanks for the input.   Is it possible to use the same HDMI and IR distribution to different TV's? Can I use one cable box and have it show the same channel in three different rooms?   I guess a quick google search led me...

That's what I thought.   I think I'm going to pull two cat 6 lines and do HDMI over cat6. The camera system I have does have HDMI and the cable has HDMI. so I can store the cable box in the basement also   Need to do something for the remote control.

I have a camera system in the basement and I want to be able to switch the TV in our kitchen from our cable box to the camera system. I would like something wireless if possible.   thinking it would have to switch both places because one is the cable signal and the other is the normal BNC    Any...

Yes sorry correct outputs not inputs for 7&8. This is what I thought. Thanks

Correction I didn't tell the whole story. On my elk I'm using inputs 7 and 8 with relays for the garage doors. The magnetic door contacts would not have a relay on inputs 9 and 10.   I can run more wire I just thought if I could get away with using the one it would be better/easier. I would...

Can I use a 5 wire run for my garage door control and contacts? I have two garage doors. I want to run a magnetic door switch to each door and then run wire to each opener.    Can I use a common ground for all of these? or is it just two inputs per ground?   Also I'm piggie backing on the...

That may be correct as I was using ElkRP with my testing. I can do further testing this weekend if I find some time.

In my short experience with the device (I just have not had the time to tinker with it as other project/life has gotten in the way) I could only create one connection to the device. I wanted to test from multiple devices but I couldn't get this to work.   I use vb.net for most of my programming...

  I used a stereo audio jack to RCA left/right (like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/12-Inch-3-5MM-Male-To-2-RCA-Female-Jack-Stereo-Audio-Cable-Y-Adapter-3S1-2R2-/290961857627) to the AUX wall plate. The AUX wall plate has it's own cat5 port that connect to the main unit on a dedicated port for...

Any idea what I would use to see the data? Would I need a oscilloscope? A micro controller? Volt meter? (yes a little lost.)   I would hate to fry my intercom by just hooking up an audio source or voltage to it.    I could always attach a relay to the actual button on the door station contacts...

  Yes. But after reviewing your post looks like you are controlling the audio to the speakers.    I like what you did and I may go that route if all else fails. It doesn't just work currently for what I want to do. I want the Elk to send the speaker output to the intercom (simulate someone...

Question what happens when both the homeseer and elk are talking at the same time? In my case it would be music playing then the elk makes an announcement.  Would i hear both or just one side?

I have successfully connected my pc output to the Auxillary Wall Plate but the only time that broadcasts is if the audio is turned on. I use it to stream music from my server (pandora, itunes, etc..). I'm assuming green pc is line level as that's what is working on it.   I wouldn't want to use...