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I have that part covered. Thank you! 

Thanks, I will get one for the drive alarm.   Biggest threat is my pole mounted ethernet attached cameras. I have lightning protection in-line now but am also planning to add a section of fiber as a clean break between copper networks.

It was likely damaged when we had the network switches that lost ports. I replaced everything on the network last fall and those two outputs worked fine for quite a while. I have power cycled the Elk several times over the last week so a hard reset didn't fix it. They are definitely stuck on. I...

I tried the F keys and no love on 7 or 8. So I stripped back 9 and 10 and wired them to my camera and poof. All good. Guess the first two are useless, unless I need an always on voltage feed. :)   Thanks for the assist. 

It is likely a surge problem. We had a lightning strike close to some outside cameras that fried ports on a few switches. Odd thing is it continued to work until a few weeks ago. It's been a quiet spring and I have put in some ground protection for the ethernet that goes outside. I will need to...

Today I did some checking. My driveway alarm controller (Shure Action 212) is Normally Open when idle. When powered off it closes the outputs. I removed the connection block for the zone input and I still show voltage on the outputs, this is with nothing connected on either inputs or outputs. ...

Outputs 7 and 8 go to inputs on a camera. The software has a rule in that's triggered by the input. It just requires a small signal to work. It's been functional for several years.  Now that I have trouble shot some, it appears the Elk sees the inputs from my driveway alarm are closed . They are...

Thanks for verifying that for me. I have a setup where my driveway monitor feeds and input on the elk. It then pings a X10 chime and sends outputs on 7 and 8 depending on direction of travel. I assumed since the chime has been working that the input was correct. Now i am pretty sure the driveway...

Are those J16 outputs supposed to output 14v when not turned on? 

I feel fairly certain it came from a 12ft wood pole in my yard that has two cameras and a cat5 cable running back to the house.  Its a recent install and we have been here for 20 years and never had an issue.  I will be updating the surge protection here soon since storm season is just around...

Thanks, when I bought it originally in 2012 it was from a legit dealer. Given that I had several other devices damaged, I am sure the port has a blown component. I will probably just order a new one and make sure I isolate it better in the future.  Thanks! 

I had a recent lightning event that took out several ports on a few switches. It also seems my M1XEP was a victim. I have tried multiple network cables and multiple switches. Lights all look good but it never connects with the switch. It worked flawlessly for years. Does Elk deal with individual...

I stumbled across this. Pretty cool. An iPhone using Siri to control lots of HA. My luck with Siri I'd ask it to open the garage door and it would start my car an put it in reverse :) http://youtu.be/PXmCiaRc9XU

I was looking at the various switch offerings and it would appear to me that Insteon is currently the lowest cost ones. UPB seems to be a little less for 3 and 4 way switches. Hard to choose between the two. Perhaps I should be asking about bulk pricing.

You might contact HAI support. They probably have one you could dl. I know using $olarwinds Orion, I use the mib walking tool to locate OID's of interest. You could DL a demo of the engineers tool kit. I think it has a mib walker. Been a while since I need to use either as I'm phasing IT out of...