Recent content by garydidio

What happens if the valve fails to close or open?  Using the valve status indicator is a sure fire way to know the position of the valve.  There may be times when the valve fails to open or close due to power supply problems, pipe corrosion, etc.  I would rather have the redundancy to be sure...

Thank you for all the discussion and the ideas.  I am expanding the M1G in my second house in Upstate NY to include the latest WSV.  We are there every other week, holidays and two weeks during the summer.  I did not want to go through the pain of draining the pipes every time, so we keep the...

I oinstalled an M1G in my new construction house in 2007 and love it! Bought everything I needed up front including the Ethernet interface, thermostat controllers, etc. Lately I have been expanding a bit and want to including power-line lighting controls, etc. I do have a remote barn that I...

Thanks, but I jhave a whole-house backup generator that comes on after 35 seconds. The M1G doesn't detect the power outage, but my other supply just turns off for the 35 seconds.

Thanks for all the advice so far.  What about recommendations for an NVR?

So how would that be wired into the system? 

All,   Thank you for the advice.  The problem was very simple.  I had all the motion detectors powered from an alternate battery that was not managed by the M1G.  The battery died and every time the power would go off in the house, the detectors lost power so were activated.  Guess I need to...

Hi,   I am looking to expand my Elk M1 Gold home automation and security system with security cameras and was hoping to get some recommendations that are not too expensive.  Here is the situation:   I have a second home in the Adirondacks that I visit once every 2-3 weeks and spend long weekends...

Power distribution seems logical. Will have to check when I am at my house this weekend. Maybe a broken wire? Thank you for the advice!!!

My log simply shows the motions as tripped in the order they are wired to the XIN, and then recovered. I have other items door switches on the other zones on the XIN. Right now all the motion voltages are 0V, but that is because they are not activated. The XIN is next to the M1G in the same...

I have both remote control telephone and the M1XEP for redundancy.  Both work great.  Since I have satellite internet and am at the end of the telephone line, sometimes each one goes out but not at the same time.

Hi,   I have an M1 Gold installed in my house for 9+ years now.  It works really well and have been expanding it a bit at a time.  This past week all motion detectors were triggered at the same time for no apparent reason.  They are all hard-wired onto my first 16-port expansion board (zones 18...

All, I thought I would share my home automation, security and whole-house audio adventure with you. I have owned some property in Upstate NY in the Adirondacks for quite some time, and am finally getting an opportunity to build on it. The plans are to initially build a 3-bay garage with one...