Recent content by iqvoice

In the office building I work in, there are multiple cable runs that are longer than 330 ft. They seem to work okay. Now in your case, you don't mention where you are running the cable, just that it would be difficult to add a switch. This makes me think, perhaps you are running it outdoors...

Okay, here is what I did: 1) Replaced the cat6 feed to the remote security box where I have the elk zone expander. Still lots of bus errors. 30+ errors over two hours. 2) Removed the cat6 feed from the data bus hub and instead connected it directly to the elk m1g. Removed the terminating...

I'm going to try a few things tonight, including the use of new wire, and maybe a different hookup plan for the databus. I'll let you know what happens!

Believe me, I've poured over every page of the manual. From what I can infer, with the DBHR, it's more like a star configuration then a bus, and you have to terminate every endpoint so you could end up with more than two terminating resistors, total. Looking at the DBH board, it appeared to be...

Yeah, I saw that too. It made me wonder. Here's another unorthodox thing I did-- i wired two bus devices (a zone expander and a relay) off of one cable run from the databus hub. I figured this would be kosher, as long as I routed everything back properly to the hub. The circuit looks like...

Yes I'm using a data bus hub. Can you explain what you mean by manual color coding? Only the M1G and the data bus hub are terminated-- the M1G with a jumper and the hub with the included RJ45 terminating plug.

A few questions about the Elk M1G databus. 1) The instructions for the databus hub say to use the 568A wiring standard. However, I re-utilized some ethernet cables that already had tips on them with 568B standard. Does it matter as long as everything is attached right at the ends? 2) How...

I've seen short circuits cause this behavior. I would start with unplugging all the peripherals: hard drive, cd-rom, dvd, etc., both power and data cables Remove any PCI cards except for video. Also, make sure the memory is firmly seated.

You definitely don't want to wire it in series, you'll end up with double the voltage! I wouldn't recommend wiring a second battery in parallel either, unless it is a like model to the one that came with your elk. A single, more powerful replacement battery is the way to go. However, if you...

These projects have a way of growing bigger, don't they? :( One thing I decided, about half way through, was that I wanted a second security box.... not a bigger main box. After painstakingly threading about six cat5 cables from the attic to the basement where the main box is, and...

This use for the relay is in the planning stage. I have a thermostat-controlled NG heater in my garage. This is great in the winter time, but I inevitably forget to turn it off whenever I'm going to leave the garage door open for a while-- (like when I'm snow blowing or taking out the...

What I don't like about the chime is that it does not indicate when the door closes or the zone is cleared. I've seen this feature on other, in most ways inferior, security systems. They used a two-tone signal with reversed pitch, kind of like the windows USB plug in / plug out tones, so you...

Are you closing the mud room door behind you before you open the garage door? Maybe it resets after one door is opened / closed, or else maybe it is only good for one door being opened, not multiple doors.