Recent content by johnboy70_99

I do this with asterisk, I set up a dial plan that looks to see if a phone number is in my phone book. If it isn’t is send the caller to an ivr script that makes them press 1 to get the house phones to ring. I initially integrated analog inbound lines and phones using obi devices. Getting the...

Conventional thinking from what I have heard is home automation gear does not add value. My last house I left the napco panel. I removed my rain8 controllers and replaced them with a $25 Home Depot controller. Also removed my RCS stats and replaced them with the originals that came with the...

Just did a scan. Adding up phones, tablets, avrs, cameras, routers, IP phones - 38. Big change from 15 years ago when it was just a desktop PC and a server. And I remember when I used to have to call my cable company every time I bought a new PC and allow the MAC address to connect to the...

I am using axis cameras and blue iris and it meets all of your requirements except for opII. One note - you may not want to bother with op integration. I used to integrate with homeseer and also use modulators to put on my house cable system. I dont feel the need to do that anymore. I have the...

Sound like a different problem then mine. I would definitely try another psu first, they are relatively inexpensive. Unfortunately elk said mine was dead and I had to buy a replacement panel from them.

Given my issues with my ELK, was wondering if there are other options out there that are more modern that would also allow me to utilize my existing infrastructure since it is looking a lot like I have to spend nearly $500 on a new panel anyway. I have not been keeping up on alarm technology, I...

I took out the board, everything looks OK except D39 looks different then all the other diodes. Not sure if that is normal or if it got fried. Anyone have a M1G Board handy that they can compare to this image?   Sorry for the poor quality - max attachment size is 150K so I had to drop the...

Thanks for the reply RAL - I will put the board on the bench this weekend and see what I can see. it seems to be completely functioning other than the over current and the relays, it arms and disarms. Although I have not tested whether it triggers the siren yet. Given the issue with the outputs...

I would think more about camera placement. Depending on the size and shape of the house cameras just on the corners might not give you all you need, and may not be useful at all.    When I placed my cameras I focused on areas of entry into the house. I also added one wide 4K camera to get an...

Hi All,   I Have an M1G that is around 8 years old. There was a power spike and ever since the panel has shown "over current".  Also I have an M1RB, the relays all seem to be stuck on except for 1 that is stuck off, and they do not respond to control changes anymore.   I have tried removing all...

I went high end and got Axis cameras to use with blue iris, I have been very happy with them. So far 2 years and no problems. I have a range of them.

I am guessing that they also might have decided that it wasn’t cost effective to have to provide direct support to end users

I was able to move all my logic to homeseer by feeding my ocelot from my MRF-3F receiver, and programming IR commands.

I have a couple of MX-450 and I love them. They do what I need them to do even with their limited programmability compared to their dealer programmable models. I had an older model that lasted 15 years and was still going strong, would probably still be in use except that I needed the RF...

I am using a simple ivr in asterisk to screen phone calls. Not using voice recognition though, it sounds cool. As a fallback you could just have them press 1 for one person, 2 for another, etc