Recent content by LaurentR

  I have HS3 with the old M1XEP and it's working fine. Looking to see if I should go the C1M1 route or update my Uplink 4000 to a 5000 instead. Has anybody used ElkLink, which is supposed to offer SMS and email notifications for the end user with the C1M1?

Well, it's been 2 years and I haven't updated my original set-up much. I ended up going for something similar to wuench's setup, i.e. leaving both batteries and the P412 electronics in the 14" can (see his pictures above). My 28" can is full, so that was a good decision... That said, I managed...

My comment won't be very specific, but I have seen plenty of events recoded as "blank" by NextAlarm. I used to report most everything in the log (until UpLink decided I was in runaway mode and cut the connection), and on occasion, I would get a blank report. I think that the auxiliary power loss...

Great, a final version! Spanky, the release notes mention the newer VRZC0P only. Does it work with the old RZC0P? Is there any reduction in functionality or stability on the old RZC0P? Is there a fix for command collisions? Laurent

Spanky, the thing I don't understand about the Zwave issue is that the RZC0P seems to have all the hook to make sure commands are properly flow-controlled and acknowledged, removing any possibility for collision and hanging in the case of commands that take too long. So why is the Elk having...

I am still on the beta from almost a year ago now and I haven't seen a release or a new beta since. Laurent

I had the same issue with my Zwave lights. If you send 4 commands back to back, the RZC0P dies, so I had to stagger them. I used Spanky's trick. See picture attached of my first few rules: Laurent

Does a wife and kids count as a roommate? An M1G for just 1 room sounds like overkill. You should get 99% of the way with an ElkGuard http://www.elkguard.com/ ? Note that an alarm system has never prevented somebody from actually breaking in to a place. If you really need physical security...

You forget to include the search term "whispering" ;-) Here's one of the threads: http://www.cocoontech.com/index.php?showtopic=8470 First, you have to figure out if your exisiting siren is a siren or a speaker. If it's a siren, just plug it to a 12V 1000A supply and see how many amps go...

If I understand well your question, this has been addressed a few times here. The panel monitors Out2 continuously and that small amount of current is enough to make some of the sirens buzz. I have a 150RT too and it does buzz a bit. Although you have to be close and at night to hear it. I am...

I use the Uplink AnyNet: http://www.uplink.com/Technology/Uplink-iA...ET__anynet.aspx which does full reporting through the serial link with and Elk panel, and communicates with the Uplink servers using SMS over GSM. They claim to have other communication options on the box, but I have never...

A couple of weeks ago, I had a bad experience with the Uplink/Elk/NextAlarm triangle, and while Uplink and Elk were pretty useful, NextAlarm was useless. The full story is below. But there is a piece of data interesting to all Uplink user that I thought I would need to record here: If you...

I don't think Out1 chimes the tone. I thought it did just the voices, and the keypads beeped for the chime? Laurent

I don't know how to make Out1 chime. However, you could always record a chime as a custom message and play it with a rule if you have a zone violation. Laurent

Ok, I updated to the many firmware releases from the last few months. Spanky, to clear out the confusion, the "M1XSP_(M1XZW_ONLY)_1.0.16.bin" file is for the M1XZW, not the XSP+RZC0P, right? And there is still no official release for the XSP+RZC0P? Laurent