Recent content by majortom

I am looking for a modern alarm panel (e.g. one with Ethernet built-in, not as an add-on), that supports Mac OS X for programming it (either through an app or with a web interface). I like the ELK panels, but their lack of OS X support is a problem as I have no Microsoft Windows systems. I would...

The user already has an iPhone with location services enabled. The problem with it and every cellular network based system I have seen is that the devices are not waterproof, have short battery life (days not months or years), and are too big to really wear (pendent or watch style). This means...

Not sure which acronym you mean (if it is TWA that is ELK-M1TWA their two-way audio system). That really is too bad. The prime motivation for installing a system like this would be something that is small enough and light enough to carry/wear everywhere and always. Mounting a few switches in...

I know that, hence my question. (Just to confirm, you are only talking about the pendent/key fobs, as the TWA is from the M1 line and should work, right?). Does Honeywell make a pendent or wrist watch style fob that is waterproof? What is the range on these units? The house is 3 stories, would...

"I've fallen and I can't get up!" - I want to build a medic-alert style system using an M1 Gold panel and I am not sure how to go about it. :-) It would need some kind of wireless pendent (maybe with two buttons for security and medical) that is (ideally) waterproof. It would also need a two-way...

I have about 50 in my house in FL and about 65 or 70 at my Parents' place in IL. I am about to add 12 to my place in LA (not counting all the installations for my research project). In FL, there is a second building on that has its own electrical service which will soon have about 20 more...

They have been pretty responsive and when they have announced something, it has typically happened in a reasonable time frame.

Actually, I was on the general bria page, not the one for iPad. My mistake. I have the iPhone client, haven't yet got their iPad version.

I have been trying to find someone who has actually used a Redeye Pro. I posted on AVS forum and have not received any replies. I am looking for an iPad/iPhone remote solution that maintains state (to enable control from multiple devices) and it seems like a good possibility.

Do you know if it is encrypted? If not, we can use a protocol analyzer and reverse engineer it (certainly a hassle, but not outside the range of possibility). That should not be too hard. This one from BB Electronics seems to be able to turn around in 0.02ms. Know anyone there we should...

I think the iPad version has video (at least the pictures seem to indicate that it does).

Does Elk document its RS-485 protocol anywhere? We need to build an RS-485 to fiber transceiver and we need to know what the sequence that switches the bus from transmit to receive.

Try bria by counter path.

Good starting point. While we each have our favorite, all should solve your problem. Let me suggest you consider two other important points. Based on what you have said, you eventually plan to leave your current house. Ease of restoring the system to standard lights (what you would either have...

You might want to consider a separate IP camera and a simple SIP door phone. There are many external IP video cameras, including ones with point/tilt/zoom control. These can easily be integrated with software for monitoring and recording. These are also much cheaper than the combined systems...