Recent content by mikemehak

because we have several staff and people working on and around the farm and barn. Someone could be working just outside the barn for 2 hours. In 10 minutes, several horses could be trapped without the person outside knowing their is a problem. In the summer time we have 30+ horses here. As...

is that dues to the IRs on the camera providing too much light? not enough? Also, what happens when you use an IR camera with an IR emitter?

the lights go on the roof, aswell as the sirens outside. Although they will scare the horses, it's safer in the long run. I was at woodbine racetrack when there was a large fire several years ago. Over hundred horses were killed and several hundred suffered serious injuries. There were...

if I have the girls that work in the barn vacuum out the detectors every month or even week, will that help cut down on the false alarms?

I have run 3.5" PVC to the barn with rope for future pulls. I'm also running 2 cameras on video baluns along cat5. I should be able to pull about 20 cat 5 cables if the need arises. I've found information on the databus and trying to figure out how it works, what is a good zone expander from...

I want to install a fire alarm system in my barn. I'm ordering an ElkM1 because I will use this to automate my front gate, etc... I will then setup the ElkM1 to phone and email us upon activation of the fire alarm. As well as sound an alarm in the house and alarm at the barn. I would also...

also you could look into one of these kits http://www.homecentrallocking.com/html/productInfo.htm

it depends on the lock, but the one I took apart was very simple once you enter the correct pin number, it basicaly signaled one contact to unlock the door. If you pressed a lock button, it signaled the door to lock so basically it's just a matter of grounding out the right contacts...

thank you very much for your replies. Automated outlet seems to have a good selection of devices. I don't need to control much in the barn using X10, mainly the house. The front gate however, the only device I want to control is the gate. Although using an x10 device would be easiest, I...

tough crowd.... anyone have any ideas? even a guess to send me in the right direction... hours of googling and I've found nothing that I think can help...

In attempt to catch the mailbox smashing hooligans that were driving me crazy I became infatuated with everything home automated. I prefer to stick to linux purely because of a) I know it's stable and 99% runtime is easily achievable :) I can easily customize it to do anything I like. For...