Recent content by rosenqui

I've got a vanEE 200H HRV and was able to get high and low speed control through my automation system thanks to some of the info posted previously by others in this thread.   The wall control I have for the HRV has a 47K resistor on its circuit board, so I've got 2 relays connected to the "G"...

Thanks - I'll assign numbers in a different range when I replace the next batch of ALC switches and see how much of a difference that makes.

I've got about 60 ALC switches controlled by an OP-II. The switches were installed in 2000 and were controlled by an Aegis 2000 until I upgraded to an OP-II a while ago.   I've got a few defective ALC switches that I am replacing with brand new HAI UPB switches, and I'm wondering about the best...

Thanks to all who replied. I plan on sticking with Gen3 Leviton/HAI switches so I'll spend a little extra and get the repeater. Hopefully that will keep reliability as close to 100% as possible for years to come.

I'm replacing 15 or so ALC switches that have gone flaky with HLC switches. The HLC switches are cheaper than new ALC switches, and frankly I don't trust that the Cat3 wiring to the ALC switches isn't part of the problem.   I'm also replacing a handful of X10 switches in places where there was...

  I don't have an RA2 system (yet), but in manually programmed mode you can enter Advanced Programming Mode and set dimmers into "switch" mode. See page 5 of app note #247 ("Advanced Programming Mode for manually programmed systems")...

I'm in the same boat, but in the Ottawa area. I'm looking for basic monitoring, but places like www.themonitoringcenter.com won't touch my HAI OmniPro panel. Thanks in advance for any suggestions, especially for services priced $15/month or less! I wish AlarmRelay had a Canadian branch office :-(

All of my ALC dimmers (circa 2000) do the "fade off" if you double-tap them off. A single tap off does an immediate off, a single tap on turns the load on to the previous level, and a double tap on goes immediately to full brightness. The switches are connected to an HAI controller but I...

It communicates... but not without an extra-cost module which I didn't purchase. The Infinity control is rather interesting in that it just uses 4 thermostat wires to do everything including handling a multi-stage furnace, multi-stage AC or HP, HRV/ERV, multi-speed fan control, and humidifier...

I've had 3 RC-90s running since 2000 with no issues. They've been very reliable, even when the HVAC guys were working on the radiant zones and had things hooked up incorrectly, sending 24VAC to the wrong places. The RC-90s would just reset themselves rather than fry. My main floor RC-90 was...

If you don't have any other Crestron gear you'll probably be underwhelmed by what you can do with the panel. It won't do much on its own other than display screens and tell you what virtual screen button was pressed, plus you will need to find a way to get your hands on some Crestron software...

I've had a bunch of ALC switches (upwards of 60) running since 2000. The controller is an Aegis 2000 - an OEM version of the OmniPro with firmware support for ALC and a few other things that the Omni Pro didn't have at the time (but now does in the II series). The switches are the white "dimple"...

I've got 10 of those around my place - great for cutting down on the switch clutter. I've got them hooked to an Aegis (OEM version of the old Omni Pro) which has native support for the keypad serial strings, so I don't use up any of the message string slots. The latest firmware from HAI for the...

That's true for firmware versions that don't have built-in support, but according to an email I got from Scott @ HAI, they added native support for the KPL7 to the HAI firmware sometime last year, so that's a HUGE plus for HAI/KPL7 users. It allows you to program an Omni without wasting message...

I'm not sure if this is an option for your situation, but take a look at the RCS KPL7 keypad. I have a number of RCS KPL7 keypads serving as scene switches in my setup. With the old Aegis-2000 variation of the OmniPro that I went with back in 2000, that was the recommended way to do things. I...