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I have an Ecobee in my garage for the garage heater. Someone gave me a portable AC unit (Haier cpn12xc9). I'd like to let the ecobee control it. It's all digital controls. My first thought is an arduino nano with an IR transmitter, and then wire the AC wires into it so when AC is called for...

The reason I ask is that it's literally the only thing I have that requires windows. I installed a win 11 VM on my proxmox setup and am using it there.

Looks like it hasn't been updated in a long time. Is this still the preferred method? I see ElkConnect and ElkLink, but those look like they are a subscription option. Are there any 3rd party management products out there for programming?

Is there an alternative? I have a windows vm specifically to run this software as everything else I have is Mac, Linux, or docker containers. I wanna be rid of this stupid windows vm.

I updated the project to provide a REST api on a webserver.  It's quick and dirty, but it works.  You'll need to install Flask to use it.  Now I just need a phone app that works with it.  :)   Usage for webapi.py flask app:   Install flask and get it working with nginx (plenty of tutorials on...

I picked up a pi zero w to play with, and figured this would be a neat project.  I whacked this up this morning and it works pretty good.  It's a CLI tool, but it outputs JSON, with the intent of eventually calling it from a web app that would provide connectivity to a phone app and home...

Can you hide the pill switches in the frame, or do they sit visibly on the surface of the sash? Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

I'm currently looking at putting Marvin Integrity windows in my house.  Most of my existing wood casement windows have window sensors in them for the security system (Elk M1).  I don't currently have a cutaway of the new window to reference, but I had them in my last house and it seems to me...

Updated to boot 2.0.4 and firmware 2.0.42.  It's working now.  I had switched it to the unsecure port to connect because the time was WAY off and I couldn't connect (probably because SSL doesn't work right when the time is way off).  Before I updated it, I fixed the time/date.  It then wouldn't...

I was on something like 1.30, and I updated to the latest version (updating the bootloader first, and then firmware).  I waited 30 mins, and tried to reconnect.  No go.  I power cycled it, and still cannot connect.     Any ideas?  Did it whack my whole config?  What's the default IP on it...

    Well, I just looked at the system tonight, and it's actually 5 wires per bus.     PS - "+" and "-" SW - "+" , "-" , and "D"   My guess is that it's 3-wire RS485 or RS422.  I'll probably need to take apart a keypad and look at the chips on it to figure it out.   As for the touchscreens, I saw...

Does anyone know what Litetouch/Savant uses for communication between the controller and keypads/modules?  I'm guessing it's RS-485.  Also, is the protocol they use over it documented anywhere?   I have an aging Litetouch system, and I was going to experiment with an Arduino touchscreen to see...

Yes, it can control pretty much everything on the Elk, including arming/disarming, firing off Tasks, operating outputs, etc.  Not only that, but the sensors connected to the Elk are all seen in the Vera and can be used to trigger automation tasks and such.  Control of the chime directly doesn't...

  I use a Vera.  They are like $99 on Amazon, and there's a plugin that connects to the Elk.  The Elk didn't have the flexibility I needed for home automation on its own, so I put in the Vera and moved all of the HA logic over to it.  A side effect of this is that it has a passable web UI (and...

  Bringing this one back from the dead...  :)   You cannot apparently use the messaging system because you don't have enough posts.   You messaged me over a year ago here about LiteTouch/LiteWare.  I would like to upgrade, but depending on the cost, I might not be able to do that right now.  So...