Recent content by tbully

Darn! Easter Sunday. I'd get busted by the wife. Are you planning on having a future session?

Hello again folks. I have a few questions about Cortexa that I hope you can shed some light on. I'm excited about their new package but I think I'm still confused about how it interfaces to HA products throughout one's home. I haven't decided on an HA strategy so all avenues are still open...

My question exactly. I'm new to the home auto thing so I'm sure I'm not seeing something here. It looks cool though. What does this give me compared to just using the "standard" interfaces that come with Omni, ELK, etc? I'm not afraid to spend money on something that will serve its proposed...

upstatemike's idea is even better! :)

I don't see why not. The best would be to use a DPST or DPDT and disconnect both TIP and RING (red and green) but disconnecting just one should give you the net effect of turning off the phone by disconnecting it from the line. The relay contacts should easily suffice. I can't remember the...

Arrggghh. :o Check out that sprinkler controller at that site. I'm so upset. I JUST finished building my own elaborate circuit with (old school) relays and a hardware (555 timer) watchdog to make sure nothing gets "stuck" and water the same spot for 5 days straight. Mine utilizes logic...

All, My house is built in such a way that a hardwire solution for lighting control (i.e. fishing wire) isn't out of the question. Aside from reliability, is there other advantages of going hardwired (price)? I've done some searching and I'm having a hard time finding reasonably priced...

Will / Can the ELK M1G "see" these status changes too? I understand this was a limitation of Z-Wave when Elk printed its manuals.

Steve, Another "newbie" question, why the output? Is it just a phantom output used as a register to track status or do I have to "hook" or attach something to that output? Thanks for the suggestions.

Thanks bfisher (for the info and being patient with a newbie). It seems pretty simple to me as well, however, a tech at Elk wasn't sure this was possible. Maybe I just explained it to him badly.

Hey Randy / All, I was wondering if you got anywhere on this? I'm new to HA so I don't understand the difference between "links" and other relationships between a switch and its load so I'm a little lost. I think I'm trying accomplish a similar task though. I'd like to turn on a (say) closet...