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This is funny to read over 10 years later no additional email options and no hint of a new hardware version in the works.   Maybe Elk will finally release their system as opensource so we can fix it and develop it in ways they are unwilling or incapable.   So may panel bugs still not fixed so...

I just updated to 2.0.36 a little while back.   Then I tried to Import a saved export .exp file and I get an error: "Exported account file : Bla.exp is an 5.3.8, not an M1G. Please create or open an 5.3.8 account to import this file into."   This makes no sense.  5.3.8 is the firmware version...

You should be able to setup your network with any primary controller then include the VRC0P as a device just like all the others (as a secondary controller).  Depending on the functionality of your primary controller you may be limited in making changes to the network.  Usually when you include...

Notice XEP V1.xx no longer compatible with Windows 10 and ***Windows 7 (with updates)***.   So now this is an issue with Windows 7 as well.  With the latest updates to Windows 7 you can no longer connect the the pre V2 XEP.  I had to rollback my Win7 to the last restore point before the updates...

I have to concur with VC1234.  And I was actually able to talk to Elk support and he said the manual is correct.  Just cautioned that anything that has a high data usage may have an issue on one of the M1DBHR legs.  Like the Navigator Panel or RF receiver.  He said firmware uploads may be an...

    Can someone clarify the bus lengths of the M1DBHR? The manual says that "It splits the main 485 data bus into 4 managed 485 branches."  And then "Like  the  Main   M1 Bus  , the  Maximum wire  length of any  of the  4 branches on the  M1DBHR is 4000 ft." This seems pretty clear and is...

With the Area options of Auto Stay Mode after exit time if no violation, Restart Exit Timers,  Single keypress quick-arm, and Allow Stay key change if armed are all checked there are some bugs in the M1 (also the exit/entry door in the following examples is configured as Force Arm - not sure if...

Anyone know why Whenever x time rules don't always work?  V 5.3.8 I had two rules Whenever every 1 hour and they would not execute.  So I changed them to every 58 and 59 minutes and they seem to work.  This was not an issue with what the rules were doing they just would not exec.  I tested this...

As an electronics design engineer I find this very disturbing.  And to think these panels also meet UL.  Any product that is built that cuts out at such high voltages for a VRLA battery operated system (on backup) is just a very poorly designed system.  A SLA battery at C/10 will start at 12.5V...

That was the issue.  The procedure for this device is to hold one of the button when you connect the new battery.   Thanks.

I looked at this for a door intercom and came up short unless I wanted to use the phone interface as one end (which is still not its intended use).  Seems like a function like this would be something the M1 would support.  But then again Humidity seems like a function the M1 would support and...

How do you clear the Trans/Low Battery trouble alert? The alert was for a Keyfob with the ELK-M1XRF2H.  I replaced the battery in the Keyfob.  But the alert is still there after 3 days.  There were only 2 log messages about the low battery one for each zone of the keyfob (Keyfobs have two serial...

What do you guys think of the new Power Over Ethernet (PoE) LED Lighting?

Keep in mind that the ELK does NOT support any Z-Wave sensors (only simple switches, dimmers, and thermostats {unreliably} - locks are not supported but can be controlled via serial messages).  If you want the Z-Wave motion sensors for input to the ELK you will need some other Z-Wave controller...

It would be nice to have a good rule debugging tool so you can figure out why rules don't work correctly or why rules just sometimes don't work at all.  It is frustrating trying to debug why rules are not executing correctly.  Besides user mistakes (or lack of knowledge of how the rules will...