Recent content by Thirdwaver

Hey everyone, We've been getting false alarms on our wireless smoke detectors and I'm at my wits end trying to understand what's happening. The system was installed by me in 2018. There are three wireless smoke detectors. They worked for some years with only one or two false alarms but they...

That should work perfectly! Thank you!

Ah so the programming would be through rules. I hadnt considered that avenue. Hmm. Thanks for that.

I'm building a workshop in a separate building on my property.  It's extremely difficult for me to get wires from my M1 panel to the workshop but wireless sensors should have no problem seeing the receiver in the house.  So I'm going to install wireless door, window, and motion sensors and...

Ive got an Elk M1 system installed and working. The other day, my landscaper left the gate open and our dog nearly ran away. Im looking to add that gate into my system just for the ability to tie it into my automation system. Does anyone know of a weatherproof wireless contact for a gate that...

I've read several forum posts about this topic here and I'm embarrassed to say that it's still clear as mud to me.  I'm just finishing an installation of a new Elk M1 Gold system in my house.  I'm at the outside noise maker stage.  The indoor speaker that is connected to output 1 is working...