Recent content by TurboSam

If you already have CQC, it is really easy to set up emails and texts based on changes in Elk alarm states or changes in Elk outputs (phantom outputs or otherwise).   I use eKeypad if I need to remotely arm/disarm Elk or check which lights are on (see below), but I rely on CQC to tell me when...

Have you tried adjusting (minimizing) the sensitive setting inside the unit?

Is the jumper JP1 on the Elk (right below zone 16) set to "normal" or is it on "2 wire" smokes?   My guess would be that it is on "2 wire" with a mismatch with the zone 16 zone definition.

Larry, these look interesting.    Could you provide a little more detail about your setup?  Their website does not go into a lot of detail.    Does the wireless signal go directly (and only) over your home WiFi to the manager and then out the Ethernet port to your system?  I'm trying to get a...

I'm not exactly sure what "a complex series of rules that change on a regular basis" means, but if you have a discreet set of changing rules (e.g. Set A, Set B, etc) as opposed to an ever and always changing set with no constancy to any particular set, maybe you could set up Set A as one ElkRP...

You might also try resetting your PIM.    Simply Automated PIMs could be reset by tapping the "reset button on the module 5 times, the LED will blink, tap the button 10 times, the LED will blink the opposite color, now tap the button twice.  [Then] reconnect to the interface module."   I suggest...

A few more details might help.    Are you using a VOIP connection or does your monitoring service have a direct TCP/IP link?   If the former, have you tried using the Contact ID reporting format (#1) or any of the the other formats?   Since you obviously have internet, if all else fails, you...

RAL:  thanks for the reminder about the two-way system.  I currently have two Elk wireless receivers (one the old M1XRF2G and the other the newer M1XRFEG).  I put the newer one in for broader coverage because the original one is on a second floor and some of the wireless sensors are in the...

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@W2P, any update on your research?   I was looking at old smoke detector posts and found your post in this thread on the Roost battery in 2015  --  which made me wonder if you moved just to avoid the smoke detector research, only to have it follow you.... :)    I've had a string of chirping...

IVB, I suspect you have done this, but if not:  make sure you first disconnect the power from the XIN and enroll everything without it.  Then hook up power and try to re-enroll. 

Glad it worked!

Yes, you can enroll the wireless transmitter from the Elk keypad.    See page 11 of the M1XRFEG manual.    Basically, you tell the keypad what zone you want to "learn," and then you remove the cover of wireless sensor without the ID which triggers the tamper spring/switch and the Elk picks us...

Wouldn't a supervised vibration sensor (i.e. you get an alarm if it is tampered with) tell you what you want to know if someone tries to disable it?

The Elk M1 has some remote control by phone capabilities, but the phone connection was generally geared for a land line reporting out and, if desired, calling in to listen with a rather cumbersome (as I recall) control menu.  When I gave up my landline, the Elk's phone port was re-purposed for...