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    Design Advice - Thermostat w/ Elk Integration

    Awesome, thanks for the info guys! That helps tremendously. Has anybody played with multiple brands of tstats and have any particular pros / cons for them? It seems like they all function pretty much the same, just curious if there's anything we should be watching out for in particular with...
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    Design Advice - Thermostat w/ Elk Integration

    Hey Cocooners; I'm hoping I can solicit some design advice as it relates to thermostats. I'm in the process of installing an Elk into our new office for security, door control, smokes, etc. I'd also like to seriously investigate installing thermostats. The office is 12,000sf. It has 8 roof...
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    Door Access Solutions

    Yea, we talked about that. Two challenges come to mind with that solution: 1) While the building is tenanted, there is still a common area where the main doors exist. I was hoping to not have the tenants (or us) have to disarm the common area and their area seperately. I was thinking some...
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    Door Access Solutions

    Hey Cocooners: We're in the process of purchasing a new building for our primary business. I'm an Elk fan, as are several of my of my co-workers. We're working through the security design and would like to use Elk. One of the primary goals of the new system is for badge activated door...
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    (Elk) double zone trigger

    Hey Digger, Thanks for the info. True that it isn't causing the issue, although it did make for one very stressful Christmas eve. From looking at the logs, we were assuming the intruder must have snuck into our garage while we were loading up and then entered the house once we left. The...
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    (Elk) double zone trigger

    I too am experiencing this problem. I am not currently monitored. My system has been in service for nearly a year and I just started getting false alarms. The first one was 12/24 and then I got 4 more on 12/25 in a 2 hour period. I'm sure I've racked up quite the bill with the local police...
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    M1XEP - Email failing after upgrade to 1.2.2

    Hey Guys, Sorry for the slow response. I have a Cisco PIX (version 6.x) at the office and a Cisco 1800 series router running the IOS firewall feature set at home. The command in question on the PIX is: fixup protocol smtp 25 on the router it is: ip inspect name FW smtp timeout 3600 In...
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    M1XEP - Email failing after upgrade to 1.2.2

    Hello Spanky and all, Thanks to assistance from Elk Support, this problem was not an Elk issue at all, it was a firewall issue on my end. Essentially, the change was that the M1XEP now attempts to use the EHLO verbs instead of leading with the HELO sequence. I did some more digging and...
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    M1XEP - Email failing after upgrade to 1.2.2

    Hi Spanky, By "alot of enhancements ", did you mean bugs? :D Just kidding. I contacted support on Monday. I spoke with a couple people and got a call back from Amy. She sent me the 1.2.3 beta code, but that didn't fix it. I haven't received any additional suggestions. Any other ideas...
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    M1XEP - Email failing after upgrade to 1.2.2

    Hey folks, I'm hoping some can shed some light on this. I recently upgraded the firmware on the elk and all components (a bad move in hindsight). A few things are not working and one of them is the ability to properly send emails via the ethernet expander. I did some sniffer traces and...
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    Elk - Triggering a rule with an Insteon Switch

    BINGO!! That was the missing thing. So now I've redone the logic in the rule to only fire if the garage light is already on or off. So, the effect is that if you press the button twice it turns the front lights on or off, but not if you only press it once. Now I just need to work on the...
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    Elk - Triggering a rule with an Insteon Switch

    Hi Spanky, Ok, so it just looks like two way communication is not working, period. I reduced the rule down to: WHENEVER Garage Lights (3 (A3)) IS TURNED ON THEN TURN Front Lights (1 (A1)) ON, FADE RATE=0 The linking is done and works just fine for any commands sent from M1 (rules or...
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    Elk - Triggering a rule with an Insteon Switch

    Hey Mike, Thanks for the response. So, that's great info. In response to your post, this would be example 3. I have the link and this works fine. The *trick* is that I want this rule to only fire to turn the front lights on only in the event the garage light is already on. Likewise, it...
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    Elk - Triggering a rule with an Insteon Switch

    Hello Cocooners, I'm a newbie, so bear with me. I have recently purchased and installed an Elk. I'm also integrated with and using some Insteon stuff. I have several rules to trigger lights and everything is working great. I'm really hoping theres a way to accomplish the following. I have...
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