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I've retrofitted my last two houses with M1's and have been very pleased with their reliability and interoperability with various HA systems like ISY and Homeseer.  I'm building a new house and was wondering with current best in security system y'all would recommend.  Is the M1 still top of the...

There seems to be a ton of noise around the HA space with several big companies announcing potential acquisitions. Microsoft is entering the HA space with Acquisition of R2. http://tcrn.ch/131dahQ I read somewhere that Apple is in talks with Nest. Where is this all leading?

+1 on AO. Ironically I stopped by there tonight to exchange a couple of switches. Bill and the team are very accommodating.

Anyone used one of these devices to connect your Jandy system to Homeseer? http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190563113294&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123#ht_1905wt_1156 I've been toying with the idea of connecting my pool system to the HA system but can't stomach the $400+...

I am looking to automate my sprinkler using WGL Rain8 units. I don't have Cat5 in my garage where the current manual controller exists. I found this on eBay and was wondering if anyone has experience with it for Wifi to Serial. the itach units are nice but at $200 it would be cheaper to run...

What about taking the output from the Elk and running it to a line in on the PC and having the PC drive the speakers?

Hailing?

For some reason I cannot make a T-stat decision. First a little background. I have an M1 coupled to a Homeseer system. My HVAC system includes 4 T-stats and no separate zoning. My HS system is rock solid so I can run the t-stats on either the M1 or the HS computer. All lighting is current...

Should have mentioned that Garage lights are controlled with an Insteon switch and I have a RFXCOM unit connected to Homeseer to receive the DS10A signal.

I did exactly this with Homeseer. Magnetic switch, connected to a DS10A. The DS10A fires an event when the door opens which in turn triggers a HS event to turn on lights. This event spawns a second event to turn off the light 10 minutes later.

I program all of mine using Homeseer and the 3rd Party (not Homeseer) plug-in. Works like a charm. I've good things about the ISY but have no experience with it.

I use both Homeseer and an ElkM1. I'd like to migrate some lighting functions to the Elk. Is is possible to run dual Insteon PLM's? I want to connect 1 to Homeseer and the other to the M1.

I have an old M&S intercom too and am wanting to pipe my HS annoucments through it. How are you connecting the audio to the unit?

I am trying to connect my GC-100 and Logitech RF/IR base station to my XANTECH connecting block. I had assumed that all I needed to do was take the output of the GC-100 and the Logi base unit to the inputs of the Xantech using the IN and GRD connections. In other words take a mono plug that...