Recent content by woody

The actual pet door status comes from the reed switch tied to Zone Input 3 on the panel   Zone 3 doesn't require a rule to be secured.  Zone 3 secures when the pet door closes.     My post had an error when I transcribed Rule 1.  Now that I know how to "cut & paste" rules out ElkRP, hopefully...

Work2Play - Thanks.   I need to remember to search the forum before I fire off questions.  The last couple of steps are different with the version of ElkRo (2.0.20) I'm using, but I got if figured out thanks to your help.

Work2Play gave me the idea above in Post 4, It took me a while to understand his explanation, but eventually it clicked in my mind and made perfect sense so I'll give a shot at explaining it the way I understand it.  The Pet Door Contactor (Zone 3) cannot be used directly to trigger an alarm...

All,  I truly appreciate the suggestions and advice!  I used a bit from most of the ideas and came of with the rules below.  I decided to wire an output to a spare zone and then use another "virtual" output rather than a counter for the rules. Seems to be the simplest solution.  Given that I'm a...

SDA,   Thanks.  Hopefully, I'll get time next weekend to give your rules a shot.  I agree on the screamers,  but my house had the siren installed when I moved in.  I haven't gotten around to switching over to screamers....although WAF may go drop further, if I activate a screamer (siren is...

I've successfully converted my home security system to Elk.  But I need advice on how to handle a powered pet door (large enough for someone to crawl into the house) on my exterior perimeter.    The door is triggered by a magnetic collar key using a hall effect sensor (Not very secure, so might...

liftn, I just received a quote of $700 for a 72 inch wide by 22" tall Q-motion shade with 5% fabric. Cost was more than I expected. Probably won't buy at this time. Woody