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All product development is judged on a cost to develop against economic payback. So far alternate operating systems do not pass the test. Jason Calloway has written a very nice Apple iPhone app to control the Elk M1. Unfortunately, there are no Apple programmers at Elk.

Elk Products, Inc. has released the "M1 To Go" remote control software for the M1 Security and Automation Controller. This software can run on a PC or be installed on a thumb drive to run from the thumb drive inserted into a PC. It has new graphics and new features. One big advantage is you...

New devices coming for the M1!

Any interesting fact about internet alarm reporting is that more and more telephones are switching to VOIP. They are still using the internet for reporting alarm messages if the phone system is VOIP. The M1XEP needs to talk to a Sur-Gard alarm receiver at the central station. This is one of...

The reason Elk does not recommend using the 4 pin slide on J connectors on the M1 board is strickly for realibility. I have used them for years with no problems, but keep in mind that the wire is not crimped down the same as under the terminal strips. Short runs in the control box work good...

murymury, With your house construction, perhaps you should consider using wireless from the doors and windows to the control. If you run into trouble installing your system, Cocoontech is full of experts to help resolve any installation issues. Enjoy the challenge.

I also have built-in speakers in various rooms in my house attached to a music system. In my bedroom I wanted the M1 to wake me up for alarms and for voice announcements like multiple wakeup announcements on certain days of the week. Using a double throw, double pole relay wire the two...

When the M1 is disarmed, there is a short period of time in which the status becomes unsecure to allow the system to check all the zones to make them secure if the zone is secure. The Rule is finding the zone not secure during that short period of time. Try delaying after disarming and then...

After defaulting the M1, make sure the default ELKRP access code is set to 246801 on the main ELKRP screen. You should be at 115K baud 8 bit, no parity on the communication settings. Check through the computers control panel to see which computer port is being used. You can also check the...

The USB to serial adapter for the M1 is a standard adapter.

From an outside computer, you can send a custom ASCII command to the M1 either through serial port 0 or via Ethernet and the M1XEP. Example: Program a custom ASCII string in the M1: "Output 3 ON"[CR,LF] Program a Rule to fire when the custom ASCII string is received. Program the Rule to do...

If using HyperTerminal or any other terminal program that has IP socket connection capability, you can connect to the M1XEP and receive the log data remotely. You need to use port 2101 so that the data is not encrypted. You need to log until you have an alarm to see what caused it. You can...

Here is how to turn on the M1's wireless diagnostic data which will come out of the RS-232 serial port at 115K baud, 8bit, no parity. From the keypad, press the Elk key, 9 key, > key, enter your installer code, 07 - Globals, > key, 44 - you are at Global G44. > key, you will see a:00000 Enter...

If everything is wired correctly and the keypad works close to the M1, but not at a greater distance, the RS-485 driver in the keypad may have some damage. Measure the resistance across the A and B RS485 lines on the keypad unconnected and unterminated. There should be a high resistance. If...

Under Menu 2 you can do a battery load test for 30 seconds and the keypad will display the battery voltage. The other possible cause is that the PTC fuse in the transformer has shut down due to overcurrent or heat. Allow the transformer to cool down for a while which will restore the PTC...

You need to add a timer that will not allow the next Rule to fire immediately. When the first Rule fires, it causes the second Rule to fire so it will disarm then arm immediately. WHENEVER KEY F4 ON ANY KEYPAD ACTIVATES AND (AREA 2) ARMED STATE = ARMED THEN DISARM AREA(S) 2 IMMEDIATELY...

Any zone can be a four wire fire zone, so you have more options for zoning individual smoke detectors. A 2200 EOL resistor will probably give a fire trouble. The smokes should be wired in series, so start removing the smokes from their base until you find the one with the EOL resistor installed.

Go to Menu 8 and look at the zone voltage for the zone in question. Make sure you are not using end of line resistors with a Normally Closed Zone Hookup Definition. You should be seeing 0 volts on the zone voltage display on the keypad for a normal state.

You can put DC directly into the AC input terminals on the M1. The voltage regulator is set for 13.9 volts so you need at least 4 volts above that voltage to properly recharge a sealed lead acid battery. Remember you have a 1.2 volt drop across the AC bridge rectifier and need around 3 volts...

I will send you the procedure to display the received RF data on HyperTerminal or some other terminal program when I get back to ELK. This displays the received transmitter TXID's, zone number, and what caused the data to be transmitted. You can run a log and capture the transmissions. You...