Search results

Hello all; It has been awhile since I last chatted yet over the last 12 months I have completed my Elk/M1, Nuvo, Insteon, Pronto based install. Lights are adjusted based on sunrise/sunset. Verbal statuses are provided throughout the day on both door/window states as well as temperature and...

Think I am gonna wait till the installer runs the verification test and ask him what's up and what is connected to what. This should take care of part of my question. The other part (regarding transfering the existing end point resistors to the ELK appears to be answered. Specifically, I do...

Yeppers, that was my question, but I was also courius about the resistors on the contact wires and wondered if I needed to pull these over as well. If I read Spanky correct, the answer is no.

Hi CollinR. "Does it work.." I have no idea. This is a new home. The contacts/motion/smoke and controller were all wired, but it does not appear they have been powered up. My plan was to wait until these guys finished the verification and then transition everything over to ELK. This way...

First of all, thanks to "EVERYONE" that responded. This is exactly how I went from clueless to humbly excited. Spanky (Nice hearing from you again since the class...), your response was where I was leaning in the first place. Just pull all of the wires from the current system (which is a...

... and I really, really thought I searched this whole site. Just after I sent the request for help, I found this: http://www.cocoontech.com/index.php?showtopic=739 I'm still reading, but would also appreaciate any thoughts. Thanks Again. - Ed

Hello all; First a little background: I approached this and the CQC board about a year ago as green as tomatoes. With advice and a pretty strong autodidact sense about me, I have been working with the ELK M1G and have developed some pretty elaborate rules and interfaces to Insteon as well as...

I am having tooooo much fun with the TS07 and have it scrolling between multiple web based image capture CAM (e.g. Tahoe, Princess Cruise Line Deck Cam.. etc.). The system appears to have the capability of streaming MJpeg video feeds. Has anyone successfully done this and can provide an...

So, two thoughts. Neither may be of much help: 1. In anticipating this, I had the builder install a ceiling mount powered exhaust fan (similar to what most have in their bathroom) 2. I used to have a very large wine collection in my old home (1500+ bottles). Heat was not an option. I...

Hi IVB, I remember you once told me that jumping into this field can be like sitting on the end of a Firehose" in the early days. I have since won my first $17K contract and just completed the M1 Traininng with David (Spanky) and the guys at ELK. After 7 years of "dabling" I never thought I'd...

Does anyone know if there are any shielding techniques that can be used if you find that (for instance) your Touchpad is going to be on the same stud as 4 power lines going into a quadbang receptical. My Low Voltage (CAT5) lines never run in parallel to the power lines, but the back of the Nuvo...

Hey Brad; Thank you very much for the feedback. One of the things that has had the biggest bang in delivering the promise of HA, is for clients to see it working. As such, our model home has really been the motivator. I am still trying to find a way to instill the excitement and deliver on...

Hello all; I have made it a quest to educate our clients on the possibilities of Home Automation. On our web site, we have a link: "design your lifestyle" which takes customers through the various automation options (a tool customized by the folks at SET-NET) My original efforts have appeared...

So, as I just did this for the first time 2 weeks ago, here are my lessons learned: 1. Hand tools like hack-saws et al are safe and prevent accidents, but take a great deal of time and can be laborious 2. A rotozip is fantastic and cuts the time down to 2-3 mins, but is VERY unforgiving. 9...

Wow, I'm usually all over the ELK site (including the M1Dealers) No idea how I missed that page. Hope I get a chance to meet you in person Spanky. I am flying in for the June Elk training. - Ed

Thanks Wayne/Paul; This would have been icing, as the current product as stands blows my socks off. I lamented long on whether to go with Nuvo or CAAV6 and while I made a decision strickly on FUD, I am thus far happy. I may start another thread for those who have both to chime in on...

Hello All; Can't believe I cannot find the answer to this; which may by default BE my answer :) Does the Elk M1G (either the standard or TS07 touchscreen) support display and control of the Nuvo Grand Concerto? If not, are there plans to provide such support. I believe Elk just released...

Hey WayneW; Thanks for the reply. I am gonna check out CQC to create canned text files to feed into NeoSpeech before I invest in the ELK voice modules. But again... thanks dude. - Ed

Thank you guys very much!!! The NeoSpeech Site is exactly what I was looking for. I will leverage CQC to drive the dynamic info and create separate .wave files. Also, I have finalized my demo message. If you would like to hear it, go to NeoSpeech(Thanks Steve) and insert the following. We...

Thanks Guys for the feedback thus far. Looks like I will have to dust off my 1990's (T)ext (T)o (S)peech programming skills. This may change what device is the source to resolve dynamic parameters (e. g. TIme of Day, Current Temp) and as such only use the ELK as a Command/Control element. I...