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We tried that but just couldn't get it to work right. Also having the exercise room and master closet as a sound buffer between the theater and bedroom is nice. The theater has no windows btw. Randy

Sounds great.

A touchscreen sized extender with connection to in-wal speakers with local amp (Lyriq style) would be excellent for whole house audio. Not to mention the HA uses.

Many of you know I'm getting ready to start a new house and have been here asking lots of questions on pre-wire, features to include, etc. You've been extremely helpful and I've gained a lot from the forum. We're getting close to groundbreaking and I'm working on my pre-wire plan. The Wiring...

Excellent points Ted. I still hold out hope for SoftSled ... if not in Vista, maybe later. This is precisely why I want to keep my options open in terms of what I prewire for. Any input on that in terms of UMPC or Extender based solutions?

I'm working on the touchscreen portion of my pre-wire plan and am trying to figure out what to wire without having to lock myself into a given solution yet. The core components in this house will be an Elk M1, HomeSeer 2.0, and Windows MCE with extenders throughout the house. The most...

Working on my LV plan for the new house and wondering what you all use IR for? The only thing I've thought of is in the home theater, family room, etc. to control A/V components that are remotely located. What else are you using this for?

I've been trying for the past week or so to figure out a reliable way to have the M1 know the accurate status of UPB devices, even if the status was changed via a link (a documented limitation of the M1 right now). Several have proposed workarounds but they all seemed pretty kludgy to me...

Just wanted to say that this script rocks! I'm using it to workaround the Elk not showing device status for UPB link issue. I've got homeseer statusing the Elk when it detects a change. I've barely scratched the surface but I can see the possibilities.

I've used both PowerHome and UPStart quite extensively at this point. In terms of functionality, I'd say they're about the same with the underlying issues being UPB vs. Insteon more than PowerHome vs. UPStart. UPB is designed to be programmed from the computer. PowerHome is a bit of a hack...

I agree wholeheartedly on the setup issues. You know from other threads that I'm leaning towards UPB and just made a significant investment in devices. But this was an issue that was a difference. I didn't notice until she brought it up but now it bugs me too. ;) I'd say UPB remote...

As many of you know, I've been evaluating UPB vs. Insteon and have about 20 of each type of device in my house right now. One thing I've found with UPB is the WAF is lower due to the delay when turning a light on/off. Insteon is instantaneous for the local load and a delay only exists when...

Wayne pointed me in the right direction on this one. The "synchronize" button did the trick.

So I got my license key for ElkRM and got it configured and connecting to the control, but it's still empty under Lighting. In fact, the only thing that shows up under any of the tabs is the Keypad temp under Climate. What am I missing?

Made some progress but still not quite there. I talked to Jim at AO and he's got Elk/UPB working at his house with all status, etc. working correctly. He said the way he did it was to not use the non-link Devices at all. Use links for everything, including just controlling one load. The Elk...

That new rule got me closer but still not there. I confirmed that the Elk does not see an OFF at all. With the light set to toggle when ON is received, it worked a couple of times but not consistently. Either way, if it can't identfy the off, that doesn't work either as I'd have to press the...

I think I've almost got this but something is not quite right. I've got the following devices and links set up in UPStart: Unit 002 - HAI 8-button house controller. No load controlled here, only used to transmit links. Unit 004 - US 2-40 w/ single rocker, controlling a single load Link 001...

That makes perfect sense. So instead of having the M1 detect the change, have it make the change. I'll play with that and see how that works out.

Firmware is 1.0.16 but it doesn't seem to be getting status changes via link (which is what the doco said). Are you saying it should be? Right now I've just got the one US2-40 set up, plust a pedestal mounted 8 button keybad to active links. The M1 gets status changes when I turn the light...

I'm looking to replace my existing builder grade alarm panel with my new Elk M1 and have not done much at all with security in the past. How can I tell if / what value of EOL resitors exist in my current system? They're not at the panel from what I can tell. Multimeter? If so, what should I...