open/close is the industry term for when an alarm is disarmed (store opening) and armed (store closing), and is reportable by the code used to do such via the event codes and users. I think you're thinking more in terms of a point or zone being opened/closed, which could be done to some extent via rules, but I think that's overkill and somewhat crazy of an application.
Alarm Relay - do they just monitor alarm conditions or all sensors
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open/close is the industry term for when an alarm is disarmed (store opening) and armed (store closing), and is reportable by the code used to do such via the event codes and users. I think you're thinking more in terms of a point or zone being opened/closed, which could be done to some extent via rules, but I think that's overkill and somewhat crazy of an application.
Since the ELK pushes all of the data our its main serial port its possible to send emails based on the status of a zone. Possibly using Homeseer, Premise, Powerhome etc this could be done.
Possibly when the ELK Module for the ISY amd Mi LightStyle comes out it will be possible to send an email from the ISY or Mi LightStyle based on the change in status of a zone.
Possibly when the ELK Module for the ISY amd Mi LightStyle comes out it will be possible to send an email from the ISY or Mi LightStyle based on the change in status of a zone.
Sandpiper
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Open/close reporting is alarm monitoring terminology for arm/disarm, not open/close of a door. The terminology comes from opening/closing of a business.
fcwilt
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Thanks for the clarification - even if, in a residential setting, it's not quite as clear (to the homeowner) as arm/disarm.
The OP was asking about email on opening of a door and I was thinking about a solution to that problem.
mikejrc
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I meant open/close by... to arm/disarm by user number, not the action of opening or closing a door but arming or disarming a system.
the elk will not email you which user armed or disarmed by using rules, it could be done by using the rs232 ascii protocol, not something for the average Joe.
mikejrc
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personalt, in your case you need to create rules to get the notifications you want, a central station will not do that, because when you open/close a door while your system is disarmed the M1 will not transmit any report codes to a central station, when the system is armed then it will transmit burglary report codes or any code programmed when you open a specific zone, window or door.
you need to set up your XEP to be able to send emails, then make your rules.
you need to set up your XEP to be able to send emails, then make your rules.
ok thanks.. Before I had the ELK I had alarm.com (which has a GSM module sitting on a GE Concord alarm). They allowed you to get all kinds of rules at the central station.
mikejrc
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there are rules and there are rules.....
maybe your old system was talking to the GSM communicator using serial, and the communicator was sending everything that happened with your panel to the CS, meaning not just the standard reporting codes. Most control panels do not communicate anything when you open a door for example, unless the system is armed and that would be considered a zone violation. In your case, you want to send the non alarm event of a door being opened, thats something a CS could monitor if your control panel could send all events to the CS, but keep in mind their systems may not be set up to receive those events.
The serial protocol in the M1 allows to send those events, and in my case I would like those events to be sent to me using GSM via text messages. Something I will have to do myself because the XEP works on a tcp/ip network , is not a GSM device.
The only way for your scenario is to play with the rules, but the email capabilities on the XEP are not the greatest.
