pjwinstalls
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Getting my material list together for my new house. Need some clarification.....
1st - My house has a basement, 1st and 2nd floor. I will have a keypad by the front door and side door for the 1st floor. I also want to have a keypad for the "other" side door that leads upstairs. Can I have the 1st floor keypads just disarm/arm the 1st floor contacts, sensors, etc...... and the "other" side door keypad disarm/arm the upstairs only?? Also, could I go into that same "other" keypad to disarm the 1st floor if i need access to it? This would be all on a ELk M1.
2nd - I have read the cat5e versus cat6 debate here and on other forums. Just wanted to get some updated opinions if any on this. I see that randyknight wired his entire house in cat5e. So I just dont know what to do. The scale of my house and wiring is on par with his in terms of size and what i want to do. (everything!)
Also shielded or un-shielded??
3rd - The door strike/dead bolt confuses me still. This is what i want to do. Have an external keypad that will unlock the door and a deadbolt, the elk still to be disarmed from inside. When opening the door from the inside, I just want to turn the handle and go out. When power goes out, I still want to be able to just turn that handle from the inside and use a key from the outside (the door is still locked from the outside). How do i do this?? When i put the code in and enter, how would i engage the deadbolt at night before i go to bed?
Thanks
Philip
1st - My house has a basement, 1st and 2nd floor. I will have a keypad by the front door and side door for the 1st floor. I also want to have a keypad for the "other" side door that leads upstairs. Can I have the 1st floor keypads just disarm/arm the 1st floor contacts, sensors, etc...... and the "other" side door keypad disarm/arm the upstairs only?? Also, could I go into that same "other" keypad to disarm the 1st floor if i need access to it? This would be all on a ELk M1.
2nd - I have read the cat5e versus cat6 debate here and on other forums. Just wanted to get some updated opinions if any on this. I see that randyknight wired his entire house in cat5e. So I just dont know what to do. The scale of my house and wiring is on par with his in terms of size and what i want to do. (everything!)
Also shielded or un-shielded??
3rd - The door strike/dead bolt confuses me still. This is what i want to do. Have an external keypad that will unlock the door and a deadbolt, the elk still to be disarmed from inside. When opening the door from the inside, I just want to turn the handle and go out. When power goes out, I still want to be able to just turn that handle from the inside and use a key from the outside (the door is still locked from the outside). How do i do this?? When i put the code in and enter, how would i engage the deadbolt at night before i go to bed?
Thanks
Philip