shenandoah75
Active Member
Let me preface this by saying i'm not trying to turn this into another "Spanky, please allow OR/AND NOT logic" thread :blink:
First, i have main house and an outbuilding with my office/workshop in it. Main purpose of the rules i'm shooting for is to alert me when wife/kids are coming/going... I have limited direct visibility to the rear of the house from the office. I currently don't rely on arming much at all. I rely on the shime and my firearms for real security (though i do intend to step this up a little when we're all gone).
I currently have a rule that looks like:
whenever front door
and m-F
and > 8am
and < 5pm
send email message 2 to [email protected]
downsides:
1) it only works with one zone at a time
2) email messages (unless i'm missing something) don't appear to allow dynamic text so show specific zones
3) it really doesn't tell me who is coming in going. If wife leaves and burglar breaks in - i don't really know that
1) Is my only option if i wish to expand this to create a rule for each possible zone i want a status for? I don't see an "any zone" and probably wouldn't want to include windows... Just entry/exit. Still about 10 total, that's a lot of duplication/rule space...
2) My other option would be to ask the mrs. to arm in away mode when she leaves, disarm when coming home (or auto arm when garage door closes and vehicle leaves on a weekday). The downside is that i am i/out of the house all day for food, etc. So maybe i could use STAY mode and set one exterior door to bypass for my entry? Or add a keypad in the office (and maybe the garage)...
3) Also - for anyone else in a remote/outbuilding setup, i just dropped some 18/8 wire to the building. I need 3 conductors for sprinklers, so have 5 left. Does anyone use the elk for remote doorbell signalling? If so, what's your setup? Anything else you would recommend having in a day useonly detached office- LED indicators for some sort of status?
anyway - all recommendations appreciated
-brad
First, i have main house and an outbuilding with my office/workshop in it. Main purpose of the rules i'm shooting for is to alert me when wife/kids are coming/going... I have limited direct visibility to the rear of the house from the office. I currently don't rely on arming much at all. I rely on the shime and my firearms for real security (though i do intend to step this up a little when we're all gone).
I currently have a rule that looks like:
whenever front door
and m-F
and > 8am
and < 5pm
send email message 2 to [email protected]
downsides:
1) it only works with one zone at a time
2) email messages (unless i'm missing something) don't appear to allow dynamic text so show specific zones
3) it really doesn't tell me who is coming in going. If wife leaves and burglar breaks in - i don't really know that
1) Is my only option if i wish to expand this to create a rule for each possible zone i want a status for? I don't see an "any zone" and probably wouldn't want to include windows... Just entry/exit. Still about 10 total, that's a lot of duplication/rule space...
2) My other option would be to ask the mrs. to arm in away mode when she leaves, disarm when coming home (or auto arm when garage door closes and vehicle leaves on a weekday). The downside is that i am i/out of the house all day for food, etc. So maybe i could use STAY mode and set one exterior door to bypass for my entry? Or add a keypad in the office (and maybe the garage)...
3) Also - for anyone else in a remote/outbuilding setup, i just dropped some 18/8 wire to the building. I need 3 conductors for sprinklers, so have 5 left. Does anyone use the elk for remote doorbell signalling? If so, what's your setup? Anything else you would recommend having in a day useonly detached office- LED indicators for some sort of status?
anyway - all recommendations appreciated
-brad
I sence another output/relay board purchase in the future to handle my outbuilding/monitoring needs...