After much reading (mostly on this forum), I'm leaning towards the ELK-M1. The main driver for this decision is ascii rs232 interface since I plan on writing software to "talk" with the Elk. Before I pull the trigger, I was hoping to get some answers. I'm interested in receiving the following events via the serial interface, but I have no idea how feasible this is:
- doors (open/close)
- caddx wireless events (windows/motions/keychain)
- w800rf motion detectors (connected via serial expander)
- contact closures
- notification of when rules are triggered
- sunrise/sunset events
- temperature/thermostat
- z-wave (via serial interface)
as for control:
- arm/disarm
- speak voice commands
- drive relays
- open/close outputs
I plan to start out with serial interface, then migrate at some point to the ethernet interface. Is the same ascii protocol available via the ethernet interface? Thanks.
- doors (open/close)
- caddx wireless events (windows/motions/keychain)
- w800rf motion detectors (connected via serial expander)
- contact closures
- notification of when rules are triggered
- sunrise/sunset events
- temperature/thermostat
- z-wave (via serial interface)
as for control:
- arm/disarm
- speak voice commands
- drive relays
- open/close outputs
I plan to start out with serial interface, then migrate at some point to the ethernet interface. Is the same ascii protocol available via the ethernet interface? Thanks.