drvnbysound
Senior Member
I have installed a few alarms in the past, but purchased an ELK M1G a few months ago, with plans to also get into automation. I have been working on finishing up my structured wiring, and recently really started reading up on the ELK installation and watching some training videos. I currently have a number of Zwave dimmers and receptacles installed in various rooms of my house (purchased when RadioShack was selling off all of their Zwave devices); I also have Kwikset Zwave deadbolts (current not utilizing the Zwave function - waiting for ELK to be installed). I have found the dimmers (GE) to have 'glitches' in the sense that some lights will turn off if a fan on the circuit is turned on... I have read that others have also experienced this problem. I have not found any other Zwave dimmers that I actually care for (cosmetically), including the Vizia models. That said, I really like the HAI UPB dimmers and switches, and also like the idea of having a 'wired' protocol that could potentially be more reliable.
I was watching one of the ELK videos yesterday and it was repeated multiple times that they discourage using multiple lighting technologies in a single system. I want/need to keep a Zwave network (thinking of swapping a bunch of my receptacles) so that I can utilize the Kwikset locks, but really want to use UPS dimmers (incandescent) and relay switches (for florescent and fans). The issue seemed to be that when setting up various technologies on the same network, one could easily have lights from each technology entered as the same ID within ELK, which would cause issues.
I wanted to find out how many people are using both UPB and Zwave in a single installation? If so, do you have any issues?
The ELK technicians said that it was possible to do, but again... discouraged. Looking for opinions/comments/suggestions...
I was watching one of the ELK videos yesterday and it was repeated multiple times that they discourage using multiple lighting technologies in a single system. I want/need to keep a Zwave network (thinking of swapping a bunch of my receptacles) so that I can utilize the Kwikset locks, but really want to use UPS dimmers (incandescent) and relay switches (for florescent and fans). The issue seemed to be that when setting up various technologies on the same network, one could easily have lights from each technology entered as the same ID within ELK, which would cause issues.
I wanted to find out how many people are using both UPB and Zwave in a single installation? If so, do you have any issues?
The ELK technicians said that it was possible to do, but again... discouraged. Looking for opinions/comments/suggestions...