Finally setting up Elk - few questions

[jleach8]

Hi

Finally setting up my Elk M1G after over a year. I am a little rusty because I did all my research so long ago. Was hoping for some clarification on a few questions:

- Input Expander - Do I wire this right into the ELK-M1DBH ? I assume I can just run the 4 wires it needs, and terminate into the M1DBH with an RJ-45 plug?

- Speakers - I have 3 of the small speakers that mount behind the keypads. Can I use an un-used pair of wires from the cat5 being used for the keypad to power this? I have a wire (18/2) at 2 of 3 keypad locations, but the front door keypad only has a single cat5.

-Siren -I also have one siren for outside. Would I wire the siren into output 2? How would I wire in the 2 speakers?

- Output relay expander - I have this in the box and I forgot why I even bought it. What would I need this for??

Lastly, when using the M1DBH, from the manual it looks like I just need to put the RJ-45 resistor into the first unused jack. I just want to make sure I don't need a second resistor somewhere. All of my cables are home run.

Thanks!

 

[Spanky]

Hi

Finally setting up my Elk M1G after over a year. I am a little rusty because I did all my research so long ago. Was hoping for some clarification on a few questions:

- Input Expander - Do I wire this right into the ELK-M1DBH ? I assume I can just run the 4 wires it needs, and terminate into the M1DBH with an RJ-45 plug?
*****The easiest wiring is to run CAT5 and terminate into a RJ-45 plug.

- Speakers - I have 3 of the small speakers that mount behind the keypads. Can I use an un-used pair of wires from the cat5 being used for the keypad to power this? I have a wire (18/2) at 2 of 3 keypad locations, but the front door keypad only has a single cat5.

*** a pair of from the CAT5 will run the SP12F 32 ohm speakers with no problem.

-Siren -I also have one siren for outside. Would I wire the siren into output 2? How would I wire in the 2 speakers?

****Use output 1 for inside speakers and output2 for outside speakers. Output 2 only has siren sounds, no voice.

- Output relay expander - I have this in the box and I forgot why I even bought it. What would I need this for??

*** The Relay expander allow you to control anything through the contact closure of the relay like a pump, garage door, etc.

Lastly, when using the M1DBH, from the manual it looks like I just need to put the RJ-45 resistor into the first unused jack. I just want to make sure I don't need a second resistor somewhere. All of my cables are home run.

*** The terminating resistor on the M1DBH terminates one end of the data bus. Enable the data bus terminating resistor at the other end of the data bus. It may be on the M1 if that is the end of the data bus.

Have Fun!!
Spanky

Thanks!

 

[jleach8]

Awesome thanks. One more thing... I noticed there are 3 V-AUX outputs. I have 7 or 8 devices needing power (motions, glass breaks, etc). Do I need an Elk-PD9 for this purpose, or can I power it all from the main unit?

 

[AutomatedOutlet]

You need to look at the total power requirements. That's really the determining factor.

 

[jleach8]

You need to look at the total power requirements. That's really the determining factor.

Thanks