M1G control my Home Theater?

[MrGibbage]

Can I make my Elk M1G control my TV/Stereo via IR? I would love to write a rule to turn my home theater off when I arm my burgular alarm to the away mode. I didn't see anything that looked like it would do that in the Elk catalog.

 

[Mike]

I thought there were reports of people linking an Ocelot to the Elk, which sounds like it would allow you to do what you want. I don't have that setup so I am not sure.

 

[electron]

Yep, all you need is another XSP and an Ocelot. I do this stuff as well, and more. Example: turning PiP on when outside motion is detected by the M1, or you could have it mute the equipment when the phone is ringing. No PC required.

 

[lpott6]

Not sure if you are using any HA software! If you are and it has a plugin for the Elk, you could set an output on the Elk when you arm it and have the HA software "trigger" on the Elk output.

I know this is possible with CQC and I'm sure with MainLobby and HomeSeer too.

With just the Elk M1, you could get a relay board and have it control the AC to the theater equipment. I am not sure exactly how that would work, but I bet someone here can chime in and enlighten us all.

 

[thewireguy]

http://www.elanhomesystems.com/product/con...tion/viasr1.asp

This should do the trick!!!

8 sense inputs—contact closure, TTL Logic and ELAN™SENSE compatible

8 steerable IR emitter output ports

 

[electron]

Not sure I understand how this device works. Does it store the IR codes in memory? How many can it store?

 

[thewireguy]

Yes you learn IR codes into it and they can be triggered by a contact closure.......

it can be controlled with IR and RS-232
I will call Elan Tech Suport tom. and find out more info.

 

[electron]

Thanks. I am really interested in how many codes it can store, and what the protocol looks like.

 

[carry15+1]

Yep, all you need is another XSP and an Ocelot. I do this stuff as well, and more. Example: turning PiP on when outside motion is detected by the M1, or you could have it mute the equipment when the phone is ringing. No PC required.

Are you doing this via the serial port? I would like to do some similar things with my Homevision in the future.

 

[electron]

Yep, the M1XSP is just an extra serial port. I use ascii strings to trigger macros in the Ocelot. Should work with most HA controllers.

 

[noshali]

Yep, the M1XSP is just an extra serial port. I use ascii strings to trigger macros in the Ocelot. Should work with most HA controllers.

Electron,

How do you keep track of all the ASCII codes??? I would be really interested to know this as I have a couple of X10 motions sensors and managing them is a pain.

Also, have you noticed if DS10A and MS10 codes do change once the battery is replaced?

thanks

Edit...sorry did not mean to start another topic.

 

[thewireguy]

Electron,

I didn't have time to call Elan today but i do have the manual form the VIA SR1........ looks like the Elk could control it though a serial expander.


IR ROUTING - PROTOCOL AND VARIABLES
To illustrate how the SR-1’s IR ROUTING ASCII strings are written and what each of the
variables represent, please note the following:
IR Function Protocol = I(p)(i)<CR>
(NOTE: The first letter is a capital “iâ€, NOT a lower-case “Lâ€).
In the ASCII string above:
a. The I identifies the IR Routing mode of operation.
b. The (p) represents the function of the IR Port you are programming.
c. The (i) represents the IR port number you are programming.
d. The <CR> represents the Carriage Return or ‘Enter’ keypress which completes
the ASCII string and initiates the command.
IR Port Function Variables:
(p) 1 = IR PORT OFF
2 = IR PORT ON
3 = IR PORT INTELLIGENT ON (Sense = 0 or ‘not-active’/contact closure open)
4 = IR PORT INTELLIGENT OFF (Sense = 1 or ‘active’/contact closure closed)
5 = ALL IR PORTS OFF
6 = ALL IR PORTS ON
As an example, the ASCII string I4C<CR> will issue an IR PORT 12 INTELL OFF command
NOTE: In this example, the IR PORT 12 INTELL OFF command will prompt the SR-1 to
first check whether or not an ‘active’ signal is present at Sense Input Port 12. The SR-1 will
only pass the ‘Toggle Power’ command to the component if an ‘active’ signal is present at
Sense Input Port 12.
ALSO NOTE: The ‘Toggle Power’ command for the component must be the second
command in the ASCII string (immediately following the SR-1’s ASCII command).
Additional commands may be added to the ASCII string if desired (i.e. PLAY, etc.)
(i) 1 = IR Port 1
2 = IR Port 2
3 = IR Port 3
4 = IR Port 4
5 = IR Port 5
6 = IR Port 6
7 = IR Port 7
8 = IR Port 8
9 = IR Port 9
A = IR Port 10
B = IR Port 11
C = IR Port 12
D = IR Port 13
E = IR Port 14
F = IR Port 15
G= IR Port 16
SR-1SENSE / RELAY MODULE

 

[MrGibbage]

I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!

That is pretty cool, WireGuy. Where did you get your SR1?

 

[thewireguy]

sorry but i was misinformed about the VIA SR1..... it is not a standalone unit it must be pared with the VIA Touchpanel......... if u have both unit u can use the ELK to trigger a input on the unit to send IR codes

 

[gregoryx]

Had me interested there for a bit... but I don't want to go back to the ADI environment where I have to do "code" to get IR to transmit. If someone finds an easy way to do it with any device, I'd be very interested in a single IR-output of some sort that I can get the Elk to control.