Hi
Having posted once or twice, I decided to look at the other forum topics, and to also follow suit and introduce myself for future reference.
Based in South Africa, I purchased an ELK M1 Gold (Not available locally, had to order it from the US)
- thanks to ELK, they decided to sell directly to an end user, as there were no local ZA distributor. UPS Postage costs were more than the alarm itself.
I installed it based on a distributed system(to shorten the home runs), with the Main board and a M1RB situated at one side of the house.
Other side of the house I have an P212, feeding a M1XIN and M1XOVR.
Outside in the Garage I have another P212S, also feeding a M1XIN and M1XOVR.
From the Main board, I have a Caddx NX448EI (International 443.92Mhz version), feeding some Caddx/Interlogix RF units/remotes.
I also have a little ContactID to GSM converter, that will take the Alarm codes from ContactID, and SMS me the alarm/status etc.
My Armed Response company is connected via VHF Radio Link, monitoring the alarm only via the radio PTT inputs.
So Far, over and above all the PIR's etc, I have also connected the Garage door to the unit, to reduce the number of remotes.
(My car doesn't have HomeLink, it not being very popular here in ZA as a built in option in cars)
Next step in the automation process will be the Driveway Gate.
Then the lights .......
Then the ethernet interfaces etc. (the internet / cloud is still very expensive here in SA)
Previous alarm systems used were:
1) C&K 236
2) Honeywell Omni-848 EU with Wireless and 5800 series RF units.
Personal background, I am just an owner/ operator, but with an electronics/telecommunications background, I do all the installation wiring myself.
Having posted once or twice, I decided to look at the other forum topics, and to also follow suit and introduce myself for future reference.
Based in South Africa, I purchased an ELK M1 Gold (Not available locally, had to order it from the US)
- thanks to ELK, they decided to sell directly to an end user, as there were no local ZA distributor. UPS Postage costs were more than the alarm itself.
I installed it based on a distributed system(to shorten the home runs), with the Main board and a M1RB situated at one side of the house.
Other side of the house I have an P212, feeding a M1XIN and M1XOVR.
Outside in the Garage I have another P212S, also feeding a M1XIN and M1XOVR.
From the Main board, I have a Caddx NX448EI (International 443.92Mhz version), feeding some Caddx/Interlogix RF units/remotes.
I also have a little ContactID to GSM converter, that will take the Alarm codes from ContactID, and SMS me the alarm/status etc.
My Armed Response company is connected via VHF Radio Link, monitoring the alarm only via the radio PTT inputs.
So Far, over and above all the PIR's etc, I have also connected the Garage door to the unit, to reduce the number of remotes.
(My car doesn't have HomeLink, it not being very popular here in ZA as a built in option in cars)
Next step in the automation process will be the Driveway Gate.
Then the lights .......
Then the ethernet interfaces etc. (the internet / cloud is still very expensive here in SA)
Previous alarm systems used were:
1) C&K 236
2) Honeywell Omni-848 EU with Wireless and 5800 series RF units.
Personal background, I am just an owner/ operator, but with an electronics/telecommunications background, I do all the installation wiring myself.
