Newbee with Elk, simple disarm button

[rleist]

I'm finally getting motivated to install the Elk M1G and I'm quite a newbee at this security stuff. I need a simple button at the top of the stairs so the kids can switch between stay and night mode with a visual indicator which mode is active. I would like something more simple than an Elk keypad. Idealy just a single push button with a green and red LED. Should I use the zone input and the output off a keypad? Can the keypad zone be setup to simulate the stay button on the keypad itself? What about an Insteon switch? I have the Elk lighting controller and the Insteon PLC. I understand how to program the Elk to control Insteon lights but I can't figure out how to get the Elk to respond to other Insteon actions such as a switchlink button or an Insteon motion sensor.

Thanks for the help,
Rob

 

[Spanky]

Rob,
You can accomplish what you want with several Rules.
Here are some suggestions that you can build upon.

Setup two outputs that will drive LEDs on a plate:
Output 10 = LED for Stay Mode
Output 11 = LED for Night Mode
Setup a zone input (zone 12 example) as normally open with a normally open push button on the plate:
Zone 12 = Normally open input for push button with the LED's

Rules:
Whenever Area 1 is disarmed
Then turn off Output 10
Then turn off Output 11

Whenever Zone 12 becomes not secure
And Output 10 is OFF
And Output 100 is OFF
Then turn On Output 10
Then turn OFF Output 11
Then Arm in the Stay Mode
Then turn On Output 100 for 2 seconds //this keeps the next Rule from false firing

Whenever Zone 12 becomes not secure
And Output 10 is On
And Output 100 is OFF
Then turn On Output 11
Then turn OFF Output 10
Then Arm in the Night Mode
Then turn On Output 100 for 2 seconds

 

[rleist]

Can the Exit and Stay LED's of the M1KPAS Arming Station be controlled to accomplish something similarly?

 

[rleist]

Do you have to disarm first before arming in a different mode with rules? I created a rule that said when it's 6:00am and it is armed in night mode then arm to stay mode. It would not work until I inserted disarm THEN statement before the arm.

Thanks,
Rob

 

[Spanky]

There is an option to change modes when armed. It is under the Areas programming.