Hi,
I am looking to expand my Elk M1 Gold home automation and security system with security cameras and was hoping to get some recommendations that are not too expensive. Here is the situation:
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!!!!
I am looking to expand my Elk M1 Gold home automation and security system with security cameras and was hoping to get some recommendations that are not too expensive. Here is the situation:
- I have a second home in the Adirondacks that I visit once every 2-3 weeks and spend long weekends and vacations when I can. I currently have an Elk M1 Gold in a central wiring closet for security, temperature monitoring, thermostat control, etc., and am slowly expanding to incorporate some home automation features (light control, etc.). There is a separate barn that has a separate XIN to secure all the doors and windows, and will eventually include motion and fire detectors. Wireless is installed, but I don't have a lot of free time to work on it.
- The Elk is connected to both my network and the telephone system. I can access the system either way, but prefer the M1 app on my phone. The telephone interface is used primarily to listen into the microphones installed throughout the house,. when the telephone system is operational. I am at the end of the phone line and we get lots of surges, which blows out my surge suppressor. When it does, I cannot use the phone interface.
- Because the house is remote, I have satellite internet (Exede Wildblue) which is very reliable, although a bit slow at times. Inside the house I have a gigabit network off of a Cisco RV042G small business router. I will probably expand the internal network a bit to include a couple of switches - one for remote access from within all the rooms in the house ( there is a home-run internet connection in every room) and another for my audio system.
- The audio system is in a separate central location and includes a Speakercraft MZC-88 audio system, Yamaha receiver and separate bass amplifier for the TV surround sound system, Oppo Blu-ray disk player, DirecTV receiver, and a soon to be installed VHS/DVD/CD player with an HDMI interface (yes, I have a huge VHS collection!).
- The TV is a Samsung 8000 60" plasma with a wireless network interface, but I will probably run a network cable to it once the switch is installed in the audio closet.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!!!!