I've read a number of posts about connecting Smokes that were installed by electricians during new-home construction to meet building code to an ELK M1 Gold panel. I recently moved into a newly built home where Smoke's were installed per-code by our electrician. The Smokes that were installed are FirstAlert brand, but I'm not sure what the model number is. These Smokes are all powered/wired together.
For what it's worth, everything else with the panel is working perfectly - door/window sensors, motion detectors, thermostats, Keypads, speakers/sirens, AlarmRelay central monitoring, integration to an ISY994i for Insteon Lighting controls, etc., etc.
What I'd like to do is replace the existing FirstAlert smoke that's installed near my panel (Basement) with a GE350CX so that I can wire the relay to my ELK panel. My rationale for replacing the Smoke near my panel versus simply adding the GE350CX is due to the fact that I currently have 12 Smokes installed and the GE350CX documentation states a limit of 12 devices. I'm not sure if this is an issue in that 11 of them would be the FirstAlert's.
So, my questions are:
- Can I replace one of the FirstAlert Smoke's with the GE350CX with no issue?
- Do I wire the relay from the GE350CX directly into an available Zone 1-16 input?
Thanks in advance,
RLSinOP
For what it's worth, everything else with the panel is working perfectly - door/window sensors, motion detectors, thermostats, Keypads, speakers/sirens, AlarmRelay central monitoring, integration to an ISY994i for Insteon Lighting controls, etc., etc.
What I'd like to do is replace the existing FirstAlert smoke that's installed near my panel (Basement) with a GE350CX so that I can wire the relay to my ELK panel. My rationale for replacing the Smoke near my panel versus simply adding the GE350CX is due to the fact that I currently have 12 Smokes installed and the GE350CX documentation states a limit of 12 devices. I'm not sure if this is an issue in that 11 of them would be the FirstAlert's.
So, my questions are:
- Can I replace one of the FirstAlert Smoke's with the GE350CX with no issue?
- Do I wire the relay from the GE350CX directly into an available Zone 1-16 input?
Thanks in advance,
RLSinOP