WACI NX Jr interface with ELK?

[jlegault]

Oh man! An Elk M1G + WACI NX Jr + Main Lobby = new era.

Any chance we'll see an ELK talk directly to a WACI? I'd like to be able to send IR/RS232 commands to my A/V system via ELK rules.

http://www.auroramultimedia.com/web/?secti...roduct=wacinxjr

jacy

 

[Mike]

That looks really cool. Lots going on there. I had trouble finding anything on pricing, anything you can share there?

 

[WayneW]

I found this page with a price of $795.

 

[Spanky]

If the WACI can accept custom ASCII Commands through its RS-232 port, it should talk to the ELK M1. The M1 can recognize any ASCII command from the WACI and fire Rules.

 

[Mike]

I found this page with a price of $795.

Hmm, a global cache setup might be more cost effective. Plus I'm wondering if some of those details might be easier to manage on a PC rather than the elk (I'm also wondering if you quickly eat up your rules space, but simple triggers could be passed to the waci to minimize this).

I'm still working on the infrastructure in my setup so I have not gotten to that level yet, so I have not given it a tremendous amount of thought.

Still I tend to lean towards using a PC for that, although I know some have strong opinions to avoid that.

Very nice concept though, and definitely food for thought.