kccustom
Active Member
Hello all,
First I would like to say after lurking a while I stand in awe of the volumes of usefull information and helpfull people here.
With that I have a few questions before I spend my whole wad.
At the moment our house has a GE Simon 3 monitored from Monitronics (It was here when we bought the house) all of the sensors are wireless.
What I want to do is get an Elk system compatible with the sensors I have now. I want to be able to access with my computer, controll my INSTEON lights
and eventually replace the Simon 3 security system and have it monitored somewhere other than Monitronics.
This what I have in my Automated Outlet wish list.
M1XSP - Lighting/Thermostat Interface
Price: $78.50
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M1XEP - M1 Ethernet Port Interface
Price: $214.21
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ELK-SWB28 - 28" Elk Structured Wiring Box with cover and lock ELK-SWB28
Price: $93.93
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ELK-M1GKS - Elk System with new KP2 and no cabinet
Price: $585.64
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ELK-M1XRF2G - Crystal Wireless Receiver for ELK-M1XRF2G
Price: $128.51
I already have a Powerlinc V2 USB with a serial adapter do I need to buy another one?
I have an old Mac G4, and various Windows/Linux boxes I would love to use Linux but something
easy might be better for software.
I would love any comment/suggestions that would help me get started.
Thanks,
Keith C
First I would like to say after lurking a while I stand in awe of the volumes of usefull information and helpfull people here.
With that I have a few questions before I spend my whole wad.
At the moment our house has a GE Simon 3 monitored from Monitronics (It was here when we bought the house) all of the sensors are wireless.
What I want to do is get an Elk system compatible with the sensors I have now. I want to be able to access with my computer, controll my INSTEON lights
and eventually replace the Simon 3 security system and have it monitored somewhere other than Monitronics.
This what I have in my Automated Outlet wish list.
M1XSP - Lighting/Thermostat Interface
Price: $78.50
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
M1XEP - M1 Ethernet Port Interface
Price: $214.21
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ELK-SWB28 - 28" Elk Structured Wiring Box with cover and lock ELK-SWB28
Price: $93.93
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ELK-M1GKS - Elk System with new KP2 and no cabinet
Price: $585.64
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ELK-M1XRF2G - Crystal Wireless Receiver for ELK-M1XRF2G
Price: $128.51
I already have a Powerlinc V2 USB with a serial adapter do I need to buy another one?
I have an old Mac G4, and various Windows/Linux boxes I would love to use Linux but something
easy might be better for software.
I would love any comment/suggestions that would help me get started.
Thanks,
Keith C