Disclaimer first: I've been out of the HS scene for a couple of years, but am about to get back into it with some z-Wave control and hopefully alarm integration in a new house I'm about to move into.
I've been looking all over the web at panels that have X10 &/or Z-Wave capability. For my price point, it's probably down to the Elk M1 or the DSC, with the latter being a lot cheaper. Unfortunately, the installer doesn't have experience of either of these brands, so I need to ask the opinion of the real experts, you guys :-)
Ideally, here's the basics I'd want from the plug-in:
- User identification - each user has their own PIN code to disarm/arm, so HS knows who's in the house and can trigger various events based on that (i.e. for my girlfriend turn on ALL the lights and crank the heat up 10 degrees :-) )
- Event notification - either via phone or email of an alarm event
- Notification of when the home phone rings
I guess that's it; I'm sure there's more, but it's late and I'm done surfing for the night! Can this plug in do all of the above?
Thanks, Pete
I've been looking all over the web at panels that have X10 &/or Z-Wave capability. For my price point, it's probably down to the Elk M1 or the DSC, with the latter being a lot cheaper. Unfortunately, the installer doesn't have experience of either of these brands, so I need to ask the opinion of the real experts, you guys :-)
Ideally, here's the basics I'd want from the plug-in:
- User identification - each user has their own PIN code to disarm/arm, so HS knows who's in the house and can trigger various events based on that (i.e. for my girlfriend turn on ALL the lights and crank the heat up 10 degrees :-) )
- Event notification - either via phone or email of an alarm event
- Notification of when the home phone rings
I guess that's it; I'm sure there's more, but it's late and I'm done surfing for the night! Can this plug in do all of the above?
Thanks, Pete
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