PowerHome2 & Elk M1 Gold Manual

2.2.3 Fill in the blank line as appropriate (see graphic).

When defining digital outputs, digital inputs, and analog inputs, the controller will be the ID of the

Elk controller, the unit will be the board number from 1 to 13 (1 is used for the controls onboard

the Elk), and the point will be the individual device number on the board from 1 to 16.

Temperature inputs will have a unit of 1 for temperature probes, 2 for keypads, and 3 for

thermostats. The point value for temperature inputs will be from 1 to 16 corresponding with the

available units in each category. There is also an alternative numbering scheme that is allowed

that matches the Elk RM numbering scheme rather than the unit number / point number method.

Using this method, set the Unit to 0. The Point will then be a value starting at 1. For example, if

you are declaring the 5th input on expansion board 3, you can use either Unit 3, Point 5 or Unit 0,

Point 37.

2.2.4 You can also now create three special analog controls called ‘Alarm State’, “Arm

State’ and ‘Arm Status’. These three special controls will automatically show the

Alarm’s State and the Arm Status and State on the Device Status screen in real

time. Enter the information as called for in each column. For these three

controls the Unit should be entered as 0 (zero) and the Point as 1.

2.2.5 You can also now setup keypad temperatures. Enter the information as called for

in each column. Set the I/O type as "Temperature". Set the "Unit" as 2. Set the

"Point" to the keypad zone. If you want to monitor the temperature on Keypad 1,

then set the Point to 1.

2.2.6 Make sure to save your work by pressing the F5 key.

2.2.7 Digital I/O information is entered in the same manner on the Digital I/O screen

(PowerHome Explorer|PowerHome|Devices/Digital I/O).

All the Elk controls you’ve just defined in either the Analog I/O or the Digital I/0 screens can now

be viewed in real time on the Device Status screen in PowerHome2. Since the Device Status

screen can be viewed remotely, the Elk information is also available on remote PCs, touch

screens, smartphones, etc.