PowerHome2 & Elk M1 Gold Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................ 3
POWERHOME2 & ELK............................................................................................................................. 4
1 USING POWERHOME2 TO DOWNLOAD INSTEON LINKS TO ELK M1XSP............................................ 4
1.1 Connecting Your PC to the Elk M1XSP................................................................................... 4
1.2 Using PowerHome2 to transfer Insteon information............................................................... 5
1.3 Adding the Powerlinc (2414S) as an Insteon Device in PowerHome2................................... 6
2 INTERFACING POWERHOME2 AND ELK M1G..................................................................................... 7
2.1 Setting Up Elk M1G as PowerHome controller........................................................................ 7
2.2 Defining Elk Inputs and Outputs in PowerHome2 .................................................................. 9
3 MANIPULATING ELK DATA IN POWERHOME2 ................................................................................... 11
3.1 PowerHome2 and Elk - Triggers............................................................................................. 11
3.2 PowerHome2 and Elk – Formulas.......................................................................................... 11
4 EXAMPLES......................................................................................................................................... 12
4.1 Arm and Disarm the Elk from PowerHome2 ......................................................................... 12
4.2 Who Armed or Disarmed the Elk?.......................................................................................... 13
4.3 Send a Text Message when the Elk is Armed or Disarmed................................................... 13
4.4 Using a PowerHome2 formula to Open/Close an Elk Relay.................................................. 15
4.5 Alternate Method of Finding Arming/Disarming Status ....................................................... 15
APPENDIX ................................................................................................................................................. 17
Loading the TimerCoreApp into the 2414S from PowerHome.......................................................... 17