PowerHome2 & Elk M1 Gold Manual

2 Interfacing PowerHome2 and ELK M1G

While section 1 detailed some integration of PowerHome2 and your Elk M1XSP,

complete integration of the ELK M1 panel and accessory boards is available using the

Elk M1 Gold as a PowerHome2 controller.

PowerHome provides support for all aspects of the Elk M1 Gold. The Elks lighting

devices (X10, Insteon, etc.) are available as X10 devices in PowerHome. The digital (16

multiple-state) inputs on the Elk and external boards are available as Multi-State Inputs

in the Analog I/O screen. Alternatively, if you're only interested in the open/close status

of the multi-state inputs, you can define these points as Digital Inputs in the Digital I/O

screen. The Elk digital outputs are available within PowerHome as Digital Outputs in the

Digital I/O screen. Inputs on the Elk configured as analog inputs are available within

PowerHome as analog inputs in the Analog I/O screen. Elk temperature inputs can be

declared as "Temperature" in the Analog I/O screen. The Elk digital inputs, if defined as

Multi-State Inputs on the analog I/O screen, have a built in formula that will display

appropriate values automatically. You can however override these built in formulas by

declaring your own. All analog inputs, digital inputs, digital outputs, and lighting devices

are automatically available within the PowerHome Device status screen. Manipulation

and reading of these control points are also available using appropriate PowerHome

functions and macro commands. PowerHome also supports defining inputs (and

triggers) for the Elk "Arm Status", "Arm State", and "Alarm State". The definition for

these points are all done in the Analog I/O screen.

2.1 Setting Up Elk M1G as PowerHome controller

2.1.1 Connect your PC to the ELK M1G either through a direct connection using a

serial port on your PC and the RS232 port on your Elk M1G or via Ethernet if you

are using an Elk M1XEP Ethernet board. If you have previously used the ELK-

RP software, you have already made this connection and can proceed to the

next step. (See p. 49 of the Elk M1G installation manual).

2.1.2 There are two methods of creating the Elk M1G as a PowerHome controller. You

can either use the PowerHome2 wizard (click the button on the toolbar , click

Controller, Click X10 and answer the questions) or from within PowerHome2 go

to the PowerHome Explorer, PowerHome Explorer|Setup|Controllers.