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Re:I made a home security system, powered by a Raspberry Pi 3 by egberts1 on Sunday January 01, 2023 @07:37AM (#34205827)
OMG! I’ve spent months googling for a near exact replacement of ADT Command control panel but with Home-Assistant.io added on, and this Elk M1 is the closest and my now perfect solution to the most diverse problems I have:

* supports Home-assistant.io

* phone app

* cellular data hookups (got my own cellular remote monitoring thing going)

* both wired and wireless zones

Again, like other commentators, I leave my video stream system separate from the alarm system (vid capture is on 24/7 private cloud)

Also, spent many months reverse engineering the Ademco/Honeywell/ADT Command 7” LCD control panel simply because one can buy this for $5 to $50 (they are regularly tossed out by new homeowners who wish not to bother with ADT $399/year plans). RE effort was a pretty intense but complete add-on to Vista 20P alarm panel, but I just stopped because there are no others way to connect except by doing WiFi, was looking for a direct connect.

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Re:I made a home security system, powered by a Raspberry Pi 3 by egberts1 on Monday January 02, 2023 @10:48AM (#34219155)
The most important attribute is the zero dependency on commercial remote monitoring station.

Now you can have your own private monitoring station.

Zero $/month for remote monitoring station.

https://www.elkproducts.com/m1-security-automation-controls/

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