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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => Troubleshooting Automation Problems => Topic started by: neo11 on July 01, 2010, 03:37:12 PM
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Anyone know of a replacement for the ELK ESM1 signal monitoring device ?
Trying to troubleshoot some maddening inermittent X10 signal problems.
This thing appears to be discontinued ( As is everything I really want lately). :'(
Trying to avoid monkeying around with a Scope and the 120vac power line .
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Anyone know of a replacement for the ELK ESM1 signal monitoring device ?
Trying to troubleshoot some maddening inermittent X10 signal problems.
Jeff Volp (from here at the forum) makes one! Knightrider (also from here at the forum) purchased [and assemabled] one. He asked me to review it for thisautomatedhouse.com (http://www.thisautomatedhouse.com/XTBMReview.html) which I was happy to do. I was impressed with the unit.
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Check this thread for links. They still sell it or rent it......
http://forums.x10.com/index.php?topic=18494.0
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Anyone know of a replacement for the ELK ESM1 signal monitoring device ?
Trying to troubleshoot some maddening inermittent X10 signal problems.
Jeff Volp (from here at the forum) makes one! Knightrider (also from here at the forum) purchased [and assemabled] one. He asked me to review it for thisautomatedhouse.com (http://www.thisautomatedhouse.com/XTBMReview.html) which I was happy to to. I was impressed with the unit.
Great. going to the site to check it out :)% Looks like this is the only affordable option. Thanks! >!
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I also have an XTBM and I am very happy with it.
The only other X10 meter that maybe in production is much more costly. Monterrey was the name.
I also have an ELM ESM1 and though OK. The XTBM is much more versatile.
I believe Automated Outlet may still have the ESM1.
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I also have an XTBM and I am very happy with it.
The only other X10 meter that maybe in production is much more costly. Monterrey was the name.
I also have an ELM ESM1 and though OK. The XTBM is much more versatile.
I believe Automated Outlet may still have the ESM1.
Thanks you are right the automated outlet still lists a ESM1 but if I go for a sig
meter , I think it'd be better to go with the XTBM kit. I aint afraid of a solder
pencil. Been fixing laptops for a long while. Can't be harder then that ;D. Plus
the ESM1 price is in the same range as the XTBM. Hope XTB has the kit parts still.
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The XTBM s much easier to work on than a Laptop or Two Way Radio Portable.
I use to fix Two Way Radios of the mobile style. The portables where too small for me. ;D
I went the XTBM Kit route and it was not difficult at all to assemble.
I did an XTB-IIR Kit also.
I do like all the XTBM features and the ability to send a signal at power up to trigger a repeater really helps. You can plug it in and read a signal back all at the sametime. I have also found a EarthLed EvoLux S LED bulb so noisy it reads the full scale of .99 volts noise. I am sure it is even higher than that, as it causes a .3 volt noise reading in just about the whole house. The .99 volt noise being in the same outlet as the bulb is connected to.
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I have an Elk ESM1 and I'm not very impressed by it. I'd definitely go with the XTBM if I needed to buy another X10 signal meter.
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I too went the route of purchasing and assembling the XTBM. I agree that it is very easy to assemble. The information that it presents is extremely helpful and has helped me trace down several issues.
I do not have any of the other X10 metering equipment to make comparisons, but I can say that the XTBM was well worth the $$$.
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As always in my experience, people on these forums have a wealth of information and
experience that they freely share with newbies. I find that this makes working with
X10 technology and equipment most enjoyable and gives great answers to questions.
:)% You guys are the best #:) . Had to give thanks and acknowledge all who have
commented about your experiences. Bottom line . I would be an idiot not to go with
the XTBM device judging from the responses I have read so far. I don't think I am
an idiot so.. I am going with what the group says is the best device XTBM.
Thanks U all 8)
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I am going with what the group says is the best device XTBM.
Thanks U all 8)
Add my vote for the XTBM. It is a great unit.
I know it is disrespectful to bad mouth the dead, but compared to the XTBM, the old Elk meter is poo-poo. However when they first came out, back in the 90's, they were the greatest invention since the Dust Buster and the Coors "Cold Activated Can". rofl
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I bought an ESM1 back before it became an Elk product. It was indeed a handy tool for those of us who were fighting X10 problems. I just wish I had it when I started to expand my X10 system 20 years ago.
When the ESM1 and TesterLinc were discontinued, I originally set out to pretty much duplicate the ESM1 functionality. However, like the way the XTB gradually evolved into the XTB-IIR, the simple LED bargraph tester evolved into the XTBM. Since noise is such a serious problem today, much of the XTBM development went into identifying potential noise problems.
Jeff