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The ELK-930 telephone ring detector

 monitors the voltage on the telephone line and produces an open collector output

(pull to ground) when the telephone ringing voltage is approximately 50 Volts or greater.  The output follows the ringing pattern.

Method 2 

requires both ELK-930 doorbell detectors and free access to both of the pushbuttons wires.  Detector A will activate

when the front door pushbutton is pressed and Detector B will activate when the back door pushbutton is pressed.

1.

Mount the ELK-930 near the Automation Equipment.

2.

Run a four conductor wire to the doorbell location.

3.

Connect one pair of the four conductor to the INPUT terminals on Detector A and the other pair to the INPUT terminals on
Detector B.  At the doorbell location splice one pair of the four conductor in series between the front door wire and the
transformer common.  Splice the other pair between the back door wire and the transformer common.

4.

For each doorbell detector connect one wire from the "NEG" terminal to a common NEG terminal of the controller.  Connect
the other wire from the  "OUT" terminal to one of the input zones on the controller.

R

OUT NEG

TELEPHONE
RING
DETECTOR

ELK-930

T

Incoming

Telephone

Line

C

Negative (Ground)

Input

To House
Phones

Telephone

Dmark Block

TIP

RING

Notes: The ELK930(C) does not supply any (+) output

voltage, it switches by closing the OUT terminal to NEG.

The ELK-930 output follows the ringing pulses (approx

25 hz). To filter these pulses into a steady output, an

ELK-960 can be connected to the ELK-930(C) to get a

timed relay output.

Open Collector Output

Max. rating: 12V, 40mA

To Zone (Input)

of ELK-M1

or other

automation

equipment

DOORBELL

TRANSFORMER

TO 120 VOLTS AC

10 TO 16

VOLTS AC

Lighted

Doorbell

Pushbuttons

TRANSFORMER

FRONT DOOR INPUT

DOORBELL

BACK DOOR INPUT

Open Collector Output
Max. rating: 12V, 40mA

Neg

Input

INPUT

OUT NEG

A

ELK-930
Doorbell
Detector

INPUT

OUT NEG

B

ELK-930

Doorbell
Detector

Neg

Input

4 Conductor Cable

to Doorbell Location

Back
Door

Front

Door

Method 2

To Zone

(Input) of

ELK-M1 or

other

automation

equipment

Front Door

To Zone

(Input) of

ELK-M1 or

other

automation

equipment

Back Door

INSTALLATION

The ELK-930 doorbell detector

 

monitors the current draw of a doorbell and produces an open collector output when the

pushbutton is pressed and the doorbell draws 900mA or more.  This open collector output can be used to trigger an automation
controller input that utilizes high to low switching (pull to ground) for activation. 

 

There are two basic installation methods:

Method 1

 requires only 1 of the ELK-930 doorbell detectors and free access to the wires leading from the doorbell  transformer.

The ELK-930 will activate when the doorbell rings, regardless of a single pushbutton or two (front door, back door) pushbuttons.

1.

Mount the ELK-930 at any convenient location along the path of the two wires leading from the transformer to the doorbell.

2.

Cut one of the two transformer wires.  Strip the ends and place one under each of the doorbell detector INPUT terminals.

3.

Run a two conductor wire from the doorbell detector output terminals to the automation controller or device to be activated.

4.

Connect one wire from the "NEG" terminal to a common NEG terminal of the controller.  Connect the other wire from the
"OUT" terminal to one of the input zones on the controller.

INPUT

OUT NEG

X

Cut and splice
ELK-930A or B
into this line

A

ELK-930
Doorbell
Detector

DOORBELL

TRANSFORMER

TO 120 VOLTS AC

10 TO 16

VOLTS AC

Lighted

Doorbell

Pushbuttons

Front

Door

TRANSFORMER

FRONT DOOR INPUT

DOORBELL

BACK DOOR INPUT

Negative

To Zone (Input) of

ELK-M1 or other

automation

equipment

Input

Back
Door

Open Collector Output
Max. rating: 12V, 40mA

Method 1

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