This weekend 9/2/08 I had some free time and decided to finish off my iLock project. This involved pulling in a cat5 and a 4core security cable from my node 0 to my front gate j.box.. The ilock was intended as a backup for opening the electric gate when a family member arrives and its closed.

The top L.H.S pic shows the iLock kit which I purchased...

The top R.H.S pic shows the ilock installed and connected to modded Expander board to convert the iLock signals to open collecter...The outputs of the modded Expander terminate on a db15 and this gets connected to my (Input) No7 HV 1/O Expander...

The bottom L.H.S shows a picture of my electric gate looking from the house.

The bottom R.H.S pic shows the iButton reader that I have used . It has an led which is connected to a relay controlled by my (Output) Expander No6....Also the Gate Open /Close relays are on this Expander

The installation went ok ..But one thing I forgot when planning the install was that I needed to get a conduit from the electric motor (dark grey box bottom of post in gate pic above) to my lv j.box on wall. I only installed a power conduit...ooops....This meant I had to drill thru the concrete under the rail which the gate travels on...Anyway I managed it and I ran the 2 security cables thru a conduit ,one for the motor to send open / close commands the other a future sensor to indicate ok to close all clear...
After the installation was completed I added some macros to Homevision , Gate Open , Gate Closed , Turn On iLock Led and Turn Off iLock led....Currently the close Macro is disabled until I get a sensor to indicate ok to close...I have a timer in Homevision which retriggers every ½ second and it scans all my Expanders now also scans
The iLock Expander and if any of the seven inputs are on (all used ) the Gate Open relay on Expander 6 is turned on for 1 second...Have added the Led On / Off macros to scheduled events which will turn the led On when its dark and Off around 7:30 am ...The ilock works quite well and the only negative comment I could make is that if you lose a iButton and replace it you need to learn all 7 buttons back into the unit...