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My family recently moved to Denver. We are leasing a house while looking for a place to buy. We moved from Minneapolis, where we had an alarm system from Link Interactive that used alarm.com. I was able to transfer the alarm account to the nice people that bought my house. By taking over the account, Link Interactive was even able to extend the discounted price I had to the new owners. It used 2GIG equipment and I had virtually zero issues in the 5 years I had it. The 2GIG equipment is compatible with Honeywell sensors , so I was able to easily expand the system by adding a ton of sensors. The house in Denver has an Xfinity Home security system. I spent nearly 4 hours on the phone setting up the security service in my name. When it came time to configure the system, the Xfinity support tech told me that it's impossible to transfer the equipment to another person and I would need to buy all new gear.  Wait.. WHAT??!? To say it again: Can you transfer your Xfinity Home Security sys...

Follow these steps to get your E-Drum Kit working with Clone Hero! People that are interested in tinkering with Midi on their E-drums may also find this interesting. My setup includes: Macbook Pro running High Sierra - not sure if it works with newer versions of macOS, but probably! Alesis Surge Mesh Kit - This is a highly rated kit at a great price! Apps I used: Midi Monitor - Get the Midi note numbers for the drum pads MidiStroke - Converts midi notes to key-presses (there are other apps that do this as well, but this one is free!) Clone Hero - You'll need to get the latest public test build (v0.24.0.1555-master when I wrote this), which you can find on their Discord. Figuring out which pad outputs which Midi note You can skip this part if you already know the midi channel & notes for your drums, or if you have an Alesis set you can probably just use my settings! Midi Monitor Plug your drums into your Mac via USB (duh!) Install Midi Mon...